{"id":1964,"date":"2013-06-20T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T07:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seftonmedia.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2020-01-10T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:37:21","slug":"facebook-hashtags-youre-doing-it-all-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkzap.co.uk\/facebook-hashtags-youre-doing-it-all-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Hashtags. You’re Doing It All Wrong."},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s now been a week since Facebook rolled out the hashtags feature to everyone and within the first day, I saw people using them like it was going out of fashion.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Hashtags are nothing new and Facebook is late to catch up with this trend of monitoring conversations with that magical symbol. Because so many of you are inept at using them I’ve decided it is imperative I write this post to help you guys out.<\/p>\n It looks horrific. My eyes want to roll to the back of my head, it’s that bad. How many subjects can one post need? For shorter posts, maybe one or two is sufficient, whilst longer posts need to be used wisely and not overloaded with more hashtags than sentences. Otherwise, you\u2019ll be no different to a teenage girl on Instagram!<\/p>\n Furthermore, it looks like spam and the reasons individuals overuse them is either because they want to reach out to more people than is necessary, most of whom are irrelevant, or they just think it’s cool putting a hashtag in front of every word: #itsnottrustme.<\/p>\n Posts with so many hashtags are hard to read, are not fluent and will deter friends and fans. When hashtags are abused it’s a pain to sift through the good and crap posts and just no fun, especially when you have a desire to learn more about a certain topic.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n See how they are easier to read and specific to that topic. After reading these posts I can now dive right into the hashtag and get more related topics, meaning I’m getting more value from your shared hashtag. If you’ve been a success with your content and the user is hooked, send them to a related hashtag that has value so they can learn more. They will remember you for it.<\/p>\nHere are a few of bad examples:
\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/h3>\nWhy is this bad?<\/h3>\n
Please help! What should we do?<\/h3>\n
Here are a few good examples:<\/h3>\n