Using hashtags in Twitter

Many tools have been developed for Twitter and one is the hashtag. The hashtag (#hashtag) provides a way for a tweet to be directed at a group and disseminated to people in that group. Daniel Lee has set up a Twitter account for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference and a hashtag to go with it. Everyone who follows SLA2008 can have their tweets resent to everyone else who is following SLA2008 by using the hashtag #sla2008. This means I can tweet as I normally do, and only direct specific messages to my SLA buddies. Daniel has done a good job explaining this and providing additional resources for people to read. Now it will be interesting to see how this works at the conference!

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