As part of my Prior Art project I am publishing these Twitter syntax ideas I would like to see implemented.
We all know the standard Twitter syntax elements (#, @, d), these are documented below. Please leave comments and your own ideas (and correct my mistakes).
Current Syntax
| Name | Syntax | Example |
| Hash Tag | #, #keyword | Used to denote keywords and aid search |
| At | @, @username | Used to indicate a Twitter user |
| Direct Message | d, d username | Used send a direct message to selected user |
(please leave undocumented syntax in the comments)
Future Syntax
| Name | Syntax | Example |
| Group | +, +work or +school | Used to send the same tweet to multiple recipients, groups are user specified.The +group_name is never tweeted, instead multiple @username_nth messages are created.
Groups should be limited to 20-50 members. |
| Private | $, $ [message] | Messages prefixed with $ are private and only followers can read and the tweet will not appear in the public time line or search. |
| Compressed / Encrypted | ?, ?[compressed message] | Messages that start with ? are compressed and will require spacial software to uncompress.
This also might indicate an encrypted message. This would most often be combined with $. |
(please leave undocumented syntax in the comments)