WHAT IS HASHTAG AND WHY DO WE USE IT

 

Hashtag Usage Rules

WHAT IS HASHTAG (#) AND WHY DO WE USE IT

Nowadays everyone on social media’s popular platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+) is using hashtags (#), there are many posts starting with the hashtag (#). Did you know why we use hashtags (#), did the hashtags have any purpose, what this small symbol means or what this little symbol can do for you?

It’s some time now that I am observing some people using hashtags on social media without proper meanings of it. So, I decided to ask some people who are very active on some social media platforms about the purpose of using hashtags.

It come as surprise to me that many of them (especially Facebook users as per my information) told me that using a hashtag makes text color change, highlights, and looks good. But this is not the reality about hashtags usage, even though it's correct that it makes text highlighted, but using hashtags has a greater and important purpose in searching for correct information.

What is Hashtag (#)?

The hashtag is a small label often used before post on social media platforms, it helps to find a specific post, specific content in a post, or other information.  it can be a single word e.g., #word, or a string of words without spaces e.g., #Astringofwords or #A_string_of_words.

What is the use?

Using a specific hashtag on your social media posts enables you to find information easily if you are looking for the same in the future. You can also look for a piece of specific information on social media for example if you are looking for a job in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Visit the “LinkenIn.com” (because on linkedIn.com there are higher chances of getting a job if you know how to search properly) or any other platform and search with hashtags, for example, if you are searching on LinkedIn.com, go to search bar look for these hashtags #jobsinuae, #jobsindubai, #jobsindubai2021, #jobsindubaicity, etc. You will find the relevant results which will help you to find better, correct, and specific information.

If you are posting on social media about a specific topic for example your post is about interview preparation you can use #interviewpreparation for general purpose and if you want to search the exact same post then use a specific hashtag for example #yournameinterviewpreprartion keep in mind that space is not allowed between the words you can make one like this #yourname_interview_preprartion.

When you are using a hashtag if it's already in use it will show you as you type and the number of results already exists on that platform, if you wish to use select the one in the list, otherwise use your own if you want to make it unique.

The hashtag should be specific to the content and use keywords that best describe your post or tweet and you can easily remember. It is recommended that there should not be more than three hashtags in a post or tweet, even though you can make as many as you wish but it makes things clutter, less is more when it comes to hashtags.

Hope next time you will use the hashtag (#) with its genuine purpose, not just to make the text highlight & attractive.