facebook hashtags
The social media giant Facebook announced Wednesday that it will now use the #hashtag feature on its network. The #hashtag feature is so popular on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest that Facebook could not resist – what took them so long?! “In fact, the company said, there were around 1.5 million posts referencing the now-infamous “Game of Thrones’s” ‘Red Wedding’ episodeon HBO (Note: link definitely contains spoilers) — a particularly impressive number when compared with the audience of 5.2 million who tuned into the episode.” (via Washington Post)
facebook hashtags
facebook hashtags
Hashtags is the # symbol with a word or phrase to follow (ex. #divasanddorks) that you want to tag for easy searching and tracking pics and conversations in a social media feed. It’s a quick way of getting through the weeds and finding the content you want instantly. In Facebook the hashtag will let you track and follow conversations that originated in Facebook and Instagram (Facebook owns Instagram). Already used by millions on Twitter and Instagram, hashtags are now open to almost a billion people on Facebook – whew! Hopefully, Facebook’s organization of the hashtags will be categorized by your feed and then globally. Facebook also announced that in the near future they will include trending hashtags. Although Facebook has more users than Twitter, Twitter is the leader for real-time quick content and quickly getting your voice heard. So adding the hashtag feature is how Facebook will start to build-in real-time content tracking.
facebook hashtags
Tell a Diva what you think about Facebook’s new feature. Happy tagging!
