Re:An algorithm for generating automatic hashtags
by sp332 on Thursday September 19, 2013 @03:41PM
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#Content means you're talking about content, and it's not just a word you used in passing. Similarly, #launches adds your tweet to the conversation people are having about launches, instead of making people sort through missile launches, some guy who launches into a story, and misspelled lunches to get to relevant tweets.
Re:An algorithm for generating automatic hashtags
by Madrigal on Thursday September 19, 2013 @05:10PM
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At some degree, word frequency counting does classify correctly what the story is about, so in my opinion it do adds quality to it. Think of it like regular tagging. However, the threshold for how many hashtags should be produced with this method should be very low, as it offers no contextual or meta information about it.
A more reasonable approach would be to tag things that are not part of the sentence itself:
Or inline, on occasion, to express that you're taking part in a meme: We don't need algorithmic help to find hash tags in these cases either, and I'm arguing that automatically converting every third word into a hash tag doesn't do Twitter feeds any good, quality-wise.