What are hashtags and how are they used?
Hashtags are one of the most commonly used techniques used by internet users to link their related posts, whether it is a tweet, a video or even a photo, with those shared by the rest of the world. Hashtags are a means that enables users of various social media platforms to share their views and communicate with others through a broader discussion related to a specific topic.
On Twitter, hashtags not only allow users to be part of a broader discussion, but they also enable users to follow trending topics. Additionally, hashtags help users find specific tweets.
Here are some pro tips that will enable you to make the most of hashtags on Twitter:
– Click on the word tagged with the # symbol in any message and all tweets with similar hashtags will appear in your timeline.
– The hashtag will not work as expected if it contains more than one word and contains spaces or punctuation marks. For example, #American_elections, it would be more correct to have #American_elections.
– The hashtag will not work with letters or numbers in front of the # symbol, so the # symbol must have a immediately trailing space in order for it to appear correctly in searches. To be sure, after publishing the tweet, the hashtag must appear in blue.
– A hashtag will not work if it is made up entirely of numbers. However, if you include letters after the numbers in the hashtag, the hashtag will work correctly.
– The hashtag is not case sensitive, for example small or capital, but adding capital letters makes it easier to read, especially if the hashtag consists of two words, for example #DubaiCity.
