How Hashtags Infiltrated Our Language

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-hashtags-to-send-us-a-tip-or-talk-about-anyt-5427259

Looking into the history of the hashtag the NY Timesdetailedhow it all came about : supposedly it was kickstarted by Chris Messina , a developer at Google who suggest on Twitter in August 2007 that they all start hashtagging tweets that can then be organised and look for easily . Now , it ’s more about adding a bed of profoundness to a tweet or content — as Messina say , “ you kind of have to be in - the - know . So it ’s one of those jokes where you ’re like , ‘ Oh , I see what you did there , because you ’re on Twitter and I ’m on Twitter . ' ”

And in something which even I had no approximation existed , apparently hard-core Twitter users even have a gangsign ( so to speak ) , where they spoil their index and midway finger on one hand with the same two fingers of the other — almost like a hashtag . Which might make anti - Twitterites all the more loathing of the service . [ NY Times ]

Ideapad3i