Twitter’s head of news, Vivian Schiller, momentarily sent Twitter into a self-reflective mini-frenzy when she revealed that the service might be eliminating some of its core features, namely @-replies and hashtags.
For now, the @-reply is the only way to connect a tweet with another account, and the hashtag is the main way to connect with a topic. Without the @-reply, the person you’re trying to mention in the tweet would not get a notification. Although keywords can sufficiently connecting topic-based tweets, the hashtag is the strongest and most effective tool for the collection of tweets around a given subject area. Read more…
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