A
few weeks ago, while I was on Twitter, I noticed that a lot of people have
hashtags that they’re trying to promote related to mental health. For anyone
that isn’t aware, a # plus a phrase is used
on Twitter and other social media sort of as a search term.
For
example, if you wanted to look up your favorite band, you can go on Twitter and
do a search for #bandname and you will
see all of the posts that others have made about the band. I hope that makes
more sense; I know I had a heck of a time when I first started
out.
After
being online for a while and seeing the work people were putting into their
hashtags, I noticed that it seemed like everyone was trying to promote their
hashtag about mental health or mental illness. It made me wonder if there was a
way to bring it all together into one hashtag, therefore making the mental
health community even stronger. So, I started thinking about ideas, and I came
up with #KeepTalkingMH. There’s a website called www.twubs.com
where you can make sure there isn’t anyone else using your desired hashtag. If nobody
else is using it, then you register it. I recommend paying the $9 fee to have exclusive
rights.
My
hashtag started to become popular. I
picked a certain day to try and get it trending, and although we didn’t get
there, we did have some exciting things happen. Celebrities like cast members
from Mike & Molly, Kevin Smith, former WWE superstars and announcers, they
all tweeted for us that day.
Since
then, the popularity has grown. It’s easily found
on Twitter, and it allows people to have
a voice and talk about how they’re feeling. So, here I am today asking that you
jump on the bandwagon and tweet #KeepTalkingMH today and every day!
Remember,
it must be an original tweet, you can’t just retweet someone else’s.
To
all mental health advocates out there, please consider using #KeepTalkingMH
instead of creating a new hashtag. If we had just one hashtag that covered the
entire spectrum, and everyone started using it, we could make a change in the
way people view mental health.
You’ve
been challenged! Keep using
#KeepTalkingMH always and often and let’s see if we can get our message out
there!
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