Elon Musk tells X users to stop using hashtags

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform X, is calling on users to stop using hashtags.

He made the request on Tuesday, sharing a post from an X employee.

“Please stop using hashtags. The system no longer needs them and they look ugly,” Musk wrote.

The post included a question from the X employee to Grok, an AI chatbot that can access real-time information from X.

“Should I use hashtags on X or not?” the employee wrote, to which Grok gave a detailed answer.

“Oh definitely, don’t use hashtags on X,” the reply reads. “They have become about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. You know, nothing screams ‘I’m trying too hard’ like a tweet full of hashtags, each one like a desperate cry into the void of the internet you’re on. There’s no way the content will be among the other million posts go down who use #blessed or #justgirlythings.

The response also pointed out that “Hashtags are your ticket to nowhere.”

Musk bought Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion and promptly renamed the platform. The deal was set to be heard in the Delaware Chancery Court.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press contributed to this report.