Turning Moments Into Movements, with Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina
From Dot Social by Mike McCue
March 24, 2025 · 1h 2m · Episode 18
About this episode
Chris Messina discusses the future of the internet, focusing on the impact of hashtags, decentralization, and AI.
Chris Messina goes wide to explain where this next 20-year cycle of the internet is taking us. From the community-organzing power of the hashtag to decentralization and the massive shifts ignited by AI, he threads the needle on it all.
People in this episode
Host: Mike McCue
Guest: Chris Messina
Topics covered
- internet trends
- community organizing
- hashtag
- decentralization
- AI shifts
Keywords
- hashtag
- decentralization
- AI
- internet cycles
- community organizing
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