Overheard: Twitter To Remove Hashbangs From Its URLs
Update: Dan Webb has noted that Twitter will still support the old URLs with the hashbangs once the change has been made
A Twitter front end engineer has confirmed that the company is actively working on removing hashbangs, or “/#!/”, from their URLs.
If you type in “https://www.twitter.com/lauren_dugan”, you’ll be sent to my profile. However, upon arrival, the URL will have changed to “https://twitter.com/#!/lauren_dugan”.
The “/#!/” in between Twitter.com and my username is called a hashbang. To a regular internet user, they’re odd looking, clunky, and a bit of a mystery.
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