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what does hash tags mean? - Superbass - 03-30-2014 05:09 AM
i don't know what does hash tags mean. pls help.
- TrustMe - 03-30-2014 05:21 AM
Thanks to Wikipedia:
"A hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol #,[1][2] a form of metadata tag. Short messages on microblogging social networking services such as Twitter, Tout, identi.ca, Tumblr, Instagram, or Google+ may be tagged by including one or more with multiple words concatenated, e.g.:
#Wikipedia is an #encyclopedia
Hashtags provide a means of grouping such messages, since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it."
- Namito - 03-30-2014 05:23 AM
A hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol #. Think of them of keywords.
- People use the hashtag symbol # before a relevant keyword or phrase (no spaces) in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter Search.
- Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets marked with that keyword.
- Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet – at the beginning, middle, or end.
- Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics.