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whats the difference in twitter with things starting with @ and starting with #? - Captain Howdy - 11-24-2013 08:54 AM
sorry but im new to it and still dont understand really. and if you say something and include their "@name" in it, does it go to them also. sorry i feel like an idiot not knowing. thanks
- Rakesh - 11-24-2013 09:02 AM
@name is a person's account/channel
#word is a hashtag that can be found when searched
- BILL - 11-24-2013 09:18 AM
@ is for people's names and # is for anything like say #goingout hope that helps
- Hannah - 11-24-2013 09:34 AM
Hi
Yeah the "@" symbol is for when you want to direct (also known as DM) a message at someone like one of your friends or a celebrity.
A "hashtag" is what is currently trending on Twitter this means if a singer is going to release a new song they might put a "#" then the name of their single and people will Tweet saying they can't wait for it continuing the hashtag so it become a trend.
You can hashtag everything though and if someone is bored and searches "#lol" then whoever has tweeted that at one point their tweet turns up.
Hope this explains a little clearly.
- michele - 11-24-2013 09:40 AM
When you include @ and their twitter name, it's going to show up in their mentions. When you use #, there should be a word or phrase at the end which is called a hashtag. That's what the trending topics are.