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Why do people do this on twitter? - . - 01-22-2013 06:52 PM
They put hashtags at the end of their sentences. This is an example... I saw this quote on clevver tv by Miley Cyrus, "now that I'm engaged I can't have friends of the opposite sex to hang out with? #dumb" I still don't get it.
I'm asking what's the point. What does it mean??
- Rat - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
Why not?
- Janelley - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
Cause hash tags are the best!
- screechingbeam585 - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
Because they can
- Fontaine - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
It's just what people do...it makes them get more views on their tweets by putting popular trending hashtags
- cooinghobbies107 - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
Because they can. #SWAG #YOLO #LOL
It gets annoying in my opinion.
- Bradley P - 01-22-2013 07:00 PM
Hashtags are like the topics, or keyword links, you see on a weblog--you can click on them to see other material organized under that tag.
For example, in the Tweet you gave, people would be able to click on the hashtag and see other recent Tweets that were also filed under "dumb". Granted, different websites do this differently and with Twitter it's also a popularity contest, but that's the basics of it--you use hashtags to find other Tweets on a similar subject or point.