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What does the number sign mean? - Hannah - 11-10-2012 12:24 AM
Whenever I see something on Twitter or even on Facebook, I notice the put a number sign before the saying. Here's an example on a picture: "Summer 2011 #MostDope". WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
- M. L. - 11-10-2012 12:33 AM
They are called "Hashtags".
Twitter defines them as this:
The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.
People use the hashtag symbol # before relevant keywords in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets to show more easily in Twitter Search.
- Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category.
- Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet.
- Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics.
Here's some pages that talk about them in great detail:
http://support.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols
http://www.techforluddites.com/2009/02/the-twitter-hash-tag-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-use-it.html