#Hashable

As social media spreads further and further a new development has come about that allows you to use social media to keep track of real world interactions using hashtags.

Hashable uses hashtags to allow you to keep track of what you have been doing but also allows you to describe interactions. This could come in the form of the #intro tag. This allows you to introduce two people. This would send an email to both of the parties or could notify them on Twitter telling them a connection has been made. For example “#Intro @MattOrmrod @SimonParsonage you two are both in the Manchester area.” This would introduce the two contacts to each other and allow them to start a dialogue. This is especially useful in the business world where it may be useful to introduce two contacts that both deal in the same field but are unaware of the assistance they could provide each other.

Other ways that the Hashable could be used could be to structure meetings. For example ‘ Heading to a #meeting with James’ would notify James that the user was heading towards a meeting with them but would also allow the user to look back on what they had been doing at that particular time.

Hashable will be a great tool in assisting people to add structure to and monitor their offline interactions. Much like the check-in tool on the Facebook application for mobile devices, it will allow people to inform others what they are doing and where they are while they are on the go.

Hashable will also soon support iPhone app connections allowing it to be used on the go. This could be useful for a professional if they are away from the office all day they would still be able to keep track of their interactions.

Users will be rewarded with points known as ‘Hashcred’ every time they interact such as making an introduction or attending a meeting etc. The users who have the most ‘Hashcred’ will be ranked in a leaderboard and superusers will be highlighted in the ‘top connectors’ section.

Twitter users already tweet about their interactions such as going for meals or having meetings. Hashables aim is to gather this information and structure the data for individual and global insight.