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How the Hashtag Became a Worldwide Phenomenon (forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf)
5 points by youshaei on Nov 9, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Hm. No mention of the obvious IRC connection.


It's interesting that we live in an era where a microblogging website with no innate value can be worth more than the most popular professional social network with paying members.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/11/08/twitter-...




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