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What does writing # before a word mean?
11-09-2012, 07:51 PM
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Art Rooney Offline
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What does writing # before a word mean?
I see it on twitter all the time, and also on Facebook?
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11-09-2012, 07:59 PM
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The "#" is called a hashtag and helps to add tweets to a specifc category. So if a person wants to categorize his tweet into the category of music he adds #music into his message, which helps other people to see that his tweet is related to music.
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