The hashtag symbol (#) is a way for people on twitter to categorize certain keywords. It not only helps when people are searching for certain trending topics but also displays all the other Tweets ...

Everywhere you look, on various social media sites, you can spot one popular symbol – the hashtag. This pound sign has become ubiquitous over the past decade and is still used to this day. But what ...

Social media has reached a certain level of popularity that is has also become so powerful nowadays. It is not just a special symbol for number or pound, but also a way to make a certain thing trend ...

“Hashtag” has made its way into a number of dictionaries, including Merriam Webster, along with Oxford’s own dictionary of current English, which is separate from the OED. It was even recognized by ...

As the explosion in popularity of various social media outlets continues, new norms are increasingly clear: once-descriptive social media hashtags and Twitter handles are now valuable assets that we ...

A post from Google+ Games product manager, Satyajeet Salgar, sparked an interesting discussion revolving around the use of hashtags outside of Twitter. Having already compared the dos and don’ts of ...

Back in 2007, Twitter user @chrismessina thought the hashtag would be a good way to make groups. He originally tweeted #barcamp - an international network of user-generated conferences primarily ...

First of all, the hashtag has an identity crisis: it’s the phrase following the # (“hash”) symbol, except when you are stuck in someone’s voicemail system. Then it’s called the pound key. Or the ...