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The Hashtag, this little-known guy in our tech toolkit... Commonly referred to as a hashtag, it has had a variety of names: 🔷 Present on telephone keypads, it serves several purposes - called "pound sign" 🔷 Widely used as a label to indicate a number - called "number sign" 🔷 In computing, it stands for several things, used even in coding - called "hash" 🔷 Used in music notation, specifying a note should be raised - called "sharp sign" 🔷 In general usage - often called the "pound sign" or "hash symbol" 🔷 In the telecommunications industry, it started being called "octothorpe" in the sixties 😲 🔷 On social media and many other contexts - called "hashtag" ✅ The idea was as simple as effective: To put a symbol in front of words or phrases to make them searchable. So, since 2007, we all use hashtags and the word hashtag itself is part of our everyday vocabulary. "And with so many names, the hashtag is probably going through an identity crisis." #SocialMedia #PoundSign #NumberSign #HashSymbol #SharpSign #Octothorpe #Twitter #hashtag ## (LOL) Feel free to repost it !

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