Who Can See My Facebook Posts With Hashtags?

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C.L. from Ohio asks: I see Facebook has hastags now, just like Twitter. If I use a hashtag, can anyone see my post or still just my friends? Hashtags - denoted by the # key in front of a word - are a popular way to categorize and search on social media. But can just anyone see your posts?

Show Your Instagram Love With A Simple Trick

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One of the ways that you interact with your Instagram friends is to tap a little heart symbol at the bottom of their pictures to indicate your love for the image. But with a small touch screen phone, sometimes you can end up tapping the wrong button and taking yourself to another page entirely. Here's an easier way...

Tweeting…Instagramming…YouTubed… What Does It All Mean?

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Recently, a family friend said to me in frustration, "I wanted a picture of my granddaughter and they said it was Tweeted and Instagramed. What does any of that even mean?" For those of us who frequently use social media, we throw around newly-created verbiage like Tweeted, Facebooked and YouTubed like everyone should understand. This is a little list for those of you, like the very sweet nun who called me last year for social media advice, don't "even know what a FaceTwit is."