Hashtags

Elon Musk, in December 2024, had called hashtags "ugly" and said that the system no longer needs them; now calls them an "aesthetic nightmare" as X bans hashtags from all ads starting June 27

Updated On: 26 Jun 2025 | 5:37 PM IST

Topics do not appear with a hashtag on a published post, instead, they appear in blue text, resembling a hyperlink

Updated On: 08 Dec 2023 | 11:18 AM IST

A "hashtag" makes for "highly-polarised political narratives", opined a panel set up under an ex-IRS officer, Harish Kumar, to review poll expenditure limits and expenditure monitoring mechanisms

Updated On: 19 Mar 2021 | 11:45 PM IST

Some speculated the PM might be planning to switch to an Indian platform, much like China's Weibo, on which Modi made his debut on May 4, 2015

Updated On: 03 Mar 2020 | 12:26 PM IST

The Falling Stars Challenge 2018 has become a nuisance for authorities in China

Updated On: 26 Oct 2018 | 9:39 PM IST