Good info, thanks! On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:
> "When you use more than two hashtags, your engagement actually drops by an > average of 17 percent." > > > https://blog.bufferapp.com/a-scientific-guide-to-hashtags-which-ones-work-when-and-how-many > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> FWIW - my personal experience has been that hashtags are most useful for >> appearing in search results. So in general, they are most effective for big >> “events” - such as elections, conferences, policy initiatives, holidays, >> etc. If it’s not something you would search for - it’s probably not >> something others would either. The idea of hashtagging general topics (like >> the general #Animals vs. more specific #SavePetey) is what I think people >> have been turned off by. I rarely find myself going to Twitter to see >> “what’s going on with animals” - but going to Twitter to find out about the >> Save Petey effort (as one fake example) is something we are increasingly >> accustom to doing. >> >> It might be helpful to start documenting some of these best practices on >> Meta-Wiki so people submitting tweets for retweet have something of a >> checklist to look over before submitting them. >> >> -greg >> >> >> >> On Oct 29, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There was a study a couple years ago that showed people are less likely >> to click on tweets with hashtags in them. But I think most people agree >> that well-used ones are helpful. One, MAYBE two per tweet. >> >> On Thursday, October 29, 2015, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm by no means an expert, but I'd probably recommend a maximum of two >>> hashtags in a tweet. I think the vague ones don't work as well as the more >>> specific ones here. But Jeff is your guy for these kinds of things :) >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On 29 October 2015 at 04:11, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In general, are there optimum numbers and kinds of hashtags? I imagine >>>> that there is research on this somewhere. (Agreed that hashtag soup causes >>>> cognitive load which may cause people to skip trying to understand what's >>>> being said.) >>>> >>>> Pine >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Joe Sutherland* >>> Communications Intern [remote] >>> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >>> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jeff Elder >> Digital communications manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 704-650-4130 >> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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