Yes. Really. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtT_C_qCYAEmaai.jpg:large REALLY?! Pathetic. And they'll only make it worse for themselves. It's going into oblivion from now on.
Turns out it may be a (very well done) hoax. Searched the FIA website for ''hashtag'' but came back with nothing.
Lol, apparently someone spread the rumour in the media center today and EVERYONE believed it, journo's going mad. Fantastic
It has come to the attention of management that some involved with the sport are enjoying themselves. This will cease immediately.
The fia has to be the biggest group of boring morons ever. Im assuming they were all beat up daily in school and this is their way of getting even.
Personally i think it;'s really stupid with this hashtags thing. I saw a post of FB the other day..'each time you use a hashtag, Spiderman gets an anal wart..' Poor spidey
Yes can somebody answer this please. I assume they are used so some program can identify the start of something ... but have no idea Pete
On certain social media (twitter, facebook, instagram) you can search for hashtags and find posts/images/opinions that are related to it. #Alonso will find all Alonso related posts (as long as they're tagged) #braziliangirl ...same #MH17 anything related to the plane disaster And so on. It's quite helpful I guess. I never really liked twitter but I found it to be quite useful following the right people in F1 to get the newest info/rumours very quickly. I don't really use hashtags though.
In the mid and late 90s when the Internet was gaining traction, the FIA practically banned information such as any official practice, qualifying and race results being posted on websites or on bulletin board sites such as CompuServe or AOL. This came to a bit of a head at the 1997 FIA GT event at Sebring. At that time, the Racing forum on CompuServe was a good conduit for posting information but people who could not attend the Sebring event could not find qualifying results and people were reluctant to post anything in the forums. I went ahead and posted qualifying results on the CompuServe forums and on arriving at the media center the morning of the race, colleagues suggested "Boy, you're in for it now". But, what could the FIA do? I merely retyped qualifying results as reported in the Tampa Tribune to share the information for people who were not able to attend and nothing happened. Not a word mentioned from any of the blue shirt wearing FIA representatives who likely were completely unaware of the Internet much less CompuServe. It was amazing to witness that a seemingly progressive sanctioning body with their heads so buried in the sand. But, at that time, a lot of people (including managing editors of print publications) thought the Internet was just a passing fad. Interesting in that today, most of those print publications don't exist any longer as they failed to react to the power of the developing Internet just 17 short years ago. So, really, this story sort of rings true even it it's a goof. BHW
Hoax apart, for some reason Bernie doesn´t like Internet. Quite strange, as he could be making money with it. I suppose that, until the bureaucrats manage to castrate it, internet is something quite difficult to keep under strict control.
If you read the actual announcement, it is pretty clear this is a hoax. Besides, the FIA is not in the position to decide if, when and how anyone uses Twitter.
