Adam Aleksic (@etymologynerd): "If you want to understand how platforms are trying to control us, start paying attention to why they’re phasing out hashtags."

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If you want to understand how platforms are trying to control us, start paying attention to why they’re phasing out hashtags.

By removing the hashtag, tech platforms are redistributing organizational power away from the users and toward themselves.

Adam Aleksic

Oct 8

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4:41 PM

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