[open-data-day] Open Data Day Twitter hashtag: #opendataday (or #ODHD13?)

[David Eaves]

Err, I meant that it WILL be okay if they use both :)

sorry about that.

Also definitely want people supporting #codeacross! 

On 2013-02-08, at 9:01 AM, Ash Roughani, Public Innovation wrote:

> From a branding perspective, I think #opendataday is a better hash tag because it's less cryptic to outsiders.  I know we also plan to use #codeacross to connect with CfA's Code Across America events.
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> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Billy Meinke <billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Hi Beatrice,
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> Great to get your input on effective an effective hash tag for Open Data Day.  I'm a little concerned that many folks have already adopted #ODHD13 as the preferred hash tag, and that a change may be best implemented with consensus between all the hackathon organizers.  I'm all for easy-to-remember has tags and marking, so maybe using both when tagging tweets and posts is a way to keep things simple and understandable at this point.
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> Thoughts from others on the list are welcome.
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> Billy
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> On Friday, February 8, 2013, Beatrice Martini wrote:
> Hi,
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> My name is Beatrice, and I'm the Events Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation, which is – among other things – coordinating Open Data Day.
> We noticed that there are different opinions about the right Twitter hashtag to be used re Open Data Day and think that would be great if could all agree on the same one (and tweet massively!)
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> Instead of using acronyms which might be a bit too tricky to remember, how about going for #opendataday? Easy to remember and everybody (even people who don't know about the event) would understand what we're talking about (and learn about it from your tweet!).
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> Beatrice
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