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Bernie Sanders

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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2. @ precedes an accountname. # is a tag for categorization.

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 09:21 AM

Dec 2015

So @BernieSanders refers to Bernie's account and searching on #MapleSyrup will turn up all tweets that include that tag.

Twitter doesn't seem to like spaces in either @s or #s.

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Bernie Sanders Gained The Most Twitter Followers During The GOP Debate [View all] n2doc Dec 2015 OP

I have a Twitter account but LiberalElite Dec 2015 #1

@ precedes an accountname. # is a tag for categorization. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #2

When someone outperforms Trump on Twitter, you know it's serious. SmittynMo Dec 2015 #3

Hillary supporters reading this news: Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #4

Don't worry RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #6

And she can just ReTweet what Bernie posts! SoapBox Dec 2015 #10

. arcane1 Dec 2015 #11

A stroke of genius ... using Twitter to make them look like the clowns they are, while countering libdem4life Dec 2015 #5

And it cost NOTHING! :) arcane1 Dec 2015 #9

Yep, that's our Budget-conscious Bernie. libdem4life Dec 2015 #12

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He also had the most retweeted post, too. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #8