#enoughalready

Still trying to understand hashtags. I understand the use of something like #smithandersonwedding or #billingsleyfamilyreunion so that people can search for pics of those events. But for the people that make a post and have 50 hashtags at the end with little to no function, I think maybe they're just misusing it but really wanting to be trendy. Like "happy birthday to my little boy! #birthday #cantbelievehesnotmybabyanymore". That I don't get. First off, when you click on the birthday hashtag you're going to see a million posts that have nothing to do with your own. Second, on the long hashtag, your post will be the only one. I have been told by the kids that if you make a hashtag and clicking on it only reveals your one post, or reveals thousands, it's a hashtag fail.  If you're using hashtags to explain what your post is about, stop it. We can read your post and know what it's about. I don't need to see "so glad Starbucks is open. #coffee #ilovecoffee".  I get it, you want your posts to look cool and hip, but 90% of you are doing it wrong.