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A hashtag is a metadata tag that is prefaced by the hash (or pound) sign, #. Hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services such as Twitter or Instagram as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example, a search
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See moreThe number sign or hash symbol, #, has long been used in information technology to highlight specific pieces of text. In 1970, the number sign was used to denote immediate address mode in the assembly language of
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See moreA hashtag must begin with a hash (#) character followed by other characters, and is terminated by a space or end of message. Some platforms
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See moreDuring the April 2011 Canadian party leader debate, Jack Layton, then-leader of the New Democratic Party, referred to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's crime policies as "a [sic] hashtag fail" (presumably #fail).
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See moreHashtags are particularly useful in unmoderated forums that lack a formal ontological organization. Hashtags help users find content similar
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See more• Wikipedia internal hashtag search engine – for hashtags used in edit summaries
• Veszelszki, Ágnes 2016: #time, #truth, #tradition. An Image-text Relationship on Instagram: photo and hashtag...
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