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What is the # for in front of the Twitter search queries?
01-08-2013, 02:08 AM
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What is the # for in front of the Twitter search queries?
What is the # for in front of the Twitter search queries?
For example: "#FollowFriday"
What purpose does the "#" serve?
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01-08-2013, 02:16 AM
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Those are called hash tags & they make it a little easier to follow keywords (not to me & they are probably a fad). I would draw a comparison to tagging on Flickr or delicious.com.
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