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‘Never Let Silicon Valley Intimidate You’ Subj Twitter Hashtags Turn Into Star Wars Emojis

by Larry Chiang on April 17, 2015

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”.

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…,

Bad Robot (@bad_robot)

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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

Bad Robot (@bad_robot)
pic.twitter.com/H35QG3M9DV

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.

 

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