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What's the # followed by words mean in? - Leelee - 11-10-2012 12:22 AM

Please tell me, I am new to twitter and I just wanna know what the heck it means.


- ☮♥☺♪♫☼ - 11-10-2012 12:30 AM

I think you meant to say the @followed by words. That is the persons user name.


- Midnightkitten714 - 11-10-2012 12:30 AM

Its called a hashtag. When you click one, you are taken to a bunch of other Tweets that contain the word you hashtagged. Such as #nowplaying #hastag #twitter