Twitter #hashtag games

This page now has a handy short url, if you feel the need to whip it out on Twitter: http://upthear.se/hashtags

So many people get these wrong that I’ve been moved to make a public information post.

Let’s say I, @Cunthorse, start a hashtag game of fish bands. I’ll kick off with:

Cunthorse
Bream Theater #fishbands

Ho ho! Now, here’s what should happen next:

SomeoneElse
Ry Barracuda #fishbands

AnotherTweeter
Shark-lotte Church #fishbands 

YourMum
Pike Turner #fishbands

This is what usually actually happens:

SomeoneElse
@Cunthorse Ry Barracuda

AnotherTweeter
@Cunthorse Shark-lotte Church

YourMum
@Cunthorse Pike Turner 

This is wrong and defeats the purpose of the game. Don’t reply to me, use the hashtag! It's not a hashtag game if it's just in my connect tab where nobody can see it unless they follow me too.

This is just about acceptable:

SomeoneElse
Ry Barracuda #fishbands cc @Cunthorse

There's no real need to cc me (or the originator of the hashtag game) in, because I can find your tweet by using the hashtag.