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1/11/2014 5:31:15 AM
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why do we call # "hashtag"?

back in my day it was a number sign

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  • Edited by I Heart Noobies: 1/11/2014 5:33:30 PM
    In Europe, the octothorp, #, is called a hash, as opposed to the pound sign or the number sign. And they are used for tagging on twitter and now other social networking sights. Which made them more popular than previous means of use had been.

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