Comments on: The hash mark in Twitter http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/ ...the translation industry and becoming a translator Sun, 27 May 2012 05:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Big ol Bear http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-6618 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:20:37 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-6618 didn’s it used to be “the pound sign”? When did it become Hash Mark? Gawd I am getting old. I use facebook, but am #twitless (unless you consider some of the people surrounding me).

]]> By: Kimmie koko http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-5555 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:54:29 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-5555 Not even sure if you’ve figured out yet or not, but I haf recently been curious about the fb thing and someone mentioned that it’s a “code” that you can add to your tweets to update your facebook status simultaneously.

mystery (for me) is solved!

]]> By: Thanks for a great year of blogging! « Thoughts On Translation http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-4457 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:42:34 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-4457 [...] The hash mark in Twitter February 2009 5 comments 3 [...]

]]> By: Luke http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-2616 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:19:35 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-2616 Hi. I’m late to this thread but a google search pulled it up as I was wondering if any other translation hashtags are being used.

@jillsommer – you’ve probably noticed by now, but for others, the tag to search for is #xl8 (L instead of 1) which is a space-saving trans-L-8.

I tried to put it into practice myself in January this year and it seemed to take off:
http://lukespear.co.uk/twitter-translation-xl8-success/

]]> By: Kim http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-1517 Wed, 13 May 2009 17:15:37 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-1517 Just to clarify, is there a way find the original post without scrolling endlessly to where it originated? For example, what does #fb stand for? I assumed FB, but the tweets don’t really make sense in that context. I’ve tried searching on Google, but no luck.

]]> By: Kim http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-1516 Wed, 13 May 2009 17:08:48 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-1516 Great post! I found Kristine Wirth’s Blog very useful as well :)

My only question is, how do you know what a hash mark (#) stands for?

Is there a directory? This link (http://hashmarksthespot.com/2009/03/01/how-do-i-know-what-a-hash-tag-stands-for/) attempts to address my question, but it seems outdated.

Any suggestions? Thx! :)

]]> By: Judy Jenner http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-1104 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:30:02 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-1104 Ah, very interesting. I’ve wondered what the heck that means myself. :) I am one of those folks who feed their Twitter into Facebook, but have yet to make use of the hash mark. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

]]> By: jillsommer http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/02/27/the-hash-mark-in-twitter/#comment-1102 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:23:00 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=464#comment-1102 Just so you know, some translation-related hash marks I’ve seen are #x18 and #translation.

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