No One Uses #Hashtags Anymore

First, a post on Poynter this morning by Shadi Rahimi, deputy producer of engagement for Al-Jazeera’s AJ+, claims that many reporters now refrain from using hashtags on social in order to avoid taking editorial positions on contentious issues like recent events in Baltimore.

Her point is that, by choosing, say, #BaltimoreUprising over #BaltimoreRiots, the staffers at AJ+ could be perceived to be taking an editorial stance on the events inspiring the tags.