Definition of Hashtag
The hashtag
is used in social networks to indicate the subject of a
conversation or a message. It also allows the automatic creation of
a hyperlink that provides access to all the contents that include the
hashtag in question.
Facebook , Instagram and Twitter are
some of the platforms where these labels are used. According to each
social network, the hashtag acquires different characteristics.
On the one
hand, the user can use the hashtag to summarize an idea or to draw
readers' attention .
A
person can post a photograph on their Twitter account accompanied
with the
following message: "This afternoon I played soccer again
after three months.
#Felicity . " In this case, the
hashtag ( #Felicidad ) summarizes what the subject felt when
practicing sports after a few months without activity.
The hashtag
is also included in a text as a way to join a talk or a discussion. It
is usual that, on TV, a hashtag is proposed so that viewers can participate
with their opinions on social networks. Suppose you face Boston
Celtics and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA .
The
channel that transmits the game invites viewers to write on Twitter with the hashtag #CelticsVsSpurs . All the tweets of the Internet users
that include said hashtag will appear in the same thread of messages. The
most used hashtags, in turn, become
trending topicor TT (that
is, in trend or current theme).
