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What's the deal with the whole # thing on twitter? - Kelsey - 11-09-2012 09:50 PM
- RyGuy - 11-09-2012 09:58 PM
It's a way to search for a specific person or event. If people go to an event they'll usually use a phrase.
- abraXus - 11-09-2012 09:58 PM
it's called a hash tag
http://abrax.us/Facebook/HashTags.php
david letterman demonstrated it last night...
- Sarah - 11-09-2012 09:58 PM
It's called a hashtag. Most times they just refer to a certain topic, which makes searching for posts about that topic easier. Other times, people use hashtags to make short passive-aggressive or sarcastic remarks, such as:
Ugh, my iPhone is so slow today! #firstworldproblems
In that case the hashtag indicates that they aren't seriously annoyed about it, they're either being sarcastic/making fun of people who are seriously annoyed about having slow iPhones, or saying that they know it's a little thing, but they're going to be annoyed about it anyway.
- miss A.K.A - 11-09-2012 09:58 PM
hashtag. ghetto people use it.