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Curt Finch

Using "Hash Tags" In Twitter

 

I first heard about Twitter hash tags from Raven, who came up with a list of project management hash tags.

These tags allow you to search for specific Twitter content, like this.

Twitter tags are a mechanism for identifying content of a certain type to an interested group.

Hashtags were developed as a means to create "groupings" on Twitter, without having to change the basic service. The hash symbol is a convention borrowed primarily from IRC channels.

You can see some interesting usage patterns of hashtags on twitter here.

Curt Finch has more than two decades of software development and distributed workforce management experience. In 1997, Curt created the world's first internet-based timesheet application and the foundation for the current Journyx product offering. Curt has a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. His book, All Your Money, is available on Amazon. @curtfinch