Hashtags

World Environment Day: The need for real change in the age of keyboard warriors and hashtag activism

"Only if we, the keyboard warriors also knew, that posting and hash-tagging is important, but it is only a catalyst to change. Real change is brought about on ground."

Newsroom Diaries 2016: From 'Pineapple Apple Pen' to the 'hot chaiwalla', what trended on social media this year

Social media had its fair share of trends in 2017. It didn't just give us hashtags, it gave us stories along with it.

#AzadiFromCongress? Twitter trends mean nothing and the BJP government must pay heed

When the government is being largely unsuccessful in derailing mass-movements, their social media counterparts are busy trending irrelevancy. If this is what the trends look like, I would rather not follow what's trending!

After the Mumbai meat ban, here are a few things the ban police can turn their attention to

As Mumbai prepares to face a 4-day meat ban, here are some annoying things that we suggest should be banned as well.

Instagram bans eggplant emoji as it was being used to represent a penis

Photo-sharing website Instagram has blocked searches for the eggplant (or aubergine) emoji after some users posted it to represent a penis.

Intelligence Bureau says Greenpeace endangers India's economic security

The leak of IB's report comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new administration seeks way to restore economic growth that has fallen to below 5 percent, choking off investment and jobs for millions of youth entering the workforce.<br />

Confusing hashtags? Let Twitter break them down for you

KKR won more than just the IPL this year

On April Fool's Day, KejriDiwas trends on Twitter

On 1 April, the biggest trend was #KejriDiwas. It's pretty obvious that on April Fools Day, Modi's team had won Twitter by getting the KejriDiwas tag to trend.

Twitter is reportedly looking to getting rid of @replies and hashtags

Twitter is looking to get rid of the hashtags and the @replies, according to a report on BuzzFeed.