Tag: hashtags

Vine Starts Censoring Porn-Related Tag Searches
In a move that's hard to say wasn't expected, Twitter's new six-second video sharing app Vine has...
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Kickstarter Unveils New #Tags to Track Project Trends
Kickstarter wants to make it easier for potential backers to find specific types of projects and browse projects pertaining to certain themes. They also want to be able to display...
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French Government Ditches ‘Hashtag’ for ‘mot-dièse’
In an attempt to "encourage the presence of the French language on social media networks" against the influx of English language domination of the web, as well as to just be plain...
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Twitter Must Give Up Anti-Semitic Users, Says French Court
Twitter is once again going to be forced to make a decision on how far they will go to protect the privacy rights of its users, thanks to a ruling made today by a French court....
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Twitter Now Highlights Links While You’re Composing Your Tweets
Twitter has made a minor tweak to its dekstop site that should help users better understand what they're about to tweet out to their followers. Now, when you're composing a twee...
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#Unbonjuif: French Group Wants Twitter to Give Up Identities of Anti-Semitic Users
A French anti-discrimination group is holding Twitter's feet to the fire, demanding that the social media site reveal the identities of a handful of users who posted anti-Semitic t...
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Hashtag May Be the World’s First Trending Baby
I know that there are a lot of stupid names out there. Believe me, I know. But unless a new parent goes to the extreme and names their kid "Gaydolf Titler" or something, I usuall...
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Twitter Pulls Anti-Semitic Tweets After Pressure from French Groups
Apparently, it's censorship week at Twitter. Earlier this week, we told you that Twitter was...
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Twitter Under Fire in France Over Anti-Semitic Hashtag
If you know Twitter, you know that there are plenty of racist, discriminatory, and downright unsavory tweets floating around. When you give millions of people the ability to say w...
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Missing Teen’s Cryptic Final Tweet Generates Concern, Controversy
A New Jersey girl is still missing after a mysterious tweet suggesting foul play went viral late Sunday evening. 16-year-old Kara Alongi has been missing for over 12 hours fol...
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Twitter Unveils Clickable Stock Tags (e.g. $FB)
Starting today, when you're talking about a publicly-traded company on Twitter, make sure you remember to use their new clickable stock tag. It's also being called a "Cashtag,"...
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EFF Starts #CongressTMI Campaign To Raise CISPA Awareness
Twitter trends are sometimes the most intellectually bankrupt form of communication on the Web. It's truly disheartening at the worst of times, but sometimes there comes along such...
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Cleaning the SXSW Stuff Out of Your Twitter Stream
Are you tired of reading about people enjoying themselves at the 2012 SXSW convention while you slave away in cubicle hell? Is your Twitter stream filled with tweets from your fri...
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Anti-Gay “LGBT Facts” Group Sees Twitter Make Humor Out Of Their Hate
Normally, I wouldn't give vile, hate-spewing, bigoted jackasses like @LGBTFacts the time of day, but this is simply too funny to pass up. @LGBTFacts is a Twitter account solel...
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Google+ Gets Hashtag Autocomplete
It's a simple, but useful feature. Google just announced the addition of hashtag autocomplete to...
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