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a modern Internet symbol,
The hashtag is almost everywhere on social media. Though
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it actually first appeared around 1850. At that time, the “+” symbol was used for indicating
in text, for example: “Accounting files are in box #5.” Later, it was used to represent weights in
pounds: "Do not load more than 10# in the box.” In 2007, Twitter started using the symbol to let
users label photos and other posts by their subjects. Facebook and Instagram soon followed suit.
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Today, hashtags are used more for advertising social and political causes than for fun.
on the Internet in 2010, #arabspring helped millions of people in the Middle East and Africa
organize massive protests against their governments. The #metoo hashtag, which started in 2017,
allowed women to 14 sexual abuse and ended the careers of powerful men who had mistreated
women. More recently, #forcethevote has been used to urge the US government to simply vote for a
much-needed national healthcare plan.
The hashtag's political uses weren't imagined by its original inventors. This shows that no
15 fun new feature appears on the Internet, it can have meaningful effects on society.
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