Comments on: Twitter hashtags as news channels, and how it goes wrong http://www.bloggingteacher.com/twitter-hashtags-as-news-channels-and-how-it-goes-wrong Practical Blogging Tips You Can Use Today Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rhys http://www.bloggingteacher.com/twitter-hashtags-as-news-channels-and-how-it-goes-wrong#comment-1670 Rhys Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:41:28 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=477#comment-1670 Good point, but in my eyes I don't think that they should be marshalled. There was a case 6 months ago with the death of Mollie Sugden, an English actress who was best known for playing Mrs. Slocombe in "Are You Being Served?". Her jokes often revolved around her cat (which she called her "pussy"). As a result, the hashtag on news of her death was #MrsSlocombesPussy, which whilst innocent, was kicked off of Twitter because it had the word Pussy in it. A two second Google Search would've dug up the innocence of the hashtag. But yes, certain hashtags really need to be vetted every now & again. Good point, but in my eyes I don’t think that they should be marshalled.

There was a case 6 months ago with the death of Mollie Sugden, an English actress who was best known for playing Mrs. Slocombe in “Are You Being Served?”. Her jokes often revolved around her cat (which she called her “pussy”).

As a result, the hashtag on news of her death was #MrsSlocombesPussy, which whilst innocent, was kicked off of Twitter because it had the word Pussy in it. A two second Google Search would’ve dug up the innocence of the hashtag.

But yes, certain hashtags really need to be vetted every now & again.

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