What is StockTwits & how does it work?

He and co-founder Soren Macbeth built Stocktwits using Twitter's own programming interface, letting users follow each other and post about markets. They replaced Twitter's famous hashtags with "cashtags" — a dollar sign followed by a ticker symbol (e.g. $AMZN for Amazon or $AAPL for Apple) — something Twitter itself adopted in 2012.

Is StockTwits censored?

Some Stocktwits reviews complain that the dialog on the platform can become too crowded or censored to be of use. The Stocktwits app utilizes automated algorithms as well as a moderation staff to filter out spamming, trolling, or just plain bad content and to keep the focus of the discussion on stocks, trading, and information sharing.

What is StockTwits room?

In August 2018, Stocktwits announced its launch of Rooms, a product that enables users to create new communities based on shared interests, specific stocks or trends affecting the markets.

Does StockTwits have a cashtag?

With the implementation of the cashtag feature starting in 2012, some of the uniqueness of the Stocktwits app was lost, but Stocktwits doubled down on the format by implementing graphs, video streaming, a real time ticker and more.