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    'Hashflag' reborn to capture World Cup hysteria

    The 'hashflag' extension allows fan's to tweet a '#' followed by their country's three-letter abbreviation to reveal a flag to decorate Twitter with international revelry.

    Author Date published June 11, 2014 Categories

    Painting yourself with national pride during the World Cup just became easier following the reintroduction of ‘hashflags’ on Twitter.

    Twitter announced the rebirth of the ‘hashflag’ yesterday after its extreme popularity during the 2010 World Cup – the extension allows fan’s to tweet a ‘#’ followed by their country’s three-letter abbreviation to reveal a flag to wave their support through the social engine.

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    In addition, fans can delve deeper into the social networks feature by clicking on these hashtags, bringing users to a page that includes a World Cup and match timeline fill with information such as score updates, match highlights and player and coach tweets.

     

     

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