When something happens in the world, it happens on Twitter, and hashtags have been collating some of the most important conversations on Twitter. A hashtag—written with a # symbol is used to index keywords or topics on Twitter. They connect Tweets that talk about the same thing in one place. As the internet gears up to celebrate the 13th birthday of the hashtag on August 23, here are   some pro-tips on Twitter hashtags. 

How to use hashtags on Twitter: 

·       Just use the symbol (#) before a relevant keyword or phrase in a Tweet. 

·       Click on the hashtagged word in any message and all the Tweets with similar hashtags will come-up on your timeline. 

How to ensure the hashtags you used are functional: 

·       A hashtag will not work as intended if there are spaces or punctuations in it. Punctuation marks ( , . ; ' ? ! etc.) will end your hashtag wherever punctuation occurs. 

·       A hashtag will not work with letters or numbers in front of the # symbol. The # symbol must have a space directly in front of it in order for it to show correctly in searches. If you write 123#sofun or word#sofun, your Tweets will not show in searches for the hashtag #sofun

·       A hashtag will not work if completely made of numbers. However, if you include letters following the numbers in the hashtag, for example, #123go, then the hashtag will work correctly.

Fun facts about using hashtags on Twitter:

·       If an individual Tweets with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find their Tweet.

·       Popular hashtags often emerge as  Trending Topics.

·       Hashtags are not case-sensitive, but adding capital letters does make them easier to read. 

·       Twitter recommends using no more than two hashtags per Tweet as best practice, but you may use as many hashtags in a Tweet as you like.

So, #AreYouExcited to #BeCreativeWithHashtags on Twitter?

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