Social media has reached a certain level of popularity that is has also become so powerful nowadays. It is not just a special symbol for number or pound, but also a way to make a certain thing trend ...

Back in 2007, Twitter user @chrismessina thought the hashtag would be a good way to make groups. He originally tweeted #barcamp - an international network of user-generated conferences primarily ...

The hash symbol – also known as the pound/number sign, or even the octothorp(e) as Macworld reader Keith points out – was one of the more rarely used special characters until Twitter and Instagram ...

Politicians and political watchers alike are trying to capitalize on Twitter's once straightfoward hashtag symbol. In a fun essay at TheAtlantic.com, Nancy Scola notes that the hashtag (the # symbol) ...