Twitter Briefly Removes ‘@’ In iOS Update

Twitter rolled out an update to its iOS app Thursday night killing its famous "@" symbol. Many iOS users were left dazed and confused when they tried to use it to reply to tweets. The update basically removed the "@" symbol’s functionality and also removed the "@replies" to a tweet from the character count. It was, however, rolled back after users vented their fury on Twitter.

Some users even poked fun at the update.

But some users took advantage of the new update and since @ didn’t figure in the character count they tagged everyone they could in tweets.

At 8:41 a.m. EST Friday, the company stated in an official tweet that the update “accidentally” went out and thanked users for the feedback.

At 9:08 a.m. EST Friday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized for the confusion.

However, this is not the first time that the social networking site has experimented with such an update. The company had rolled out a similar change on its Android app in September, when it loosened the 140-character limit per tweet.

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