#theproblemwithhashtags
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #theproblemwithhashtags from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-07-27 11:09 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-07-27 11:09 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #theproblemwithhashtags.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-27 11:09 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 2 public posts (spanning ~4 hours).
Posting hours (UTC)
Languages: English (2)
Avg boosts / post: 11
Used together with
No co-used tags in the sample.
Top of the latest posts
Is it time for hashtags to evolve? Well, they're about to on Mastodon due to an upcoming change in v4.2.0, advanced by @Gargron himself. I have some thoughts. https://medium.com/chris-messina/the-problem-with-the-problems-with-hashtags-35d4
Useful notes re:hashtags from @chrismessina https://mastodon.xyz/@chrismessina/110884576401814266 On @phanpy, I designed them this way: 1. Hashtags are not link-colored (blue), only the underlines are, so that they are readable as folks ten
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