Facebook adds Twitter-style hashtags for topics

Facebook has added Twitter-style hashtags to help the more than one billion members of the social network tune into topics of interest at the leading social network.

“To date, there has not been a simple way to see the larger view of what’s happening or what people are talking about,” Facebook product manager Greg Lindley said in a blog post.

“Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion.”

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