4/16/15, 9:07 AM
By Larry Chiang
When I was young, I was too young and dumb to be intimidated.
Let’s file this post under “never let Silicon Valley intimidate us”.
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Twitter (@twitter) |
The Force is strong w/ #StarWarsEmojis. Use these hashtags & they’ll appear:#StormTrooper
#BB8 #C3P0 Learn more: blog.twitter.com/2015/introduci… |
This does not work!!
For example, JJ Abrams tweet has no emoji…,
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Bad Robot (@bad_robot) |
No BB8 emoji to be seen:
As per Twitter:
Twitter users who post hashtags representing keywords associated with specific Star Wars characters and legacy themes will see a small emoji-like icon automatically appended to the end of the text of the tag, embedded within the Tweet.
Check these tweets for when they get an emoji:
4/16/15, 9:07 AM
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Bad Robot (@bad_robot) |
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Twitter users who post hashtags representing keywords associated with specific Star Wars characters and legacy themes will see a small emoji-like icon automatically appended to the end of the text of the tag, embedded within the Tweet.