Why do some users put "#" in front of things? What does it mean?
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Why do some users put "#" in front of things? What does it mean?
Fairly new to Twitter (joined 2 days ago).
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It's a # tag, so you put a # when your talking about a subject like "#thesimpsons" or something
http://www.hashtags.org/#
Click about :)
Oooh, thanks! :D
Whenever I watch something american they always call it a "pound" sign which confuses me :'(
They're quite handy when you want to use http://search.twitter.com . So if you wanted to find out what people are saying about swine flu, you could type in #swineflu, providing they'd put that in their tweet :)
I believe the technical name for the '#' (hash/pound) sign is an 'octothorpe' :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor-Alex
Octothorpe sign.