If you’re an Instagram addict, you will definitely relate to our list of the 15 most annoying hashtags on Instagram.
In this age of selfies, Instagram is one social media website that is not going down anytime soon. It is like an epidemic that has gripped the nation. Which brings us to the topic of hashtags. Although hashtags were first introduced on Twitter, they soon became so popular that other websites incorporated them too.
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Hashtags can be extremely helpful. They can help you find posts that would otherwise be impossible to find. They can help in the marketing of a product if you come up with a really catchy slogan. They can even be used to raise your voice against something. But are they always clever, interesting or for a cause? Well, no. Sometimes they are just plain annoying. And in our list of 15 most annoying hashtags on Instagram, we have compiled the ones which are probably the most irritating. They are either overused, misused, misunderstood, pointless or simply idiotic. Keep reading and find out whether your pet peeve made it on the list. And if you use one of them, then frankly you should just stop because it is a mistake, though most certainly not as serious as one of the 10 mistakes on social media that can harm you and will probably get you canned.
Now, let’s get irritated once again by these top annoying Instagram hashtags!
15. #insta…anything really
#instafood #instabeauty #instasize #instamood
What do these even mean? I’m pretty sure most of us don’t know what the reason behind #insta is, but use it anyway because, well, it’s trending and you have to keep up with the trends, right?
14. #foodie
We don’t mind pictures of exotic food from different countries. But what exactly is the point of proclaiming yourself a foodie along with a photo of morning cereal? Will a peanut butter sandwich make you some sort of food lover?
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13. #qotd
Post a selfie. State a completely irrelevant quote as the picture’s caption. Follow it by #qotd. Yes, that’s how some people’s posts work. Maddening, isn’t it? We think so.
12. #blessed
This is mostly posted by people who are very obviously showing off. Do they seriously think that we would take #blessed as a sign of how grateful they are? It is quite clearly a ploy to make others jealous and there is nothing more irritating.
11. #foodporn
Is porn really the word that one would want to associate with food? Somehow it got trending though, and we still fail to understand the reason.
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10. #selfie
You are standing in front of a mirror, making weird faces and holding a phone in your hand. Do you actually think we will not figure out that it’s a selfie if you don’t label it?
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9. #sorrynotsorry
Are you sorry or are you not sorry? Or maybe it’s an apology for not being sorry. Whatever it is, this hashtag is mainly used as an excuse to post something rude, which is exactly why it is on our list of most annoying hashtags on Instagram.
8. #yolo
When it first made its way into social media, the phrase You Only Live Once, or Yolo for short, used to be an inspiration. Now? It’s just infuriating when it is used with completely ordinary pictures of completely ordinary people doing completely ordinary things.
7. #fitspo
#fitspo is basically short for fitness inspiration and may seem really clever but is it? In reality, no one wants to see photos of someone doing an impossible exercise that you wouldn’t get inspiration from if your life depended on it.
6. #nofilter
It’s great that in a world full of people editing their photos until they’re unrecognizable, someone has the confidence to post a picture with no filter. But why would you lie about it when the filter is extremely apparent? Just because you didn’t specifically use an Instagram filter does not make it a #nofilter picture.
5. #nomakeup
This is just a modification of the #nofilter hashtag, therefore we have the same issue with it. Why use it when you are clearly wearing tons of makeup? It is okay to wear makeup, just not okay to lie about it.
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4. #hashtag
Does this really need an explanation for why it’s annoying? A hashtag that says hashtag, but why? Why does this hashtag have to grace the caption of your picture? What possible goal could it serve? If it is used just to increase the number of the hashtags in your caption, then it definitely has the ability to make one’s blood boil.
3. #squad or #squadgoals
This hashtag was made popular by the one and only Taylor Swift but as more and more people are using it, it is getting more and more irritating. A picture of a random group of boring people sitting in a dirty bar labeled #squadgoals? No. Just no.
2. #hashtag #every #word #because #I #don’t #know #how #to #use #them
This is a major no-no if you want to have an interesting post. It puts people off like nothing else and it should, considering that it’s a completely incorrect use of hashtags. And now, let’s see the number one on our list of most annoying hashtags on Instagram.
1. #thishashtagistoolongforanyonetounderstand
The complete opposite of number 2 on our list, posting long sentences in a single hashtag is one of the most exasperating things that Instagram users do. What they need to comprehend is that no one can read that hashtag. What’s worse is that some people put spaces between the words to make it legible, which defeats the whole purpose of a hashtag, making it one of the 15 most annoying hashtags on Instagram.
