What is #followfriday on Twitter?

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Follow Friday, which is better known as #followfriday or #ff is a hashtag used on Twitter set to happen every FRIDAY (duh.. otherwise why is it called Follow Friday?). It was started by Micah Baldwin to encourage people to suggest great tweeple that they think others should follow as well.

To make a hashtag on Twitter, you would need the # symbol. The symbol is recognised and tracked by Twitter search.

Here is an example of a #followfriday

History of #followfriday

On a very fine day, Micah Baldwin was musing on how proud he was to have known some of his friends (Danny and Jeffrey) and he wanted more people to know and follow them on Twitter. He then decided to send this tweet:

Immediately after, one of his friends replied:

On that very day, #followFriday was born.

Here is a recent chart that shows the number of mentions of #followfriday on Twitter. That’s close to 50,000 mentions on Friday, July 31 and the effect lingers for the rest of the week!

How to do a #followfriday?

It’s very simple to recommend someone via #followfriday or #ff

Step 1:

Type the name of the follower you are recommending:
@pennolson

Step 2

Type why people should follow them:
I recommend @pennolson because their tweets are very informative

Step 3

This is an important step so don’t miss it out: Add #followfriday or #ff at the end of your tweet:

I recommend @pennolson their tweet are very informative #followfriday #ff

Step 4

Tweet it out!

You can also follow different formats of #followfriday, just remember your hashtag:
I am recommending @pennolson for #followfriday because of their great tweets. #ff

Now you are good to start! Who would you recommend today?

Source: whashtag

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