Neowin News Feed for: Hashtag

Users report pro-Democrat and anti-Republican hashtags blocked, Meta says a fix is incoming

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:18:01 +0000

Multiple users on Reddit have brought to light that Instagram doesn't show any search results for pro-democrat and anti-republican hashtags on the platform. Read more...

Threads finally gets hashtags but without the #

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:38:01 +0000

Threads is now rolling out the ability to tag posts in its app to all regions across the globe. However, the feature works differently than Instagram, where you can only add one tag per post. Read more...

These 12 Threads features are on the way, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:10:01 +0000

The Threads app is expected to get a lot of missing features in the coming future. The list includes hashtags, improved search, GIFs, in-app language translation, a complete web version, and more. Read more...

Google Maps for Android quietly adds support for hashtags in reviews

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:38:01 +0000

Google Maps for Android now allows users to add hashtags to the places or business locations they have visited as part of their review. There's no word on when it will come to iOS and the web version. Read more...

Twitter to trial raising the maximum tweet limit to 280 characters

Gurkaran Singh — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:40:01 +0000

After research showed that English language users had to cut down their text more often compared to languages such as Korean and Japanese, Twitter will trial doubling the limit with a subset of users. Read more...

Facebook reportedly adding hashtag support

Ben Buffone — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:39:16 +0000

Facebook is working to incorporate hashtag functionality into its own service. Those familiar with the matter are unaware of how long exactly the Palo Alto-based have been building the functionality. Read more...

Twitter introduces hashtag pages

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:56:38 +0000

Earlier today, Twitter revealed its first television advertisement that directed people to the service's first promotional hashtag page, the #NASCAR page. Read more...