whats the difference in twitter with things starting with @ and starting with #?

[Captain Howdy]

sorry but im new to it and still dont understand really. and if you say something and include their "@name" in it, does it go to them also. sorry i feel like an idiot not knowing. thanks

[Rakesh]

@name is a person's account/channel
#word is a hashtag that can be found when searched

[BILL]

@ is for people's names and # is for anything like say #goingout hope that helps

[Hannah]

Hi

Yeah the "@" symbol is for when you want to direct (also known as DM) a message at someone like one of your friends or a celebrity.

A "hashtag" is what is currently trending on Twitter this means if a singer is going to release a new song they might put a "#" then the name of their single and people will Tweet saying they can't wait for it continuing the hashtag so it become a trend.

You can hashtag everything though and if someone is bored and searches "#lol" then whoever has tweeted that at one point their tweet turns up.

Hope this explains a little clearly.

[michele]

When you include @ and their twitter name, it's going to show up in their mentions. When you use #, there should be a word or phrase at the end which is called a hashtag. That's what the trending topics are.