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Google Maps biz reviews can now include hashtags

sudshr47 November 26, 2018

Google Maps has quietly rolled out a new feature aimed at helping users discover places others have recommended: it now supports hashtags in reviews. For example, if you’re reviewing a restaurant that would make an excellent #datenight spot, you can simply add the appropriate hashtag. Or if the business is #familyfriendly or #wheelchairaccessible, you can […]

Brett Kavanaugh Culture Hashtags Sexual Assault Watercooler

After Trump lashes out, sexual assault survivors share #WhyIDidntReport

sudshr47 September 21, 2018

Following days of *relatively* restrained behavior, President Trump unleashed an attack on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Friday morning, accusing her of failing to report the alleged assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were both teenagers.

Survivors on Twitter bristled at Trump’s tweetstorm. Using the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport, they explained their reasons for choosing not to report their own assaults.

“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!” Trump wrote on Twitter. Read more…

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Culture Hashtags Independence Day July 4 Twitter

Twitter can’t even celebrate Independence Day without misspelling the hashtag

sudshr47 July 4, 2018

Nothing quite says “America in 2018” quite like celebrating Independence Day on Twitter with a misspelled trending hashtag.

Among those that have used the wrong hashtag on this patriotic holiday are the U.S. Air Force, the city of Boston, the Canadian Space Agency, and First Lady Melania Trump because of course.

Credit where it’s due: Melania at least caught the mistake and replaced the tweet with the correct spelling.

Happy #4thofJuly! #IndependanceDay pic.twitter.com/WacmdehT72

— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) July 4, 2018 Read more…

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Culture Hashtags Twitter Web Culture

Need a mental massage? Check out #PlotterTwitter.

sudshr47 April 1, 2018

We’re frequently on the lookout for a quiet corners of the internet. You know – places to take refuge from the often chaotic online world.

One such corner is the the delightful #PlotterTwitter community, where artists, programmers, tech enthusiasts, and more share their neatest generative art made using different models of plotter printers, which work by physically moving a pen across paper.

straight curves

I like this one because I get a lot of behavior out of straight lines. The paper looks three-dimensional, like it’s been embossed.#plottertwitter #axidraw pic.twitter.com/RacDIgj3XK

— pedro alcocer (@thepedroalcocer) March 27, 2018 Read more…

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A new study reveals how Russian trolls manipulated our Twitter conversations

sudshr47 January 22, 2018

Over the weekend, Twitter told 677,775 people via email that they interacted with Russian propaganda during the 2016 presidential election. But according to Kate Starbird, an assistant professor at the University of Washington, that’s far from enough…