A few weeks back I was delighted to discover there was an hashtag on Twitter – #1lineWed – that I thought would be nice to use for our weekly prompt of the same name here on WordPress. I spoke to the lady who, I assume, came up with the hashtag. It turned out that it was in use as a prompt for writers to post one line of their work-in-progress on Twitter. The “owner” of the hashtag and I discussed it and came to the conclusion that the more the hashtag was used, the more exposure both our prompts would receive. Good for everyone, right?
However, the “users” of #1lineWed have other ideas. I keep getting complaints that I’m using it wrong – that it’s not for me because I don’t participate in the prompt they’re used to seeing. For instance, this tweet (directly quoted) I received this morning:
in case you didn’t know, this # is for writers to share there lines and there is a theme each week.
I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not worth the hassle of getting chewed out by people who think they own the hashtag. Therefore, I will be changing the “rules” of One-Liner Wednesday once again.
I’ll take suggestions on a hashtag that won’t infringe on anyone else’s ownership rights. One that we can share not only amongst ourselves but with the world in general. Because we’re nice like that. Please leave your ideas in the comments below – if there are enough, maybe we’ll do a poll next week and vote on it. 😀
August 26, 2015 at 12:02 pm
I know I’m late to the party, but hashtags aren’t copyrighted. Granted, I am terrible at using them, but the treatment from people who can’t use “their/there/they’re” properly is unconscionable. I’m sorely tempted to use the old one just to mess with people who have nothing better to do than hassle people over hashtag use.
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August 26, 2015 at 2:09 pm
Go for it. I love a rebel. 😀
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August 25, 2015 at 12:15 pm
People…picky, picky, picky. 🙂
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August 26, 2015 at 10:47 pm
I know, right? 😛
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August 20, 2015 at 8:10 pm
You could always just spell the number instead of using the digit: #OneLineWed
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August 20, 2015 at 10:18 pm
Another great suggestion. Thanks CM. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 6:56 pm
I didn’t know the tag was strictly for writers to share a WIP line. I’ll have to remember that. As for a tag you could use, I rather like the #1LW idea.
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August 20, 2015 at 7:00 pm
A lot to be said for simplicity for sure. 🙂
It was made up for the purpose of the other prompt but I was told I could use it… apparently not everyone agrees. 😛
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August 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm
Did someone have their #1lineWed stuck up a certain orifice….sheesh.
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August 20, 2015 at 6:58 pm
Hahaha! I think so. 😉
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August 20, 2015 at 3:45 pm
I don’t do Twitter and now i know why. How about # linda’s1linerWed
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August 20, 2015 at 6:58 pm
Yep, Twitter’s like everything else these days – full of … ahem… all kinds of people. 😉
That’s a good one, Willow! 🙂 Thanks!
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August 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm
I like the idea of #olw, but people will probably message users to say we’ve spelled owl incorrectly.
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August 20, 2015 at 6:55 pm
You’re probably right. 😛 I should check all the ideas to make sure they’re not already being used for something else too.
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August 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm
#Your1lineWed . . .
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August 20, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Ha! Indeed. I like it!
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August 20, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Some people have way too much free time…sorry they had to be so snarky about it.
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August 20, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Yep, they do. Thanks my dear. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 1:42 pm
#1LinerWed should be different enough…
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August 20, 2015 at 2:10 pm
Do you really think so? I thought about 1lineWeds with the “S” on the end, but I wasn’t sure it was too similar.
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August 20, 2015 at 3:07 pm
I like John’s suggestion. I also think that the alleged writer who wrote you the snarky tweet should learn how to use “there” properly. 😉
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August 20, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Haha! You noticed that too, eh?
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August 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm
How could I not?
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August 20, 2015 at 10:18 pm
There’s an editor in all of us I guess. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 3:19 pm
I almost thought #1linerWeds, if you want to know the truth. I took the “s” off the end, for some reason. All kinds of stuff you can do: Wed1Liner, etc.
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August 20, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Yep, I think this calls for a vote. 😉
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August 20, 2015 at 1:36 pm
People are so petty at times! What about #1-Wed. Similar to Sandra’s above I know. or #1LW
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August 20, 2015 at 2:09 pm
Both good ones – I can see I’m going to have to put this to a vote. 🙂
Thanks for the suggestions, Edwina. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 3:32 pm
No problem. We won’t be so precious with our hashtag!! 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 6:57 pm
Haha! Precious indeed. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 1:21 pm
#1__erWed (shrug)
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August 20, 2015 at 2:08 pm
That’s very clever! Thanks, Sandra. 🙂
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August 20, 2015 at 2:22 pm
You are welcome! 😊
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