Tag Archives: Tags

RAQ: What is the # in Twitter?

By Lee Aase | Published: December 17, 2008
Ryan Link, a SMUGgle from Virginia, asks… What does it mean/do when a word on Twitter is preceded by a #? Answer: The # is called a hashtag, and is described in detail on the Twitter fan wiki. Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags [...]
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Blogging 114: Categories vs. Tags

By Lee Aase | Published: August 14, 2008
It’s fun to work with people who are new to social media, because they often have good, fresh questions that aren’t colored by familiarity with these tools. And they make me take a minute to think through some basic explanations. For example, I was helping a colleague get started with a blog yesterday, and he [...]
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