THROWING BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF THROW BACK THURSDAY.

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In 2006, Matt Halfhill thought there could be an opportunity to do something similar to tech blogs like Gizmodo but about sneakers, moving the conversation between avid sneakerheads out of online forums into a venue with frequent posts, an easy-to-read layout and a voice. He called it NiceKicks.com.

He liked how some blogs had regular weekly features, so around July 2006, he came up with a few of his own. “Release Reminder” would be about when new shoes were going to drop. “Throwback Thursday” would be about an old shoe he liked, to break up the focus on all things new. And naturally, it would come out on Thursdays.

Little did Halfhill know that Throwback Thursday would turn into such a huge phenomenon — it’s now the nostalgic and self-deprecating practice of posting an older photo of yourself, often on Instagram, on Thursdays. The hashtag #tbt has been used 193 million times on Instagram and #throwbackthursday 38 million times, according to a spokeswoman.




[1] Source: LIZ GANNES
Throwing Back To the Origins of Throwback.
May 1, 2014, 9:29 AM PDT

Comments

  1. sirjohn10 September 2015 at 06:02

    wow, very intresting and educative.I didnt know the origin and i have been using #tbt. Thanks for this.

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