{"id":35,"date":"2009-09-29T22:35:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T05:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/?p=35"},"modified":"2013-11-30T21:08:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T05:08:36","slug":"what-is-hashtag-in-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/social-networking\/what-is-hashtag-in-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is # (HashTag) in Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wondering what all of those # symbols are, floating around? <\/h2>\n

They are called hashtags<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Although they are used for different things in the geeky world of code, they are now most often used to notate (or “tag”) keywords or topics within Twitter<\/a><\/strong>. (i.e. if you use Twitter and put the # symbol in front of a word within a Tweet, it will create a link) Clicking on these links will display other Tweets that have been tagged with the same word. This method was created originally by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Pretty cool in that users within the Twitterverse control the categorization, organically. You can tag any word you want. #itsreallyfriggincool! =) <\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> Many folks in the world use tools (like Tweetdeck<\/a>) which submits messages to multiple social networks simultaneously, besides just Twitter. <\/p>\n

Below is a list of some common hashtags used on Twitter.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n