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04-09-2017, 07:40 AM
#DeleteUber vs. Deleted Uber: Is hashtag activism a farce, or a force?
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It was that moment in time, right after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick had defended his choice to be on President Trump's business advisory council which inspired this tweet:*
@Uber (https://twitter.com/Uber) do you have any shame? Wrong side of history#deleteUber (https://twitter.com/hashtag/deleteUber?src=hash) #Lyft (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lyft?src=hash) https://t.co/PCdMfcrTPY
— (((Amardeep Singh))) (@amarHoboken) January 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/amarHoboken/status/825138263828656129)
It wasn't the first time the #DeleteUber hashtag was used—but it was one of the first tweets that looked like it could fuel a movement. Then, Uber turned off surge-pricing during strikes in airports across the country later that same day.*
And that's when #DeleteUber started trending.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/08/deleteuber-vs-delete-uber/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It was that moment in time, right after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick had defended his choice to be on President Trump's business advisory council which inspired this tweet:*
@Uber (https://twitter.com/Uber) do you have any shame? Wrong side of history#deleteUber (https://twitter.com/hashtag/deleteUber?src=hash) #Lyft (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lyft?src=hash) https://t.co/PCdMfcrTPY
— (((Amardeep Singh))) (@amarHoboken) January 28, 2017 (https://twitter.com/amarHoboken/status/825138263828656129)
It wasn't the first time the #DeleteUber hashtag was used—but it was one of the first tweets that looked like it could fuel a movement. Then, Uber turned off surge-pricing during strikes in airports across the country later that same day.*
And that's when #DeleteUber started trending.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/08/deleteuber-vs-delete-uber/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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