Editor's note: Katherine Jacoby is a MBA student in the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and is enrolled in ISM 7994: Digital Content Creation. This post was originally published on Katherine's LinkedIn site.

The Hashtag:

Once known only as the pound symbol on a phone or the symbolic representation of number, now holds a place of prominence on most major social platforms. From social media novices to the experts designing the latest and greatest, users recognize the symbol as a method of categorizing and discovering posts and conversations. However, despite it’s spread across platforms, all hashtag uses are not created equal. Hashtags deliver different results depending on the platform used. With this in mind, it is important to understand how each platform views hashtags and how to optimize your use of them to enhance your content.