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What is the difference between hash key and pound key ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between hash key and pound key ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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they are the same button but before Instagram and Twitter, we called it a pound key or a number key. (# also means number) now, most younger people only call # a hashtag. so they are the same thing. we used to have commercials on tv and the radio that would say "dial 800-555-6789 and then press the pound key." but now it's really only used when you call an automated service number (like a bank without a live operator) and it'll say something like "push pound to go back."
hastag is used for everything social media related. like #hinative would be read "hashtag hi native"
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I think pound is just an older name for the hash key. Kids now days say hash tag for everything , so pound sounds old.
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they are the same button but before Instagram and Twitter, we called it a pound key or a number key. (# also means number) now, most younger people only call # a hashtag. so they are the same thing. we used to have commercials on tv and the radio that would say "dial 800-555-6789 and then press the pound key." but now it's really only used when you call an automated service number (like a bank without a live operator) and it'll say something like "push pound to go back."
hastag is used for everything social media related. like #hinative would be read "hashtag hi native"
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no, sorry that was a typo. I'll edit the post.
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No, no. It is hashtag. It was just a small typo.
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