<div dir="ltr">we had the same thing with #lca2014 when we run it this year.<div><br></div><div>we just let everyone know and ignored it and eventually it stopped</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Joe Brockmeier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jzb@redhat.com" target="_blank">jzb@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 12/16/2014 06:39 PM, Tim Serong wrote:<br>
>>>>> >>>> On 12/16/2014 04:09 AM, Sven Dowideit wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Why exactly can't the <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> always use<br>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> #linuxconfau?<br>
>>>>> >>>><br>
>>>>> >>>> Aside from the fact it's way too long?<br>
>>>>> >>>><br>
>>>>> >>>> We only get 140 characters, add in a @name for saying<br>
>>>>> >>>> something about a speaker, you're already down to ~130 or<br>
>>>>> >>>> so... eating up another 12 for a hashtag kinda hurts.<br>
>>>>> >>>><br>
>>>>> >>>><br>
>>>>> >>>><br>
>>> >> #lxconau is the same length as #lca2015 #lxconf is even shorter<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> I haven't checked any of these for clashes.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> For that matter, are #lca or #lca15 free?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I checked #lca15, it's not. #lxconf is free. So is #lxconau.<br>
> TBH I don't see the sense in changing it. Ignoring the fact that<br>
> people will tweet with whatever tags they see fit, IMO to be<br>
> worthwhile, hashtags need to either resonate with people[1], or be<br>
> obvious (or both). The #lcaYYYY form has been in use in previous<br>
> years and has obviousness, and if the organisers *do* ultimately<br>
> request we use a different hashtag, it's too late - plenty of #lca2015<br>
> tweets already out there in the wild. If people are worried about<br>
> collisions with other events, we just have to make sure we're louder ;)<br>
<br>
Generally people will use the hashtags that they're reminded of during<br>
housekeeping notes. (I am assuming that the organizers will be plugging<br>
some hashtag and encouraging people to tweet about the conference.)<br>
<br>
Yes, there are #lca2015 tweets already - but that's a trickle compared<br>
to the stream that will happen during the event. At least to my mind,<br>
the importance of the hashtag is for people to follow the social media<br>
stream *during the event* and so it really won't matter a lot if they<br>
"miss" a tweet from November about the CfP for this or that miniconf<br>
closing.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
jzb<br>
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