Are Twitter/X Hashtags Going Away?

This social media platform has turned into such a rollercoaster, you never know what to expect week to week!

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Madalyn Sklar
November 12, 2023

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Hi Friend,

If you’ve listened to any of my recent audio discussions in X Spaces, you’ve probably heard my frustration with the platform. There have been so many ups and downs, some days it’s hard to make sense as to where it’s going. And now we’re hearing that hashtags might be going away. Ugh! In this week’s #SmarterX chat, my good friend Jason from Bunsen and Beaker shared some good news with us. Through his experiments, he has hacked the X algorithm and shared his findings with us.

Now here’s this week’s roundup.

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Highlights From Madalyn's X Feed

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If you livestream on the X platform, there is a brand new chat box that has been added. It’s pretty cool!

You can now easily add timestamps to your videos. This is helpful for longer format content.

If you’re on iOS, there is a new bookmark button on the home timeline.

The Latest From Madalyn

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Are hashtags going away? Elon hints they will.

What an insightful conversation! 🔥 Here's what we discussed:
• X's new AI called Grok
• Are hashtags going away?
• New Premium X tiers
• How @bunsenbernerbmd hacked the X algorithm

Click here for the Spaces replay.

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Choosing the right microphone for your space and budget

This week we spoke about the introduction of active timestamps on X for video, and how this might impact listens if they also added it to Spaces replays. Suze was testing out the Sontronics Podcast Pro mic and there was some discussion about home studio setups and choosing the right mic for your space - and your budget! Plus we spoke about Suze's #NaPodPoMo project Uncaged, which lead to an interesting conversation about binaural audio recording.

www.allthingsaudiopodcast.com/choosing-the-right-microphone-for-your-space-and-budget

Upcoming Spaces

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You can easily access my upcoming audio conversations as well as the past ones via Spaces Dashboard. Tap on this link to get started. At the top right, you’ll see a green button that says “Set Up Alert.” This is a brand new feature that will send an email notification whenever I go live. Below that you'll see the ones I host, co-host, and spoke in. You can listen to replays of past conversations and also add upcoming ones to your calendar.

That's A Wrap!

Thank you for taking the time to read my newsletter. 😊

Keep rockin’,
Madalyn