Hashtags aren't ruining language, but they are misused

I shared a link on Twitter yesterday regarding the misuse of hashtags on Twitter and other social network sites. The author of the original story was of the opinion that "hashtags are ruining the English language" and by sharing it I got quite a heated response from those who disagreed with the article.

In response to the heated response, I thought it would be good to write a quick post about how hashtags are supposed to work without the sensational "ruining the language" angle of the other article.