So… the folks in the Join the Fight Social Media Initiative need your help.
We need to come up with a name for our group and a hashtag (or hashtags) for us to use in our social media posting.
They can be fun, serious, quirky, don’t hold back because you think it needs to be a certain kind of thing.
Let the nominations begin!
Martin
#ImDoingMyPart
Wait, no, that’s a bad idea. Scratch that one.
Another Scott
#JoFiSoMe?
Jumpin’ JoFiSoMe!
Dunno. People who come up with this stuff earn every penny.
Thanks for all the work you folks are doing.
Cheers,
Scott.
sab
@Another Scott: Second that. Sorry John and watergirl. Your creativity is what made this place even exist. Many of us don’t have that spark. I’ll keep pondering and weigh on if a spark ignites.
VeniceRiley
#Jackals4Truth
#FactsBitches
#YoMommaIsFascist
#DeceptionTruthAche
#SickOfYourTricksGang
#TooLegitToCrit
#StopTheCrap
#SANITYSQUAD
Almost Retired
JackalsUnshackled? ReleaseTheJackals… JusticeJackals
It doesn’t have to include the word “jackals,” but that’s where I’m starting.
I don’t know…I’m not good at this at all, and don’t entirely understand the strategy behind hashtag selection.
Baud
#WakeUpSheeple
piratedan
I would humbly suggest some options:
#cut-the-crap
#realitycheck
#democracyisnotadirtyword
#questiontheautocracy
#thesefolkssarenotright
WaterGirl
@Martin: At first I didn’t know why that was a bad idea. Then I laughed out loud.
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: Not just hashtags! we need a name for our group that will be different than the hashtags.
WaterGirl
Some of these are really great!
Keep ’em coming, please. And don’t forget that we need a name for our group, like @whatever for twitter, etc.
Geminid
#Gondola
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Arsenal of Democracy
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: How’s your “not a vacation”?
WaterGirl
@Baud: I know you’re not part of the group yet :-) but we are thinking of asking you to provide us a list of pithy, clever stuff one liners we can use every week as we promote content in our 6 focus areas. :-)
piratedan
I just kind of assumed that we would be “the jackaltariat”
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Citizens United! Oh, wait…
Baud
@WaterGirl:
I‘ll be going away for about a month soon.
Starfish
#TunchHasAPosse
Starfish
@Baud: Take us with you?
lollipopguild
Jackals United can never be defeated.
WaterGirl
@Baud: For work or for play?
WaterGirl
@lollipopguild: Dammit, you beat me to it!
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
America Is For All Of Us
Balloon Juice Rising
Protect Our Communities From Hatred
WaterGirl
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Citizens United, No Not That One
Baud
@piratedan:
The obvious probably makes the most sense.
WaterGirl
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
I first read that as Protect Our Communities From Harvard.
My first thought was that was fair because so many Republicans have given it a bad name.
eachother
Blue Fire
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Both.
JCJ
TheBaudBrigade
TeamTunch
WaterGirl
@Baud:
So you’re thinking of something with BJ in the name, then? :-)
WaterGirl
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
The Real Citizens United?
WaterGirl
@Baud: I’m sure you won’t tell us all about it.
Gone for a whole month? Can you at least leave me with 10 pithy Baud-comments that I can roll out every few days so we don’t go into withdrawal?
Baud
@JCJ:
We don’t want to be too popular.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
I could tell you, but then…you know.
OzarkHillbilly
@lollipopguild: I was thinking more along the lines of “Jackals eat everything” or “Jackals aren’t very picky”.
Baud
Given the BJ demo, you could go with Old Glories.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
I’ll try if I have time.
citizen dave
BetterTheFuture
BaloonJuice BettersTheFuture
BaloonJuiceLiftingAmericanDemocracy
BaloonJuiceExcelsior
ParticipateInDemocracyCitizens!
WaterGirl
@Baud: That would be very fun. I promise to dole them out responsibly, and you know I would never hoard them all for myself.
Another Scott
Please don’t hire any of the people who come up with trademarked names for medications.
Xopetraflemulax™ – Pronounced “Humira”
Cheers,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: If we did that, all our tweets would have to have all the potential side effects appended, and we wouldn’t have any characters for what we wanted to say.
FelonyGovt
The Justice Jackals
Helps Remove Shitstains
schrodingers_cat
Water Balloons
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Or Green Balloons.
NotMax
AmeriVoice
#WePluribus
OzarkHillbilly
@schrodingers_cat: @Baud: I prefer “Pee Balloons” or “Urine Balloons”. (think, The Wire)
ETA: YELLOW BALLOONS! “Don’t you drink from the yellow balloons.“
lollipopguild
@Baud: Then came Baud.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Green Water Balloons
SpaceUnit
Blue Vengeance
#DiePigfuckersDie
Suzanne
#twowetsuits
#wheresthemustard
Alison Rose ???
I believe I emailed these through the form, but to repeat:
I can’t come up with anything catchy for the group name, but a couple hashtag ideas were #DemocracyOrBust and #PaintItBlue
(Always a good idea to capitalize words in a hashtag so they are more legible and I believe it’s also more helpful for people who use screen readers)
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
Are the balloons green or is the water green?
Baud
BJ Blue.
Dagaetch
#TheGoodHotAir
#RevengeOfTunch
#DontMessWithTheJackals
#BJ_For_Justice
#AlmostTop10k
#GiveSanityAChance
Alison Rose ???
@Baud: I have hesitation around using BJ since a lot of people will not be familiar with the blog name and, you know…will have a different definition for that abbreviation in mind…
Baud
@Alison Rose ???:
That’s how you get people in the door though.
NotMax
@Baud
Too close to BJ After Dark. :)
Howzabout #BlueVictory?
Baud
If the name of your group is Anti Fox, you could shorten it to Antifo.
Baud
@NotMax:
#Blue4U
Alison Rose ???
@Baud: #Blue4All?
I mean, fuck a lot of ’em. But you know.
Suzanne
@Baud: #antifa+groomers4baud
WaterGirl
@Baud: wow. that’s an image.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Since there’s an Act Blue you could go with something simple like Talk Blue.
Painedumonde
#againwiththis
Baud
@Suzanne:
#IKnowYouAreButWhatAmI
Elizabelle
JackalsAssemble
Baud
@Elizabelle:
Voltron!
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@NotMax: I like #wePluribus for the hashtag a lot.
I was thinking of “The Mustard Project” or ” The Lily and Steve Coop” for the name
Suzanne
@Baud: Sorry, I just love trolling social conservatives. They might be my least-favorite kind of conservative. Then maybe the “economically conservative but socially liberal” type. Almost as insufferable.
Baud
@Suzanne:
That hashtag would work perfectly then. It anticipates their accusations.
debbie
@Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!):
I like your hashtag, but maybe something with “Pluribus” in it for the name?
scav
GetAGrip.
Kay
MomSense
@NotMax:
I love WePluribus
#jackalpack
#truthwins
Baud
@Kay:
We may have a winner. Balloon Corps!
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
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japa21
@Baud: Sounds and looks good to me.
Baud
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
The artist formerly known as Prince?
Suzanne
@Baud: Could also go with #burningcitiesTOTHEGROUND
Starfish
@Baud: The hashtag can’t be #SinemaToast, and this makes me sad.
MomSense
@Kay:
I like that.
#BalloonCorps
Kay
@MomSense:
japa21
@Kay: Since we are either in a second Civil War or a resurgence of a smoldering original one, it is appropriate.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@MomSense: @Kay: Maybe Kay’s “Union Army Balloon Corps” for the formal name combined with #BalloonCorps
West of the Rockies
BJ’s for Truth!
Oh. Wait…
MomSense
@Kay:
Love it
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@Baud: I’m going to miss my regular hits of Baudian wit.
MomSense
@Kay:
I also like #keeptopeyeopen which was the abolitionists’ warning.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Nice! ?
lashonharangue
Content Imoderators
Willow Planters
MomSense
@VeniceRiley:
I kinda love factsbitches
Omnes Omnibus
Arthur.
espierce
JackalsRising
WaterGirl
So many of these are great, keep ’em coming!
lashonharangue
#hereisthelie
#theycamefortheballon
#factsnotfaux
#straightoutafaux
topclimber
@Almost Retired: Just Jackals has more than one meaning.
Ramalama
I was thinking that jackals should be in the name like #jackalsUp or #jackalUp like man up, but I’m cool with #ballooncorps.If people want to get really salty tack on “bitches”, so #balloonCorpsBitches.
Ramalama
@espierce: I like that too
Bex
The efgoldman Brigade. And we all know what the hashtag would be.
frosty
Some of these are good but when I saw Balloon Corps that was a winner for me. It refers to the blog and it doesn’t confuse others that don’t know we’re really a pack of vitriolic vicious jackals. (And proud of it!!)
(Please note I didn’t use “references” as a verb!
BigJimSlade
Integrity Matters
No Second Class Citizens
(or replace “Citizens” with “People”)
BigJimSlade
@Bex: ? ? #fuckem
NotMax
@frosty
The problem with anything with Balloon in the name is it being subject to fostering the impression among the uninitiated (and having it stick) it equates to “full of hot air.”
Ramalama
@MomSense: I like #keeptopeyeopen too.
I think the use of balloon or jackal might be slightly problematic because both words are easily misspelled. A relative of mine uses “balloon” in her email addresses and mentioned to me that people frequently get it wrong. Just thinking about that now.
Miss Bianca
What is this, Social Media Fight Club?//
WaterGirl
Democracy Requires Participation
Crimson Pimpernel
It’s a shame how many names that evoke patriotism, honor, and truth are already taken, and not always by the good guys. I like the idea of Balloon Corps, but have some concern about the point that has been raised that the image is associated with inflation and hot air. That said, there is no choice that cannot be demonized by determined Republicans.
The hashtag idea I like best for brevity and encapsulating the object of the effort is #KeepIt, as in “a Republic if you can…”
Denali
I also like Ballooncorps. If they can’t spell…as E.F. Goldman would say . . .
WaterGirl
#TheBirdIsDispleased
and use this image along with it