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The Octothorpe
The octothorpe, also known as the hash mark or the pound sign, is a special character that existed for a long time on the periphery of punctuation. Twitter always struck me as the social medio platform that was most like broadcasting. It's an ongoing global conversation. You can jump in to get a sense of what's going on in the world, and jump out. The hashtag identifies movements, events, happenings, brands, topics of all kinds. Hash tags help people gather. As a character, i mean, awesome. And this super hero story stars christmasin im christmasino, the inventor of the hashtag. That's probably a litle bit blooded
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