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Hashtags are a simple, effective tool on Twitter. A hashtag is any string of letter and numbers preceded by a hash, or pound sign. The Twitter website and Twitter client apps automatically link hashtags together, so you can click to get more relevant tweets. Think of them like topics. The hashtag ends at the first space or punctuation mark, and capital letters are frequently used to separate words. Twitter has become a key channel for information flow in times of disaster. Colorado wildfire hashtags include #HighParkFire, #WaldoCanyonFire, #FlagstaffFire. Daniel J. Schneider, The Denver Post
