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Video: How Twitter cashed in on the hashtag created by an outsider

Name: Video: How Twitter cashed in on the hashtag created by an outsider
Uploaded: 2018-07-09T16:55:27.329163+05:30
Channel: Ramakrishnan M
Description: Chris Messina, a Silicon Valley engineer, came up with the concept in 2007.

Chris Messina, a Silicon Valley engineer, came up with the concept in 2007.

Ramakrishnan M & Sanjeev Nair

Aug 30, 2017 · 04:00 pm

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture | Kacper Pempel/Reuters

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