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#hashtag inventor Chris Messina has signed off of Twitter.
Messina said goodbye to the platform on Saturday after his verification check was removed:
My choice isn’t about the badge; it’s about everything that lead up to the badge and how it has been handled. Whatever Twitter was before deserved more dignity and consideration than it’s received in the last six months.
His account has now been set to private.
Messina’s suggestion, back in 2007, to use the # symbol to organize groups became a defining feature for Twitter. The platform’s new owner, however, isn’t much of a fan.
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