Twitter: Hashtags and At-replies Are Being Phased Out

CommanderFrank · Mar 23, 2014

Twitter has been in the news quite a bit this week, mainly because of the shutdown by Turkey, but it is also making news by what the company might do in streamlining its service.

During her talk, Schiller called at-replies and hashtags “arcane” and hinted that Twitter might soon move them into the background of the service.

lilbabycat · Mar 23, 2014

So, ads?

colinstu · Mar 23, 2014

kind of old news/article... plus check out the updates at the end of the article.

Vicinity · Mar 23, 2014

All I hear is "WE NEED MORE MONEY".

NeoNemesis · Mar 23, 2014

They should charge people $1 for each hashtag they use #sickofhashtags

Liger88 · Mar 23, 2014

I'll stick with AOL Instant Messanger, thank you very much.

toast0 · Mar 24, 2014

#irc ? @ops_please?

Fooshnik · Mar 24, 2014

Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

celeron300 · Mar 24, 2014

#ridiculous !

/usr/home · Mar 24, 2014

Fooshnik said:
Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

This.

polive · Mar 24, 2014

Fooshnik said:
Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

I like your thinking.

DPI · Mar 24, 2014

NeoNemesis said:
They should charge people $1 for each hashtag they use #sickofhashtags

QFT. I'm amused by the people that use hashtags everywhere BUT twitter and think theyre very clever... First you saw it on Facebook..instagram.. People writing them in emails.. People that write long convoluted ones that its pointless as a hashtag, But the worst of all when you hear people using it conversationally.

"And like my cat chewed my phone charger .. And like hashtag totes ma gotes one of those days, hashtag am I right, hashtag mondays"

Uvaman · Mar 24, 2014

@what's a #hashtag?

celeron300 · Mar 24, 2014

I use twitter only (and I mean only) as a news feed... it works for me in that regard.

Altanar · Mar 24, 2014

Keep in mind that Twitter the company didn't come up with hashtags; its users did. The hashtag was created in response to the site having horrible search capabilities. If whatever they come up with that removes hashtags doesn't work just as well, you can be sure that Twitter users will just come up with a new replacement for the hashtag. Probably switching symbol.

TwistedAegis · Mar 24, 2014

Altanar said:
Keep in mind that Twitter the company didn't come up with hashtags; its users did. The hashtag was created in response to the site having horrible search capabilities. If whatever they come up with that removes hashtags doesn't work just as well, you can be sure that Twitter users will just come up with a new replacement for the hashtag. Probably switching symbol.

#curlybracketisthenewhashtag

badcookies · Mar 24, 2014

Fooshnik said:
Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

Thuleman · Mar 25, 2014

#firstworldproblems

450 · Mar 25, 2014

Thuleman said:
#firstworldproblems

debatable.

Parja · Mar 25, 2014

Fooshnik said:
Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

Well, ya know, there is a way to do that.

Stiler · Mar 25, 2014

Fooshnik said:
Phasing out Twitter would be a solid strategy.

/usr/home said:
This.

polive said:
I like your thinking.

I don't think the three of you understand how important twitter is in this day and age.

It breaks news faster then any other media outlet.

It's been used as a vital means of communication for people in areas without other means.

etc.

It's not just for vain people to post pictures of their food or other crap no one cares about.

dgz · Mar 25, 2014

celeron300 said:
I use twitter only (and I mean only) as a news feed... it works for me in that regard.

And I use it only as a rule on my router. Beat that

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