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What does the # symbol mean on Twitter? - Rock and Ride - 09-30-2012 05:21 PM
You know how they have the # symbol on Twitter and then an event/person/etc after it? What is it, and what do you do with it?
- Jeffrey - 09-30-2012 05:29 PM
It means a category. For example: #computer means that your tweet that contains this tag will go in the computer category.
- A_Sarcastic_Hell - 09-30-2012 05:29 PM
It means a HASH tag... which is like a keyword you are referencing...
Check this out... Twitter hash tags: http://hashtags.org/
They usually are short names for things... it is a way to tag your post to be associated in a group... when you search for them.
I use it all the time when talking about something like I am headed for a #run or I am at the SouthBySouthWest event #SXSW