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/ March 17, 2010 / 1:32 min.
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What is a hashtag
Hashtags are a way of marking Twitter and certain other social media posts as relating to a certain topic. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains what hashtags are and how to use them.
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- a "hashtag" is this symbol: #
- It's found on the 3 key on a QWERTY keyboard.
- Today it's used to tag or flag items on Twitter and certain other social network tools.
- Here's an Explanation of hashtags
- On Twitter you can put a hashtag in front of anything you want to stand out.
- If you click on a tagged word, like #software, it will take you to real-time results of posts that also used #software.
- It's found on the 3 key on a QWERTY keyboard.
- Today it's used to tag or flag items on Twitter and certain other social network tools.
- Here's an Explanation of hashtags
- On Twitter you can put a hashtag in front of anything you want to stand out.
- If you click on a tagged word, like #software, it will take you to real-time results of posts that also used #software.
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