> How would you provide the functionality that hashtags do on the public timeline? That is what search engines are for. The whole point of the Internet is that

> How would you provide the functionality that hashtags do on the public timeline? That is what search engines are for. The whole point of the Internet is that you can build businesses on top of open protocols with interoperable implementations. Giving up on open protocols and control of data (you can't even save images on Instagram...) "because hashtags" is incredibly shortsighted.