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  2. Hashtag - Wikipedia

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    Search bar in the header of a social networking site, searching for most recent posts containing the hashtag #science. Hashtags are particularly useful in unmoderated forums that lack a formal ontological organization. Hashtags help users find content similar interest. Hashtags are neither registered nor controlled by any one user or group of ...

  3. Chris Messina (open-source advocate) - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Reaves Messina (born January 7, 1981) is an American blogger, product consultant and speaker who is the inventor of the hashtag as it is currently used on social media platforms. [1] [2] [3] In a 2007 tweet, Messina proposed vertical/associational grouping of messages, trends, and events on Twitter by the means of hashtags. [4]

  4. Mastodon (social network) - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Twitter, Mastodon by default only searches hashtags and mentioned accounts in the Fediverse, not the full text of posts. Some servers allow users to search the full text of their local posts. Some servers allow users to search the full text of their local posts.

  5. Twitter trends - Wikipedia

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    Twitter trends. On X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, a word, phrase, or topic that is mentioned at a greater rate than others is said to be a "trending topic" or simply a "trend". Trending topics become popular either through a concerted effort by users or because of an event that prompts people to talk about a specific topic.

  6. Hashtag activism - Wikipedia

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    Hashtag activism. Hashtag activism refers to the use of Twitter 's hashtags for Internet activism. [1] The hashtag has become one of the many ways that social media contributes to civic engagement and social movements. [2] The use of the hashtag on social media provides users with an opportunity to share information and opinions about social ...

  7. List of Twitter features - Wikipedia

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    List of Twitter features. X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known historically and commonly as "tweets". Registered users can post, like and retweet tweets, and read those that are publicly available.

  8. Tag (metadata) - Wikipedia

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    A hashtag is a kind of metadata tag marked by the prefix #, sometimes known as a "hash" symbol. This form of tagging is used on microblogging and social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, VK and Instagram. The hash is used to distinguish tag text, as distinct, from other text in the post.

  9. List of social platforms with at least 100 million active users

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    4. Instagram. Meta Platforms. United States. 2010. 2 billion [4] 500 million daily Instagram Stories users [5] 6. TikTok.