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NORTH CAROLINA
The Mason
By Beth Grace
Editor
Q
uick quiz: What was the first hashtag?
e first hashtag was a hashtag asking
others if hashtags should be put into general
use.
Well … #whoknew?
According to Wikipedia, which knows
everything (or thinks it does), social tech-
nology expert Chris Messina is credited with
the very first hashtag.
He posted the hashtag
#barcamp on Twitter in August
2007. e whole tweet appeared
like this: ?how do you feel about
using # (pound) for groups. As
in #barcamp [msg]??
Messina came up with the
hashtag as a way to support
online discussions regarding
Barcamp, a worldwide series
of user-generated tech confer-
ences that are open to anyone
interested. Now, hashtags are
everywhere and are one of the
most widely used identifying and
search functions on the net.
Hashtags let you label a line of thought or
discussion in social media and, as importantly,
help you find it again by searching for all posts
that include that hashtag. If you want to see
everyone's input on one topic on social media,
this is the way to find it.
And that's why, starting with this
year's Grand Lodge, the Public Relations
Committee has launched a campaign for all of
us to start using the hashtag #WeAreGLNC
when we post news about NC Masonic doings
on Instagram, Facebook or any form of social
media you use for Masonic musings, memes or
memories.
e committee of hard-working brothers
kicked off the campaign, distributing t-shirts
and car decals to brothers at Grand Lodge
who promised to take the message
back to their lodges and others.
According to a study by social
media agency Radium One, almost 75
percent of people on social media use
hashtags. NC Masons will work hard
to raise that bar together.
Interested in seeing what informa-
tion other hashtags might unearth?
Try these:
#freemasonryritals #freemason-
rysquared #freemasonrydaily #free-
masonrytoday #thinkingfreemasonry
#freemasonryhistory #freemasonrycares
#esotericfreemasonry #irishfreema-
sonry #freemasonry #freemasonry-
worldwide #princehallfreemasonry #scot-
tishritefreemasonry #masonic #masonictemple
#masonry #mason #grandlodge #shriners
#masonman #masoniclodge #yorkrite
#2B1ask1 #masonnation #freeandaccept-
edmason #bluelodge #masons #masoniclife
#mastermason #masoniclight #masonicbrother
#masonfamily
Who are we? #WeAreGLNC
