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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:
as an early adopter and with the 250 character limitation, i was part of a cohort of people pushing the boundaries on how much meaning ―not just information, but meaning― i could pack into a tweet.
in digital anthropology this is called a folksonomy and every single Twitter feature came out of how people like me were using the platform to create meaning.
the first example of this was the HASHTAG. its “invention” is attribited to Chris Messina, but it’s use was created in community… 🧵