Twitter changes Replies to Mentions
In a move that makes a lot of sense, Twitter has changed the name of Replies to Mentions. The explanation is simple and straightforward, as explained by Biz Stone (@biz), co-founder of Twitter:
The @Replies feature was introduced because we noticed lots of folks putting the @ symbol in front of Twitter usernames as a way of addressing one another. For example: @biz what are you drinking in your avatar? (It’s a soy latte.) So, we started linking the @username references and collecting any tweets that began with @username on one page to make them easier to track.
However, folks started getting more inventive as they often do. Now people include @username mentions in the middle of tweets as a way to simply reference another account. For example: I’m flying @jetblue to Boston. Also, folks reference multiple accounts in a single tweet like this: I’m flying @jetblue to Boston with @ev @crystal and @goldman.
With a few more simple changes like this, I may be back to creating the latest version of the E-book.
Posted on March 30th, 2009, by Anthony Coppedge