This is a guest post by Jonathon Youshaei. A tech entrepreneur and journalist, Youshaei has worked at Google and YouTube. He also contributes to The Huffington Post. “What the heck is this pound sign ...

Today is the 10th anniversary of Chris Messina suggesting that the pound symbol could be used to tag and organize tweets, thereby tagging and organizing people, ideas, and images. Can you believe it?

Finding hashtags that are pertinent to the themes you discuss on social media can be accomplished in a brisk and uncomplicated manner using this method. After that, you can cut the list of hashtags ...

Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it! Hashtag activism, where one uses viral hashtags to raise awareness about issues in society on social media, has become a growing trend. While some feel hashtag ...

The hashtag has revolutionized punctuation. Rather than having to rely on traditional question marks and exclamation points, tweeters are free to punctuate their musings in infinite ways.

In the bid to become the song of the summer, pop artists are using the hashtag symbol to title their songs — from Mariah Carey and Miguel's "#Beautiful" to Busta Rhymes's "#TWERKIT" to Jennifer Lopez ...

The American Dialect Society deemed "hashtag" the word of the year. NPR digital culture correspondent Laura Sydell and NPR senior strategist Andy Carvin explain how the social media tool works and why ...

People are stuck inside thanks to shutdowns to stop the coronavirus — and they’re turning to social media to vent. Probably the most popular coronavirus-related hashtag on the internet right now, this ...