Quick Ways to Plant Some Roses in a Hashtag Potty

October 13th, 2009 admin

By Joi Murugavell – Follow her @joidesign A short definition of hashtags: On Twitter hashtags act as a means to create ‘groupings’ of tweets about a specific topic. Anyone can create a hashtag on twitter by simply appending # to a word (preferably a short word). Then other people who are interested in this topic look up the hashtag and ta-da all tweets about that particular topic are in one place. A recent event using hashtags brilliantly is #marketingnow. The diverse and often opposing opinions on hashtags is what …


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