Why on Facebook people put a "#"?

[Silene]

like for an example post:
"i just ate, text me
#sobored"
what does it mean, why do people put it? does it mean like and or something?

[Courtney Love]

Idk I was wondering the same thing myself.

[Finding♥Myself]

hmm I've never seen that on fb before but I think it's just supposed to mean your emotion at the time you wrote it

[Kristy]

My friends told me its what u feel

[Rain]

its like twitter. but they dont really make sense on facebook...though i think they're kind of funny


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[Jacob]

It is used on Twitter to link tweets of the same subject together, and people have taken it to other social networking sites.

[Danielle]

Hmm I've been trying to figure out the same thing.
The only thing I can think of is that you know twitter? Well on there you can create hastags (#) and when you search that your tweet will come up in that search. I guess people think it works the same way on Facebook? Or maybe their twitter updates to their Facebook as well? Ask the next person who does that ahaha

[Krista]

It's called a hashtag and it originated from twitter. Putting the '#' before a set of words turn it into a searchable link on Twitter. On Facebook, it does absolutely nothing, but people use it anyway.

[Joe Jamal]

Its from twitter. Its not meant to be used on fb but people do it anyways. On twitter, when you use a hashtag(#) in ANY word, it becomes a topic or a "trending topic".
It has nothing to do with facebook, but I see it all of the time also.

[Joe Jamal]

It is used on Twitter to link tweets of the same subject together, and people have taken it to other social networking sites.