Corn Nation · Aug 3, 2016
Twitter Hijacks Nebraska's #GBR Hashtag for Great Britain
Husker fans noticed something strange happening to their Tweets Tuesday afternoon.
It's become a habit for Nebraska fans to add a #GBR hashtag to their tweets...an internet shorthand for Go Big Red. When you only have 140 characters, you have to be brief. Except all of a sudden, the #GBR now has the British Union Jack attached to it. Wait...didn't we win two wars against the British so that we were free of England, her Majesty and that flag?
Yep...but Twitter isn't recognizing that anymore. You see, GBR is also the official Olympic abbreviation for Great Britain, and with the Olympics underway in Rio, Twitter has given the hashtag over to the British.