Introducing a standard for asking questions on Twitter
As far as my *exhaustive* research has shown, there doesn’t seem to be a standard way of asking a question on Twitter.
Users often write regular questions but wouldn’t it be helpful if there was a standard format (hashtag?) that allowed other to digest the tweet as an incoming question? If a hashtag was used, more helpful users could answer questions from users they don’t follow creating a more helpful community.
I’m thinking you could use #[Hashtag]Question format where the incumbent hashtag remains the same but you simply add Question to it. In this sense you are creating Quora-esque topics that people can choose to follow and answer to show their knowledge.
For example Jason’s tweet above would be:
“#BullyingQuestion: anyone know of any anti-bullying schools/charities?”
Or:
What do you think?
