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It's Shorthand For... Um... Anything
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Here's a whole New York Times article about the hashtag and how people use them on Twitter. They're supposed to be helpful to organize tweets, offering unified search terms, but a lot of people -- I plead guilty -- use them as ironic counterpoints or additional jokes. It's interesting, though, how this went from not existing to a cultural staple within the space of, at most, two years. (New York Times)
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