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Twitter - What's the difference between #mvolpe and @mvolpe?

Posted by Mike Volpe on Wed, Oct 22, 2008
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I recently got an email from someone with a question about the difference between a hashtag (#) and a reply (@).  See my reply below in bold, and you can also follow Mike Volpe on Twitter.

Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:57 AM
To: Mike Volpe
Subject: RE: Twitter

Mike,

Sorry to bother you but you seem to be a "goto" guy on twitter matters.  I noticed in your tweet last week regarding Seth Godin's book, you had a reference to #hubspot as opposed to @hubspot. What is the significance of the hash mark? Where did I miss that information?

What's the difference between #mvolpe and @mvolpe?

Check out http://www.hashtags.org/.  Basically, #hubspot indicates a threaded discussion on a TOPIC, while @hubspot is a directed message toward a specific person/entity.  Think of "#" as like "about" or "re:"  and @ as like "to".  Typically people will search on twitter for #hubspot to follow a conversation, but not as much for @hubspot.

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We were discussing this yesterday! 
I have a #jensSearch hashtag set up so others can follow my search for a job in the world of SM and send me info that others might like to see as well.  
Where as the @jenharris09 Twitter feed is where I go for those that have commented on my search or other Twitter conversations I am involved in at that time.  
I check both often so I don't miss anything (also, just learned about tweetbeep.com) which is critical when you are frantically looking for a job!!! 
Thanks Mike. 
-jen

posted @ Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:41 PM by Jen Harris

Great post. Hashtags were a mystery to me for a while. I would add that anyone on Twitter who knows of the hashtag #hubspot can search to see what anyone is saying about Hubspot. That's great for market research. In addition, the keeper of the Hubspot account can see all replies, retweets (RTs), DMs to @Hubspot.

posted @ Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:02 PM by Jennifer Beever

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