Hashtags have become an integral part of social media. They’re used on every major social media site except LinkedIn, and they’re also used on many smaller social sites, like Vine. If you’ve been ...

You see it constantly. A business or individual shares a Tweet or an Instagram post that connects to some content, adding a bunch of hashtags afterward. If you’re anything like me, you might have ...

How is language evolving on the Internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. What's the point of a hashtag? Most ...