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Why do people put a # in front of certain phrases and stuff on Twitter? - LittleElmTree - 11-10-2012 12:16 AM
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- rachelohrachel - 11-10-2012 12:25 AM
That's called a hashtag. Twitter (or some application it uses) picks up on these and compiles a list of "Trending Topics" -- the ten things being discussed the most at that moment.
So it's basically a keyword. If you search "# + whatever subject", you can see a list of all the tweets about that subject. If you put "# + subject" in your own tweets, they will be added to that list.