When you logged in to Twitter, were you excited to see who responded or retweeted your avitar? Was the first place you looked your DMs or your “@replies”? If you were “@reply” happy, you may have gotten a surprise today.
The world of social media is moving faster than most can keep up with. Today Twitter announced a shift in the way we traditionally find out who’s responded to our posts or referenced our avitar within a tweet.
So, if you’ve traditionally looked for the “at replies” listed as @replies get used to the new term “mentions” as Twitter is shifting to “@” followed by your avitar or username.
To learn more about the rationale read the Twitter blogpost: Replies Are Now Mentions.
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