{"id":131,"date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/building-up-the-powershell-community"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:52:09","slug":"building-up-the-powershell-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlhammer.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/10\/building-up-the-powershell-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Building up the PowerShell community &#8211; SQL Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I involved in a conversation with some SQL professionals who are also skilled with PowerShell. The SQL Server community is used to having a tool to connect them directly to gurus who are dedicated to helping others, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sqlhelp\">#sqlhelp<\/a> hashtag on Twitter. We realized that the PowerShell community\u2019s Twitter hashtags are not as strong as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sqlhelp\">#sqlhelp<\/a> hashtag and want to fix that. PowerShell deserves its own hashtag that is useful. To be useful, we need to monitor it.<\/p>\n<h3>Introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a> hashtag is not new. I tried to find its origin but I gave up after scrolling through 4 years worth of tweets. However, it never really took off in the way that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sqlhelp\">#sqlhelp<\/a> hashtag did. Myself and others, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NfvkfJXMjp\">Shawn Melton<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsmelton\">@wsmelton<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/K8jsx6WHcc\">Adam Bertram<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adbertram\">@adbertram<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikefal.net\/\">Mike Fal<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Fal\">@Mike_Fal<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8hvP3Mch9K\">Rob Sewell<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fade2blackuk\">@fade2black<\/a>), and <a href=\"http:\/\/learn-powershell.net\/\">Boe Prox<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/proxb\">@proxb<\/a>) have committed to monitoring the hashtag and answer any questions that we are able. The more people monitoring the hashtag, the more valuable and sustainable it will become.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve already added a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a> column to TweetDeck and urge you to do the same but let\u2019s cover the rules.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questions should fit into 140 characters. When questions span more than one tweet (such as 2\/2\u2019s) it can be difficult for someone to jump into a reply chain and have read all the information necessary to answer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If they don\u2019t fit, put your question and information on another site (like <a href=\"http:\/\/serverfault.com\/\">ServerFault.com<\/a>) and link to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DO NOT SPAM THE HASH TAG<\/strong>. This is important, because to make it useful it needs to be kept clean. Don\u2019t use it to advertise your blog posts or articles, but only for Q&#038;A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t be a dick, a.k.a. <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/wheatons-law\">Wheaton\u2019s Law<\/a>. Be polite and respectful to those using it. Also be kind to those mis-using the hash tag. It is likely that they found a trending hashtag and took advantage. Gentle education typically solves the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/poshhelp.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/poshhelp.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What not to do<\/h3>\n<p>There were also discussions about using #powershellhelp. We do not recommend using that hashtag for PowerShell help. This is because having two hashtags will divide the group of professionals monitoring them, resulting in lower answer rates, and because #powershellhelp has more characters than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a>, making <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a> the better choice for Twitter.<\/p>\n<h3>What you should do<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poshhelp\">#poshhelp<\/a> column to your Twitter client.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask questions!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When you can, answer questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hammer-derik-172x140.png\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Written by Derik Hammer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">SQL Hammer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Derik is a data professional focusing on Microsoft SQL Server. His passion focuses around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/category\/high-availability\/\">high-availability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/category\/general\/disaster-recovery\/\">disaster recovery<\/a>, continuous integration, and automated maintenance. his experience has spanned long-term database administration, consulting, and entrepreneurial ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Derik gives the SQL community credit for plugging the gaps in his knowledge when he was a junior DBA and, now that his skills have matured, started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">SQLHammer.com<\/a> as one small way to give back and continue the cycle of shared learning.<\/p>\n<p>Derik is the owner and lead author of SQL Hammer, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">Microsoft SQL Server resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com<\/a>. Follow Derik on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SQLHammer\">Twitter<\/a> for <strong>SQL tips and chat<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I involved in a conversation with some SQL professionals who are also skilled with PowerShell. The SQL Server community is used to having a tool to connect them directly to gurus who are dedicated to helping others, the #sqlhelp hashtag on Twitter. 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