Throwback thursday

THROWBACK THURSDAY

Ever seen such words ‘Throwback Thursday’, ‘Throwback’ ‘#TBT’ on Social media every Thursdays and wonder what they are? Well it’s not Game of thrones or a movie title but a terminology coined and  used for remembering and sharing past events through social media networks.

Throwback Thursday or simply Throwback is a popular  social media theme used weekly by participants to post anything (photos, videos, quotes or memes) that happened in the past to social networking sites like Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter.

As the name suggests throwback Thursday happens on Thursdays and content posted (Usually photos) can be from years ago or just a few days ago; no limitations per se’.

Users who participate in the trend at Instagram and Twitter use hash-tag #TBT, #ThrowbackThursday or #Throwback to tag their photos so as to help expose their tbt’s to many other users using the same hash-tag.There are no rules for the holiday.Its only a thursday thing.

The term ‘Throwback’ originated from Instagram but is quickly spreading to other social network sites especially ones that use Hash-tag functionality like Facebook and Twitter.

#TBT LU Charter award by Former President Mwai Kibaki on February 19th 2013 at LU main campus

Throwback Thursday is important in expressing our feeling of nostalgia. That’s why it’s growing bigger every Thursday.

Next time you see ‘#TBT’, ‘#Throwback’ or ‘ThrowBackThursday’ on your Facebook or twitter timeline then someone is nostalgic!

                                                  LAIKIPIA UNIVERSITY PRESS