Twitter #hashtags for Twin Parents

Twitter is a great place to connect in (nearly) realtime with other parents of twins. And, in an attempt to do that, nearly every twin parent tries out a search on the term “twins” at some point or another. But, searching on the hashtag #twins will return about 99% of the tweets related to that fabulous Major League Baseball team, The Minnesota Twins.

#TwinTuesday

This can be frustrating for twin parents that are trying to form a community. So, along came TwinHappy.com. Jen at TwinHappy created TwinTuesday, a fun day for parents of twins to connect on Twitter — usually centered around a Question of the Week. Jen usually has a weekly giveaway as well as a “shout out” to all the parents on her TwinTuesday roll call. Kudos to @TwinHappyJen. It’s super easy to participate — just search on the hashtag #twintuesday to see the conversations, and tweet along – including the #twintuesday hashtag in your tweets.

What is a hashtag?

According to Ben Parr at Mashable, “One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag, a topic with a hash symbol (“#”) at the start to identify it. Twitter hashtags like #followfridayhelp spread information on Twitter while also helping to organize it.” Read more about hashtags in Mashable’s article, ”HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags”.

Some existing hashtags on Twitter have HUGE followings. For example, some of the political hastags (like #TCOT – top conservatives on twitter) are often trending (that is, a lot of people on twitter are currently talking about it).

How do parents of twins connect the rest of the week?

Some parents of twins and multiples have attempted to use the hashtag #multiples. That works fine, but it is a bit long. When you’re working with just 140 characters, it is desirable to have a short hashtag — to conserve your precious tweet characters for your real content. I’ve seen some amazingly long hashtags, and it’s just crazy. Well, I guess that’s the point. People often come up with some crazy hashtag and get all their friends to tweet with it in an attempt to make it “trend”.

#TPH – Twin Parenthood

Since #twins gets you MLB results, I humbly submit a new option, #tph (for Twin Parenthood). It’s short — so it won’t take up too much of your 140 characters. And, it represents the connection many of us want to make — a connection about parenting twins.

I don’t want to “own” the hashtag. There’s no such thing. I just want to connect with other parents of twins ABOUT twin parenthood. So, let’s give it a go. What do ya say?

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