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Why do people put # Then something after that? - BILL - 11-09-2012 09:21 PM
What the hell does that mean?
- Aubrey - 11-09-2012 09:30 PM
Something to do with twitter.
- JohnAdriaan - 11-09-2012 09:30 PM
What you're describing is called a "hashtag". The Twitter system uses these to group all Tweets with the same hashtags, so that others interested in the same topic can see all of the same kind of Tweets.
Anyone can make one up: they only become popular when lots of people use the same one, and sometimes there can be some funny collisions, where people use a hashtag for something that has already been used for something completely different.
And since so many people use or at least read Twitter, the hashtag has become common outside of just Twitter.
- xdazzlingdiamonds - 11-09-2012 09:30 PM
it's a hashtag. twitter started it.
for example:
#DamnThisQuoteIsTrue
#KimKardashianDivorce
#theawkwardmomentwhen
they're like 'top trending' things people are talking about.