Instagram allows you to view the top posts and most recent posts of a hashtag. You can also follow hashtags to get the top posts in your news feed. If you want your posts to be in the top posts for ...

Back in 2007, Twitter user @chrismessina thought the hashtag would be a good way to make groups. He originally tweeted #barcamp - an international network of user-generated conferences primarily ...

Don't let a poor hashtag choice ruin your organization's reputation and trust. What brands can do to ensure they get the most from social media hashtag use. On social media knowing where to connect ...

TikTok recently pulled a tool that allowed researchers and others to study the popularity of hashtags on its app. The change, first reported by The New York Times, came shortly after researchers ...

A lone hashtag might not look very mighty, but when used en masse, the symbols can become incredibly powerful activism tools. Over the past two decades — largely since product designer Chris Messina ...

Along with fielding a survey of public attitudes toward Black Lives Matter, political engagement and activism on social media in general, Pew Research Center also conducted a separate analysis of ...

LinkedIn is constantly improving to better serve users. Though the platform has been around since 2003, they introduced clickable hashtags in 2016. Other platforms have been using them much longer, ...

TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war ...

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Internet fads tend to have a distinct life cycle. First, the embrace by early adopters and tastemakers, particularly the young. Next, an explosion of popularity leading to inescapable ubiquity.

Kansas City, Missouri, fire Chief Donna Maize said she has taken action after a tweet this week from the fire department's Twitter account that included the hashtag "All Lives Matter."On Wednesday, ...

Peloton, a company known for its internet-connected bikes and treadmills, is wading into the Stop The Steal mess. The company is now preventing users from creating a #StopTheSteal tag from within the ...