Showing posts with label hashtag ban protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hashtag ban protest. Show all posts

Monday, January 28, 2013

French Hashtag Ban Protest

















"Hashtag" is now forbidden in France and the Twitter symbol must be called "mot-dièse" (the "sharp" sign in music). John Perreault, whose heritage is Breton via Quebec rather than French, announced that in retaliation ARTOPIA would no longer use "rendezvous" or "souffle." 

Hashtag story NPR> http://tinyurl.com/amapvds