I get @whoever, But whats #?

[Kagami]

Okay so I know both of those originated on twitter, But now people use them everywhere, Not being a twitter user, I'm not sure what it is. A band I know tweeted and shared it on facebook, they tweeted about their tour and put "#tour" at the end, and I figured that meant, well, he was talking about the bands tour. But then I seen someone post about being outta peanut butter and they put "#Heartbreak" at the end, so that makes me think that it meant what the person was feeling, but that wouldn't explain what the #tour was. So THEN, I seen someone taking the piss outta another person who censored their cuss word, and it was "I seen that you censored your curse there, But I still know what it means. Thats stupid. #pointless", So that makes me think that he was pointing out what it was, Pointless, Which i suppose in a way would explain all three, But I really don't get it, Can someone explain?

[JoelKatz]

A hash tag in a tweet allows people to search for all tweets on the same subject. It's a way for different people to associate public tweets on the same subject so that other people can find them.

For example, right this second #YallNeedToBreakUp is trending. These tweets are stories of people who should not be in a relationship. It ends with '#YallNeedToBreakUp'. If you want to hear various different people's stories of relationships that should not be, search for '#YallNeedToBreakUp' (you can use my link). And if you're trying to make your twitter page popular, think of something clever to say on that subject and hope people find your tweets in their searches.