HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags
http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/twitter-hashtags/

'This short guide details how to identify, track, use, and organize hashtags in an efficient and useful way. Just be sure not to flaunt your new hashtag wisdom.'

RT @mashable More Than #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Memes to Connect on Twitter http://bit.ly/x09mY (via @tweetmeme) [from http://twitter.com/lekahe/statuses/1603224030]

Beyond #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Twitter Memes http://tinyurl.com/dag9dm [from http://twitter.com/markivey/statuses/1606054295]

24 Daily Twitter Memes

If you’ve used Twitter (Twitter) for more than a couple of hours, you’ve probably already seen a tweet or two containing a word with the hash symbol (”#”) attached to it. That’s what Twitter users call a “hashtag,” and at any given time at least one of them can usually be found among the trending topics on Twitter. But what exactly is a hashtag? Hashtags are essentially a simple way to catalog and connect tweets about a specific topic. They make it easier for users to find additional tweets on a particular subject, while filtering out the incidental tweets that may just coincidentally contain the same keyword. Hashtags are also often used by conference and event organizers as a method of keeping all tweets about the event in a single stream, and they’ve even been used to coordinate updates during emergencies. In fact, hashtags were first popularized during the 2007 San Diego wildfire, when the tag #sandiegofires was used to identify tweets about the natural disaster.

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