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Inform users clogging the #BlackLivesMatter tag on IG with solid images
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#BlackoutTuesday getting merged into #BlackLivesMatter? #3

Closed htried closed 4 years ago

htried commented 4 years ago

I've heard some anecdotal reports that Instagram is merging the two hashtags. Does it make sense to change the script of the comment to urge people to post links to local bail funds, mutual aid organizations, protest groups, NAACP chapters, etc?

user24 commented 4 years ago

Can you do some research and see if there is evidence the hashtags are getting merged?

htried commented 4 years ago

Did a bit of digging and found a couple of posts with just #BlackoutTuesday that were under the BLM hashtag, but not many. It's something that people in my circles are writing on social media but it could also be the result of people changing their captions and the image still circulating under the original hashtag. Probably not an issue on Instagram's side of things.

syntax commented 4 years ago

i can only assume this is due to people at one point having the blm hastag and then editing the caption to be #BlackoutTuesday after being told by friends/ consideration they need to change, as this (editing the caption) does not alter the collective hashtags the post still resides in.