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Using Twitter Hashtags for Technical Writers

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 09:19
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Twitter is a fantastic media for sharing information. Several technical writers (including me; my twitter id is @gurpreetwrites) have started using this media to share news, tutorials, and sometimes their opinion about technical writing.

Twitter provides a way to categorize tweets by using a tag/term prefixed by # symbol, known as hashtags. The syntax of using a hashtag is # where could be the category name such as RoboHelp or Framemaker.

Twitter help provides several guidelines for using #tags:

* People use the hashtag symbol # before relevant keywords (no spaces) in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter Search.

* Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category.

* Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet – at the beginning, middle, or end.

* Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics.

* Do not spam hashtags in your twitter post.

* Best practices recommend using no more than 2 hashtags per Tweet.

Do you use any hashtags to view the latest trend of technical writing? Leave a comment and let me know.

- Gurpreet Singh
http://TechicalWritingToolbox.com

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10 twitter hashtags for technical writers

Submitted by Gurpreet_Singh (not verified) on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 19:26.

Hi,

I recently blogged about 10 most frequently used twitter hashtags by technical writers. You can read my blog at:
http://technicalwritingtoolbox.com/2012/03/30/ten-twitter-hashtags-for-technical-writers

-Gurpreet
http://TechicalWritingToolbox.com

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