<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[For a hashtag to have meaning, it has to become a shared social tool, a way for people to gather around an idea, not just a personal label.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>For a hashtag to have meaning, it has to become a shared social tool, a way for people to gather around an idea, not just a personal label.</p><p>The problem is that inside <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stupidindividualism" rel="tag">#<span>stupidindividualism</span></a> culture, hashtags are treated as acts of individual expression rather than collective meaning-making.</p><p>A hashtag should help build a conversation, a network, a shared understanding, Instead, it often becomes just another piece of personal branding and noise.</p><p>Without shared social purpose, the tool loses its power.</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" rel="tag">#<span>openweb</span></a> lesson is that meaning comes from communities, not isolated signals.</p><p>Otherwise we just end up feeding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" rel="tag">#<span>deathcult</span></a> with more mess and less connection.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" rel="tag">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" rel="tag">#<span>4opens</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7db5daf3-0109-4b73-861e-431e1d261cdc/for-a-hashtag-to-have-meaning-it-has-to-become-a-shared-social-tool-a-way-for-people-to-gather-around-an-idea-not-just-a-personal-label.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:12:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7db5daf3-0109-4b73-861e-431e1d261cdc.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:43:37 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to For a hashtag to have meaning, it has to become a shared social tool, a way for people to gather around an idea, not just a personal label. on Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:53:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/witchescauldron%40kolektiva.social">@<span>witchescauldron</span></a></span> True, but hashtags have to start somewhere. Sometimes a hashtag doesn't exist and you have to make one up.</p><p>But even if no one else uses it, it still has a use of grouping similar themed posts together, so anyone clicking the tag can see what you've posted.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/lydiaconwell/statuses/116786543825267032</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/lydiaconwell/statuses/116786543825267032</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lydiaconwell@todon.nl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>