Hashtags in the Sky

So Bluesky wants to change how hashtags work

Chris Messina
Chris Messina
Published in
13 min readJun 27, 2023

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Since quitting Twitter in April, I’ve become active on Mastodon, Bluesky and T2. None are perfect substitutes for Twitter (even as some aspire to be) — but the battle to define the future of the social web is often preoccupied with redefining elements of its past.

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Chris Messina
Chris Messina

Inventor of the hashtag. Product therapist. Investor. Previously: Google, Republic, Uber, On Deck, YC W’18.