Entry #7: #WhatAreHashtags. #WhyDoWeUseThem. #LetMeExplain!

Hashtags are the little icons that look like the tic-tac-toe game. They are used for so many different reasons. Social media has intended the use of hashtags to connect its users. When people make a post and use a hashtag, it collects and puts all those posts in one place. It makes it so the click of a hashtag link can connect all of those posts. It creates a sense of community at the click of a hashtag. 

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Hashtags can say anything you want them to. Some users use hashtags to express themselves and others use them to gain fame. An example of that is on TikTok. It is possible to be put on the ForYou ou page by using the hashtag "#foryou." That page is the one that people see most often when they are scrolling. On instagram, it does the same thing. It begins to create a community. When, for example, people all have something in common, they might all use that specific hashtag to find others like them. Artists also use hashtags to look at what their fans link them to. Fans tend to have a name for themselves as a community and their hashtag could be that name. It links themselves together and to that artist. An example of this is arianators. That is what fans of Ariana Grande name themselves.


Overall, hashtags on social media are mainly used to connect a series of posts. Whether users use them to gain views or to connect to a community, they are commonly used. Next time you make a post maybe you should think about using a hashtag.


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