Meet the man who invented ‘#Hashtgas’:
Who Created Hashtags?
The phrase ‘#Hashtag’ was coined in 2007 by American product designer Chris Messina.
Who exactly is Chris Messina?
A product designer who worked in Silicon Valley for over 10 years. While running this online consulting firm in 2007, he got an idea.
What was the origin of the idea?
He got the idea to use a hashtag from internet forums that featured the pound symbol.
Too nerdy?
He pitched the idea to twitter, but the social media company pointed out him that it was ‘nerdy’ and would never catch on.
The First Hashtag
In August 2007, Chris introduced the hashtag “#barcamp” for the first time on Twitter.