{"id":28985,"date":"2022-07-22T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=28985"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:23:50","slug":"what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2","title":{"rendered":"What Are the New Symbols on Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69dbe53aae02c\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69dbe53aae02c\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69dbe53aae02c\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#What_Are_the_New_Symbols_on_Twitter\" title=\"What Are the New Symbols on Twitter?\">What Are the New Symbols on Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#Retweet\" title=\"Retweet\">Retweet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#Like\" title=\"Like\">Like<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#Reply\" title=\"Reply\">Reply<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#Follow\" title=\"Follow\">Follow<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-the-new-symbols-on-twitter-2\/#Emojis\" title=\"Emojis\">Emojis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_the_New_Symbols_on_Twitter\"><\/span>What Are the New Symbols on Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/P7EMAtA.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"What are the new symbols on Twitter\" style=\"width:auto; max-width:36% margin:0px 10px; height:auto; max-height:396px;\">  <\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed accounts with emojis in their name. While some are easy to interpret &#8211; flags indicate country pride &#8211; others are more challenging. Some digital bumper stickers are copying twitter&#8217;s checkmark as a way to verify accounts. The trend started around the 2016 presidential election. The trend is still not dead, but it&#8217;s certainly interesting to note. Read on to discover the new symbols of Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Retweet\"><\/span>Retweet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The retweet on Twitter is a powerful tool for sharing the publicly posted tweets of others. This feature is useful for sharing news articles, memes, and funny GIFs. Retweeting also helps to spread conversations and intermingle the network effect. Using the retweet feature is quick and easy to do. It will also notify the original poster of your action so that they can remove it.<\/p>\n<p>However, you should be careful when using the retweet function. Retweets can be a double-edged sword. While they can be useful to spread your message and add value to other users, they can also be counterproductive. If you are writing content for your own profile, the retweet function will not help you much. This is an unfortunate limitation of the Twitter API.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Like\"><\/span>Like<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite its new look, the Twitter symbol collection doesn&#8217;t contain images. Instead, each symbol is part of the text character set, which also includes numbers, letters, and punctuation. While some symbols are not text characters, others are. An ellipse &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; is a single symbol, not three periods. Its recent popularity is reflected in the rise of the frog emoji, a symbol that was once a conservative symbol.<\/p>\n<p>A&#8217;retweet&#8217; symbol means sharing a tweet. If you see it on a fellow user&#8217;s feed, click on the symbol and &#8216;like&#8217; it to show support. This retweet symbol signifies agreement with a tweet and is also newsworthy content. Originally, a star symbol was used for this function, but was replaced by a heart in 2015.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reply\"><\/span>Reply<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you reply on Twitter, make sure to include your @username. If your tweet is protected, then your reply will only be visible to those who follow you. Otherwise, the person you&#8217;re replying to will see your reply. You can also place a period before the @reply to push your tweet to all of their followers&#8217; timelines. However, if you don&#8217;t use the @mention feature, then your reply will not be seen by your followers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a high-profile user on Twitter, limiting replies to only a few people will help curb abusive responses and keep the conversation on track. This feature is particularly useful when tweeting about controversial topics or political issues, as the possibility of trolls responding to your tweets is greatly diminished. Limiting replies to only a few people would also make it less open to everyone, which would ultimately make Twitter less inclusive and more exclusive.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow\"><\/span>Follow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the past, Twitter users could highlight tweets using text labels. These labels took up valuable screen space and cluttered the already text-heavy interface. The new icons, however, are more subtle. While they still highlight tweets, they don&#8217;t make any sense and aren&#8217;t necessarily helpful in clarifying what Twitter is all about. The following is a list of some of the new Twitter symbols. Read on to learn about their meanings and how to use them.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you might notice a new symbol for stocks &#8211; the &#8220;CC&#8221; or &#8220;CC.&#8221; CC stands for &#8220;carbon copy.&#8221; CC and #twitter are clickable stock symbols on Twitter. The lock icon represents a personal or business account. If your tweets are private, you should use a different symbol. A red lock means you&#8217;re not open to the public. This is useful for privacy purposes, but it&#8217;s not as effective as a lock symbol.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emojis\"><\/span>Emojis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The usage of emojis on Twitter is not uniform; it appears to exhibit a three-phase structure, with the vast majority of emojis falling within the second phase. The distribution follows a power law, with coefficient 0.003 to control for language and is robust across languages. 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