https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:25:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547955 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:07:40 +0000 Bao 547955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: oh bummer :/ well hopefully he feels better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547954 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:06:29 +0000 mrbee 547954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Charlie has a cough so he woke himself up alas... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547951 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:58:16 +0000 Bao 547951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: lol how are you awake right now? ;) thanks for the article, I will read it now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547950 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:57:19 +0000 mrbee 547950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: the middle of this article has a good explanation!</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/fashion/hashtags-a-new-way-for-tweets-cultural-studies.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/fashion/hashtags-a-new-way-for-tweets-cultural-studies.html?pagewanted=all</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547924 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:19:44 +0000 Dapple Grey 547924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know what they are used for at all in general on social media. If your being sarcastic or something, why does one need to add a hashtag? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547903 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:30:40 +0000 HabesBabe 547903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's totally a trendy thing now. One of my friends has long hash tags for Instagram (ex: she posts a picture of her delicious dinner and then has #ionlyworkoutsoicaneat #oksoidontreallyworkout as hash tags. Obviously, they aren't even real hash tags). So they don't even mean anything anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547886 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:48:56 +0000 808love 547886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's like a clue to infer the tone from the snippet. It's like an emotional recap, either the hidden subtext or obvious meaning you want to come across with that statement. It also categorizes your statement in case people are doing a search for related topics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547873 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:20:51 +0000 Reese 547873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont use twitter and rarely use facebook but I occasionally use hashtags when texting friends (or I may have done so on here)....normally for reasons @MrsDragon: mentioned. It is easier to write #wifefail than "I failed at my wifely duties" ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547751 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:56:17 +0000 mrsmacandcheese 547751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, people seem to just use them for kicks... I've seen them in blogs, too, which obviously don't use hashtags. They seem like a way to be a bit sarcastic or funny without having to spell out 'I am being sarcastic or funny!' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547426 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:17:40 +0000 BSB 547426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't get it on FB, either.</p> <p>I think for celebrities they use some kind of app that posts on both twitter and on FB at the same time, so maybe we see hashtags because they are also posting twitter. </p> <p>I think it is weird when a friend does it and they don't even have twitter account. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547396 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:54:01 +0000 Bao 547396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I don't tweet either lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547395 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:53:20 +0000 heffalump 547395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't tweet, so I don't get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547377 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:32:52 +0000 DillonLion 547377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hashtags were originally so you could easily find tweets on the sane subject...but now they are just silly trendy things. They are useless on Facebook, but are handy on Instagram I feel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547355 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:16:08 +0000 lemondrop 547355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: You aren't the only one, I don't really get it either :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547354 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:15:56 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 547354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When you get an explanation, share it with me. I don't get them either, -especially- when they're used on FB! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547353 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:15:33 +0000 runsyellowlites 547353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think when people started seeing the statuses on FB that were actually posted through twitter with them they just became trendy. That and I'm sure alot of FB users didn't realize that the posts were from another site/app and just figured it was the new FB thing to do. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-understand-hashtags#post-547351 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:13:56 +0000 Bao 547351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I the only one who doesn't understand hashtags? I get them on Twitter...but why do people use them on Facebook? Someone please explain this to me :) </p>