Hashtags have helped the social media world go ‘round since they debuted on Twitter in 2007. They serve to connect similar content shared by distinct users within social media platforms. Sounds great, right? Well, hashtags aren’t all puppies and rainbows.…
The tic-tac-toe-looking symbol that populates digital media today is one that the millennial generation and beyond once solely associated with a telephone. Eleven years ago, the same symbol that represents “pound” on a telephone opened up an entire new world…
What some of us once recognized as the “pound” sign on a phone has in the digital age taken on a new renowned identity—the hashtag. To those who are unfamiliar, it may appear as just a confusing and unnecessary symbol…