The Future Price of a Hashtag
This is a guest post by Lauren Cannon. Lauren is a fellow mohawked writer, currently for Brokelyn. You can follow her on Twitter, @laurenthedark. Made popular by Twitter, the hashtag symbol has become a haven for a ménage à trois of bad grammar, breaking news, and celebrity gossip. It was only a few weeks ago that...
Twitter Question #2: How To Receive Mobile Notifications From Specific Twitter Accounts
I received another question via Twitter from Linda Sellers (@Linda_Sellers). Linda asks, ” […] do you know of an iphone app that allows you to receive a push notification from one or a few people ONLY?” Unfortunately, I didn’t (do you?). In my experience with notifications from iPhone Twitter clients, they usually don’t work unless...
Twitter Implements Retweet Option: Opt-Out of Your Friend’s Retweets
I think we’ve all run into this thought when someone uses Twitter’s native retweet style: “Who is this person?” Unfortunately, it’s not always clear upon first glance that it’s a retweet from a friend. Even worse, it may not always be something you care to see. For the handful of people that use the native...
Promoted Trends: More Clever Twitter Ads
There have been many rumors about how Twitter would monetize itself and all roads led to advertisements. Simple enough, but when you throw ads in a Twitter conversation you tend to get mixed reactions from the public. Twitter serves as a conversation platform first and foremost. Some think that ads will disrupt real engagement, the...
