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What does # mean on Facebook and Twitter? - Rick - 02-19-2013 07:55 PM
What's the purpose of using the # symbol in these social networks? What does it mean?
as in...
#occupy
#first_world_problems
#cowboys
#ugh
- Ø b l i v i o η - 02-19-2013 08:03 PM
They are hashtags. They are useless on Facebook so I don't see why people use them there, but oh well. For Twitter, it's supposed to be used to categorize tweets, I believe.