The "tag movement" around #080808 (you must have twitter)

That cool 080808 mashup guys

Tag080808

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Chinese Tweeters Celebrate Olympics With #080808

By STEVEN SCHWANKERT, IDG News Service\Beijing Bureau, IDG
Published: August 8, 2008

A new online movement less than 24 hours old seeks to spread the Olympic spirit among users of the Twitter micro-blogging site.

Using "#080808" (pronounced "tag 080808"), a symbol for the date of the Olympics opening day, August 8, 2008, is "just for fun, a way to 'write down' the day," said Steven Lin, one of the movement's co-founders, who works for official Olympic Web site Sohu.com as a project manager. ...

#080808 | Blog: New York Times Coverage of #080808 http://tag080808.com/2008/08/nytimes-coverage-of-080808-080808.html

Check it out: http://tag080808.appspot.com/

Just do it! Create a web page to collect all user generated content tagged with "#080808" all over the world? ...
#080808 | Blog: Junyu: How the mash-up was created http://tag080808.com/2008/08/junyu-how-mash-up-was-created.html

Compare the tag's fitness with the alternatives

1. BEST #080808 - Twitter Search http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%23080808+
2. #olympics - Twitter Search http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%23olympics
3. #bg08 - Twitter Search http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%23bg08
   

(search.twitter.com shows no numbers, but the popularity can be estimated when you look down to the date of the last tweet on the first page)

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