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The #hashtag war
Charting Course ^ | 8/5/14 | Steve Berman

Posted on 08/05/2014 5:12:12 AM PDT by lifeofgrace

hashtag-this If you believe Twitter and Facebook, all of Gaza is one big schoolyard surrounded by hospitals and mosques, populated by children under 10 and women.  You don’t often see the 17 to 25 year olds, masked and heavily armed, in photos.  But that’s a large percentage of what Gaza “authorities” report as civilian casualties.  Take off the mask, remove the weapons, and voila, a teenager.

The latest Israel-Hamas war has a different character than any before it.  Possibly different than any war, ever.  It’s the world’s first #hashtag war.  Going beyond #hashtag diplomacy, this war is being fought on social media:  Twitter, Facebook, and blogs.

(Excerpt) Read more at sgberman.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: hamas; hashtags; israel; twitter
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1 posted on 08/05/2014 5:12:12 AM PDT by lifeofgrace
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To: lifeofgrace

Tagline bump....


2 posted on 08/05/2014 5:16:03 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: lifeofgrace
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And to score yourself a few hits, huh?

3 posted on 08/05/2014 5:21:48 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

I get more hits when I publish the whole article on freeper versus excerpting. Don’t be an idiot.


4 posted on 08/05/2014 5:26:18 AM PDT by lifeofgrace (Follow me on Twitter @lifeofgrace224)
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To: lifeofgrace

Don’t be a blogpimp.


5 posted on 08/05/2014 5:32:13 AM PDT by humblegunner
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