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What is a hashtag on Twitter?

Hashtags are a way of tracking trends on Twitter. Adding a word with a hashtag in front of it - for instance, #WikiAnswers - adds that "tweet" to a list of "tweets" with the same hashtags. That way they can be tracked and used for statistics about a trendy topic.

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