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Why do people on twitter use "#" before words?
11-09-2012, 09:34 PM
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Why do people on twitter use "#" before words?
why?
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11-09-2012, 09:42 PM
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Its called "tagging"
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11-09-2012, 09:42 PM
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They're called "hashtags"... here's more info on when and why they're used:
http://support.twitter.com/entries/49309...gs-symbols
http://www.google.com/search?q=Twitter+hastag
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