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Who is the champion person behind the newest hashtag on social media #illridewithyou - it's a young woman, age 33, who calls herself a 'cranky little hermit crab', an Australian with a loud voice who has just become the person to create the biggest trending social media in the world right now. Yes, that's right - the biggest trending hashtag in the world.
You can follow her on Twitter here - she's at @sirtessa.
She writes a blog page called Silence Without, and you can see her writing here.
And here she is, the ledge:
Here are her 'stats', taken from her site:
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And in light of the still ongoing Sydney siege unfolding right now, she decided that all Muslim Australians should feel safe when they are travelling on public transport. And so, a few hours ago she created that hashtag:
Maybe start a hashtag? What’s in #illridewithyou?
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014After she saw this, posted a few hours before:
This, this is what good people do. #sydneyseige #MartinPlace pic.twitter.com/zxbHLWzxEp
— Michael James (@MichaelJames_TV) December 15, 2014She then followed it up with this:
If you reg take the #373 bus b/w Coogee/MartinPl, wear religious attire, & don’t feel safe alone: I’ll ride with you. @ me for schedule.— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014Maybe start a hashtag? What’s in #illridewithyou?
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014Anyway. #373 bus between Coogee & Martin Place. #illridewithyou @ me if you just want to wear your headdress & not be bothered.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014I don’t think that offer is specific to Sydney, or even Australia. It would do well in many spaces.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014I'm not in a position to coordinate any organisation. If anyone would like to take the idea and run with it: do. I don't own this.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014So, so, relieved that this has taken off. Hashtag currently moving faster that GG. Can't really engage because mentions are thick 'n fast.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014Hi media outlets; I managed to catch the first few of you, now my mentions are launching into space. Apologies.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014I'll be speaking to @BBCWorld in around an hour about #illridewithyou. In which I will stammer, spoonerism, and say it all again.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014Those of you taking heart from #illridewithyou; I feel you. Needed to see this myself.
— Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) December 15, 2014#IllRideWithYou: Australians show solidarity with Muslims amid the Sydney siege http://t.co/5hFgbIp2C3 pic.twitter.com/czDCx7OdM4
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 15, 2014
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