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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 Nitron F117: 1/11/2014 6:51:40 PM
    # has many names. Number sign. Pound sign. Hash. Octothorp. If you tag something by using the #, it's called a hashtag. (The tag is the hashtag, not the # symbol. That's just the Hash part) But it could have just as easily been called a poundtag. Hashtag just rolls off the tongue easier.

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