A zamanin yau, wa bai san hashtag ba? Ya kasance a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na ƙwararru, waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a cikin al'amuran da aka ambata a cikin fina-finai da jerin TV. Amma daga ina hashtag ya samo asali? Wanene ya ƙirƙira shi? Me yasa ake amfani dashi yadda ake amfani dashi? Da wannan labarin zanyi kokarin warware akalla wasu daga cikin wadannan tambayoyin dangane da ilimina, gogewa da bincike. Ina fatan zai warware muku tambayoyin ku ma.
Menene Hashtag?
Hashtag wani yunƙuri ne na lasafta wani yanki a cikin intanet - ko 'sawa' don haka wasu zasu iya nemo shi. Tsarin da aka fi amfani da shi na hashtag shine a yi amfani da alamar 'hash' ko 'pound' (#) a matsayin prefix zuwa kalmar da kuke son danganta abun ciki da ita. Misali ana iya samun waɗannan a mafi yawan dandamali: #hashtag.
Kowane irin haɓaka cikin hashtag hanya ce ta salo kuma yawanci zaɓi ne. Saboda haka tsarin ba zai bambance abubuwan da za'a samu ta hanyar neman #Hashtag, #hashtag ko #HashTag. Wannan kawai don dalilai ne na salo kuma wataƙila don haɓaka karantawar hashtag kanta.
Daga mahangar ma'anar kalma kalmar ta kunshi bangarorin 'zanta' da 'tag'. Maganin asalin 'hash' ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Faransanci 'hacher' (zuwa sara), wanda aka samo shi daga tsohuwar kalmar Faransanci 'hache' (gatari). Bayanin asalin 'tag' ba kamar yadda aka gabatar dashi ba amma mafi mahimmanci tushen shine daga amfani da Scandinavia daga kusan 1400 inda yake wakiltar ƙaramin rataye daga riga.
Daga Ina Hashtag Ya Zo?
An riga an yi amfani da alamar zanta a cikin shekaru 70 a cikin fasahar watsa labarai da ƙididdigar wancan lokacin. Mun sami kyakkyawan tunani game da hakan a kan labarin Wikipedia mai dacewa:
A cikin 1978, Brian Kernighan da Dennis Ritchie sun yi amfani da # a cikin harshen shirye-shiryen C don kalmomin musamman na musamman waɗanda dole ne mai aiwatarwa na C ya fara aiwatarwa da farko.
- BWKernighan & d.Ritchie: C Tsarin Harshe
An ce amfani da alamar zanta a cikin IRC (Intanit Taimako na Intanet) ya ƙara yin wahayi Chris messina don amfani da alamar a cikin Twitter, sanya shi hashtag na farko, inganta Messina ga mai ƙirƙirar hashtag don wannan maƙasudin. Tweets mai zuwa yana wakiltar haihuwar hashtag (#Legendary):
yaya kuke ji game da amfani da # (laban) don ƙungiyoyi. Kamar yadda a ciki # bargo [msg]?
- Chris Messina (@chrismessina) Agusta 23, 2007
Twitter ya gabatar da aikin hashtag shekaru biyu bayan haka a cikin 2009, yana kafa aiki na 'hashtagged' sharuddan kasancewa haɗi ne zuwa sakamakon bincike wanda ya lissafa wasu tweets tare da hashtag. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya girma cikin shahara kuma ana amfani dashi sosai a cikin gwagwarmayar zamantakewa da kamfen siyasa kusa da babban manufar sa tagging abun ciki zuwa wani ajali, don mutanen da suke nemo shi su same shi. Kusa da Twitter sauran dandamali da yawa sun karɓi hashtag ɗin kuma sun zama misali a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, ba kawai kafofin watsa labarun ba - amma kafofin watsa labarai gaba ɗaya.
Shirye-shiryen Inganta Hashtag
Twitter yayi ƙoƙari don inganta amfani da hashtags har abada tun. Misali sun gabatar da 'hashflags' wadanda hashtags ne wadanda suka hada da sunan kasa (#USA) domin nuna tutar kasar ta wannan kasar. Anyi amfani da wannan a baya a cikin wasanni na duniya kuma ana iya amfani dashi sau da yawa duk lokacin da akwai abubuwan wasanni waɗanda suka shafi ƙungiyoyin masu sha'awar duniya.
Twitter duk da haka baya tallafawa magoya bayan wasanni kawai amma har ma da tushen mai amfani da su. Sun gabatar da gumakan alamomin da ke da alaƙa da Star Wars kusa da Star Wars wanda ke da alaƙa da hashtag wanda ya goyi bayan saƙon ta fuskar gani.
Summary
Don haka hashtag da gaske ba ƙirƙirar Twitter bane amma ƙirar kirkirar mai amfani ne don yin fayil da kuma sanya alamun abubuwan da suka dace da juna don samun dama mafi kyau ga mutanen da ke neman abun ciki na wani batun. Hashtag misali ne mai kyau ga al'adun da suka samo asali kuma a ganina wannan shine har yanzu abin da ke ingiza intanet kamar yadda take a da.
Idan kuna son wannan labarin ku tabbata ku raba shi akan hanyoyin sadarwar ku da kuka fi so kuma ku ba shi wasu hashtags masu dacewa, don mutane su sami sauƙi. Wataƙila wannan zai zama karo na farko da a zahiri hashtag ɗin hashtag '#hashtag'… boom!
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