hashtag
Sign in to savethumb|A post (tweet) on the social network X (social network)|X (Twitter) with several hashtags colored in blue text. A hashtag is a metadata tag operator that is prefaced by the hash symbol, #. On social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services–especially Twitter and Tumblr–as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example, a search within Instagram for the hashtag #flowers returns all posts that have been tagged with that term. After the initial hash symbol, a hashtag may include letters, numerals or other
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A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by a # symbol that people use on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram to tag and organize posts by topic or theme. When you search for a hashtag, it shows you all the posts that have been labeled with that same tag, making it easy to find content about subjects you're interested in.
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- Origin and acceptance
- Format
- Etiquette and regulation
- Alternate formats
- Function
- Co-optation by other industries
- Non-commercial use
- Sentiment analysis
- Professional development and education
- In popular culture
- Linguistic analysis
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A post (tweet) on the social network X (social network)|X (Twitter) with several hashtags colored in blue text. A hashtag is a metadata tag operator that is prefaced by the hash symbol, #. On social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services–especially Twitter and Tumblr–as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example, a search within Instagram for the hashtag #flowers returns all posts that have been tagged with that term. After the initial hash symbol, a hashtag may include letters, numerals or other punctuation.
The use of hashtags was first proposed by American blogger and product consultant Chris Messina in a 2007 tweet. Messina made no attempt to patent the use because he felt that "they were born of the internet, and owned by no one". Hashtags became entrenched in the culture of Twitter and soon emerged across Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. In June 2014, hashtag was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as "a word or phrase with the symbol # in front of it, used on social media websites and apps so that you can search for all messages with the same subject".