Hashtags on Twitter can be employed for at least just funny commentary. Now there's a hashtag that will put helicopter parents ‘ minds at ease.
Non-Twitter users might be confused about the hashtag phenomenon, nonetheless it is basically a method to tag a concept or concept, which proponents can click to find tweets about the same subject. For instance, “Just read Police Beat, I'm reasonably certain I am the lead story. #awkward.” Followers can click the hashtag and find stories about awkward moments. However , the new “#mom” serves a more functional purpose.
Twitter reported there were 200 million tweets and 600,000 sign-ups each day in 2011. Somewhere in that mix are students just like us, who find ourselves recalling to update a Facebook status or tweet before we even don't forget to do homework.
But some parents are exasperated by their children, who can remember to check in on FourSquare but forget to check in with Mom and Pop. Some folks, or moms especially, worry when their youngsters forget to call as quickly as they get home or into city. That may all change with #mom.
The service, available at www.hashtagmom.com, is hooked up to your FourSquare account, which is interlinked with Twitter.
When you check in on FourSquare with a message like, “Just landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport,” just add #mom. The service then forwards the update to your mom’s cellphone through text, or calls her with a recorded message to tell her that you have landed safely. Nothing may be better than social networking while keeping up your position as No. 1 son or daughter.
Scholars submerge themselves each day on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other sites, and every day students forget to call their mom or dad for the fifth time. Or elders would prefer to think they forget to call, rather than deliberately refusing so as to avoid that lengthy conversation. This is a convenient and quicker way of communication for protecting and worrying folks.
Naturally there are those students who might stress about this forwarded message allowing Mom access to their Twitter accounts. Quite overtly, future bosses can already look up potential workers ‘ Twitter accounts, so whatever might ruin a child-parent relationship probably shouldn't be posted anyhow. When we start censoring what we put out there on the Web, there'll be no need to worry about this new hashtag.
Besides, let us be honest — how many parents actually understand how to use Twitter? #Mom is a great way to keep parents informed when busy scholars forget to.
Brian Kelly is a freelance writer and passionate about Twitter. He contributes weekly with different ways to use twitter software and creative ways to help you add Twitter followers.