text: In most cases tooltips are not good for mobile. Hover doesn't work and click usually goes to a link. I'd advise against putting any critical functionality to your app in a tooltip. Popups may be better. – dcclassics May 30 '14 at 3:17
  I think you answered your own question. They are a desktop OS paradigm and as such don't work as expected on a touch OS. – user43251 Jun 2 '14 at 9:08
  I thought as much - I guess I was just after some validation on my thoughts. The links in question (which from the Ghost theme had tooltips) are for the usual social media sites, so I'm just going to rely on the standard icons for mobile and icons and words on desktop. I guess users will recognize these and understand where the links will take them. – JimBobBennett Jun 3 '14 at 13:14