A week or two in to my new Oxwall site, and I'm enjoying it very much. There's only one significant feature missing, and that's the ability to use hashtags and link users in the newsfeed. I've put quite a lot of work in to translating the interface in to a new language, so I'm a bit reluctant to give up on Oxwall, but this is kind of a basic feature for a social network. I think I'd be willing to pay for the Newsfeed Trends plugin, but not without having some confidence that it will work with O 1.8+, and I'm not getting that.
Is there any sign that these features are likely to be added to the base anytime soon? Is anyone using Newsfeed Trends with version 1.8+ successfully?