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Soon nearly all of the top social media networks will be using hashtags. It all started with Twitter about 5 years ago. Then Pinterest, Google+, Instagram, and even LinkedIn joined the fray. Now we are hearing reports that the biggest social network of them all, Facebook, is quietly testing out hashtags.
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