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WHO thought a hashtag could be more than a way to make postings easily accessible to others?

Ammar Fahmi Omar, 31, who teaches at a school for special needs children in Penang, met with his wife on Twitter, thanks to the hashtag they both used — #Liverpool.

Keeping their communication solely on Twitter and keeping tabs on their favourite English football club, they moved on to another platform, WhatsApp.

It took Ammar about a year before he finally braved the distance to see Siti Nur Izura Abd Shukor who was a student at the International Islamic University of Malaysia then.

Siti saw Ammar’s commitment in travelling to see her every month and after two years, they got married, in 2014.

Blessed with daughters Aafiyya Imani Ammar Fahmi, 4, and Armin Ohood Ammar Fahmi, 2, Siti now stays at home managing her personal shopper businesses, Koolmoms and Kooldads, on Instagram while taking care of the children in

Penang.

Siti’s sister also met her husband on networking site Myspace and is now married with three children.

Match.com had more than eight million paid users last year. Technology is transforming the way China’s one billion population date. Ammar and Siti with their daughters.