by Kylee S.
Member since:
July 28, 2007

Twitter Question

October 06, 2010 09:11 AM UTC
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So I have been on Twitter for some time now, but I noticed that in many Tweets, people have a # before certain words.  What does that mean?  I do know that when there is a @ that links to someone else's Twitter page.  Thanks for your help!

Comments: 10

Kevin (''The SiteWizard'') V. Oct 6, 2010, 9:47am UTC


Kylee,

This is referred to as a 'hashtag', and is used to identify key words in your tweet that others might be searching for.
Kevin (''The SiteWizard'') V. Oct 6, 2010, 9:49am UTC


When you click on a hashtag, it will direct you to a search results page for that hashtag...showing you all recent tweets containing that key word.

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Kylee S. Oct 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC
Thanks Kevin!
Marsha C. Oct 6, 2010, 10:16am UTC
the # are words you can search for and find all messages in that subject
Kylee S. Oct 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC
Thanks for the info Marsha!
Nikki S. Oct 6, 2010, 2:26pm UTC
Enjoyed the post! Thanks for sharing :)
Kylee S. Oct 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC
Thanks Nikki!
Connie C. Oct 6, 2010, 8:16pm UTC
I see you already have your answer. :)
Elaine B. Oct 13, 2010, 6:09pm UTC
Good question, Kylee. Thanks for the answer Kevin!
Fran S. Nov 5, 2010, 3:00pm UTC
Kevin is a wealth of info!! He is always so helpful, as are almost all the people here at Gather.

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