From the monthly archives:

October 2010

Why Twitter Purposely Breaks Things: The Mysterious Feature Darkmode

October 27, 2010

“Feature Darkmode” is Twitter’s term for turning off or hiding features on the Twitter website and/or on the API (which affects Twitter apps, meaning programs such as TweetDeck, HootSuite, etc). Why would Twitter turn things off? Some of the main reasons are: When Twitter is running slow, turning a few things off can keep the [...]

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The Meaning and History Behind Cool Symbols & Characters For Your Tweets

October 18, 2010

Click any symbol below to learn what it means: ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☎ ☏ ☐ ☑ ☒ ☓ ☔ ☕ ☖ ☗ ☘ ☙ ☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ☠ ☡ ☢ ☣ ☤ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☨ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭ [...]

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