I thought hashtag was an address specific to Twitter accounts? But now that I've looked it up, hashtag is simply used for emphasis. Snipped off wiki "Hashtags make it possible to group such messages, since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it. A hashtag is only connected to a specific medium and can therefore not be linked and connected to pictures or messages from different platforms." Oh. And there you go. I had no clue. Makes it simpler to search.

So, what's different about communicating here than communicating via phone texting? :) My mom (who is similiar in age to you, 'member we've discussed this) can NOT hear, but refuses to learn how to text. Which is what her hearing impaired friend does. So what will mom do when she can't hear at all and won't text? She's gonna be up a creek! Spoken word is also great. But not the only way to communicate. No one way is being relegated to the past that I know? Typed is typed, why not into a phone? heh

I am accustomed to 'keyboarding' and can do that rapidly with darn few errors. With that hand-held device, one finger is tough for me. I have to keep backing up to fix things.

I am almost always amazed (that is for words beginning with 'A') when I see people even in their 40's and older who can do that thumbs only thing and do it fast!

And Robin, I'll keep in mind our age difference.

Aw. I'm purely teasing ya! Actually mom and I are super close. We worked together for years and still talk everyday. Age aint nuthin but a thang! I really was kidding. I never even pay attention to age, so much so, I have friends in every age bracket from teens to 90s. Just having a bit of fun since you said you told on yourself before! Promise, you're nothing like my mom.

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I think the tag has something to do with an identifying link to something on a social site. Not always by a phone device.

OF, I don't know how you can do this kind of thing with beer and ice cream as a meal! However, your insight is beyond anything I have ever seen on this thread! Thanks!

My nieces and nephews will use hashtags when they're on facebook. They highlight in blue so a couple of times I have clicked on them but they don't seem to really go anywhere.

I was talking to one of my kids a while a go and he made a comment to me that he prefaced with the words "Hashtag". I just said back to him "hashtagwearenottalkinginhashtagsinthishouse". Trying to type that without using spaces between the words is really hard. How do they do that?

I'd like to know when a pound sign, aka number sign, became known as a hashtag and why .....

Susieque: I'm with you.

Shirley

Me too. And if this new annoying starting a sentence with "So" doesn't end soon I'm going to lose it ! Geez, why not just start with "once upon a time..."

So Deeby, I completely agree. HAHA! Man, does that irk me. I know - a first world problem, but hey -

If you really watch/listen to the live media (TV and radio), try to catch professional people who begin a sentence, "I mean." They have not said anything, so the I mean should not be a part of their speech.

I have seen it on news shows, on the radio and in person. Come on, where did THAT come from. What is going on?

I think hashtag came about the same time, mush became POLENTA!

Red

Healthy meals are good for you, JIm. I'll share.
# is a symbol that served a new purpose. No big deal.