Instagram is testing out ways to make hashtags more valuable by adjusting how top posts are ranked on hashtag pages. Now, more recent and timely content will be surfaced in the section that curates ...

Jennifer Van Grove covered the social beat for CNET. She loves Boo the dog, CrossFit, and eating vegan. Her jokes are often in poor taste, but her articles are not. Roughly three weeks after its debut ...

The way hashtags are being used on TikTok is changing. While it’s usually not best practice to litter your uploads with dozens of hashtags, it can be helpful when it comes to accessing subcultures and ...

Number sign. Pound sign. Octothorpe. A hash. Hashtag. #. What is it? What is its purpose? And most importantly: how can you use it to increase your press release’s visibility? The “hashtag” ...

Today’s entrepreneurs have to start businesses in a culture of intense social media activity. In case you haven’t noticed, this social media thing is kind of a big deal. One thing that every social ...

Hashtags are key to discoverability on Instagram, as Engadget Editor Dan Cooper discovered when he spent a month trying to accumulate 100,000 followers on the service. And now, Instagram has made it ...

From reading news on the go to joining a nationwide conversation, Twitter offers more than just updates on what your nephew had for breakfast (though chances are you'll learn that, too). Here are ...

First things first, make sure you’ve installed the Twitter app from the Play Store and sign into your account. ` Now that you’re in the Muted words menu, you can select the floating action button to ...