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In our video we here at Digital Tattoo discussed the implications of the new Facebook graph search. It appears that this was just the tip of the iceberg for Facebook’s new search functionality. Sources are reporting that Facebook is looking into the addition of hashtags. Hashtags (or pound signs for the rotary phone generation) have been used extensively on other social networking sites such as Tumblr, Instagram and of course, twitter.
The addition of hashtags would have large implications for Facebook’s privacy features. Insiders from TechCrunch think the hashtags will line up with graph search making status and comments easy to search. Clicking a hashtag could take the user straight to indexed graph search results. The next question is Facebook’s silver bullet, privacy. Would clicking on a hashtag pull up all statuses with that same hashtag, like Twitter, or would it be restricted to open profiles? Will clickable discovery help you browse from wall to wall or #will #it #bog #down #the #fb #experience?
We all know people who currently use hashtags on Facebook despite their lack of function. It appears they did understand Facebook all along, they were just a little ahead of the curve.
Do you use hashtags in your social networks? Would you use them if they were added to Facebook?
I really want Facebook to come up with #Hashtags. This is the only feature of Twitter I like and if FB adopts it, for me Facebook will be a complete one stop social networking site.