A viewer named Valerie asked: How did the pound sign become a hashtag? Hashtags are used on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The # symbol goes in front of a word or words to group that tweet or ...

In January, France banned the word hashtag. Should America follow ... It's time to be a little more self-conscious about the pound sign. “The best thing about hashtags is their flexibility ...

the language police in France have ruled that all government references to, you know, hashtags, will now use the term "mot-diese," or pound-sign word, pcmag.com reports.

Some monetary symbols have literal origins. The British pound sign, £, evolved from the Latin word libra, meaning scales, since the pound was originally worth exactly one pound of pure silver. For ...

From its humble origins ten years ago, Messina's idea gave new life to the number sign or pound sign as it was once called, positioning the hashtag to become an indelible symbol of the social ...