How Twitter became one of the world's preferred platforms for sharing ideas
2 years, 1 month ago

How Twitter became one of the world's preferred platforms for sharing ideas

NPR  

How Twitter became one of the world's preferred platforms for sharing ideas Enlarge this image toggle caption Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/Lightrocket via Getty Images Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/Lightrocket via Getty Images Billionaire Elon Musk has owned Twitter for less than a month. "There really is no other place where you can be any common individual with no political power, no monetary power, and yet you can story-tell using text, image and audio, you can link up and engage with people locally and globally around an issue, and then you can download your history and understand how all of this happened," said Desmond Upton Patton, a professor of social policy, communications and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania who studies Twitter. Seattle-based social media influencer Sean Gardner points to this tweet by Twitter co-founder Dorsey as being emblematic of the platform's use as a tool to spread ideas and incite people to action: "Jack Dorsey's tweet is definitely something that sticks out," said Gardner. Presidential Megaphone Soon after Twitter became a "thing," some elected officials also started to see the platform as a useful way to reach people.

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Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be
1 week, 4 days ago

Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be

Wired  

If you dwell in certain internet neighborhoods long enough, the rules of governing, however absurd or toxic, become second nature. Even fans of the platform would refer to it as “the hellsite.” But people stayed, largely because there didn’t seem to be a viable alternative. “Trying to find my niche subset of humor on here,” @lvteef posted on December 3, …

"We've been doing that to survive": "Black Twitter" filmmaker on Black culture repurposing spaces
7 months, 1 week ago

"We've been doing that to survive": "Black Twitter" filmmaker on Black culture repurposing spaces

Salon  

Why did you first join Twitter? “You get to see people's kind of the way they think.” Penny continued, “And I think that becomes much more of an interesting person to want to meet than just seeing a picture and not knowing what's happening here.” “Black Twitter" is based on Jason Parham’s Wired article “A People’s History of Black Twitter." …

‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ tells how humor and hashtags fostered a subculture
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ tells how humor and hashtags fostered a subculture

LA Times  

When Hulu announced that it would be releasing a docuseries about Black Twitter, the streamer got an immediate earful from … Black Twitter. As one person posted on the platform, “The Black Twitter response to the Black Twitter doc is so very #BlackTwitter.” The makers of “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” the three-part series that premiered at the South by …

Twitter, X or Twix? Internet hands Elon Musk a branding conundrum; ‘it’s garbage change it back..’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Twitter, X or Twix? Internet hands Elon Musk a branding conundrum; ‘it’s garbage change it back..’

Hindustan Times  

“You can’t X a post but you can tweet it,” point noted. “it’s a fuc*** ridiculous name born out of Elon's bizarre, almost sexual fixation with the letter “X” lol, wrote another.” Others chimed in too. “Twitter is like Kleenex is to tissue," “Its garbage.please change it back.” The OG Tweeters, those who remember the pre-selfie days, clung to the …

The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
1 year ago

The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal

Associated Press  

We lost Twitter and got X. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest stories in social media in 2023 — and what to watch for next year: GOODBYE TWITTER A little more than a year ago, Elon Musk walked into Twitter ’s San Francisco headquarters, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media …

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter one year ago. Here’s everything he broke there.

Slate  

He didn’t want to, but Elon Musk closed his purchase of Twitter one year ago. The lawyers representing Twitter’s outgoing board of directors were better than Musk’s—or, maybe more accurately, had a close-to-ironclad case against a reputably brilliant billionaire who tried to call “backsies!” on a contract he’d inked. Related From Slate The Elon Effect Is Real: Twitter Users Are …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price

LA Times  

It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, and more than the average landlord, he’s made some changes to the storefront: replacing the social media platform’s cheerful winged mascot with an ominous “X,” stripping all but paying subscribers of verified status, and turning it from a frenetic crossroads of breaking news and opinion to a playground for falsehoods …

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about
1 year, 5 months ago

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about

CNN  

CNN — When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform, there weren’t many viable alternatives for frustrated users. Spill co-founder and CEO Alphonzo Terrell said the company is “thrilled to see so much innovation in the social space” and remains “confident in our roadmap.” Here’s what you should know about the current crop of services …

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce
1 year, 5 months ago

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce

CNN  

Washington CNN — Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Meta launched Threads, which the company describes as a “text-based conversation app” and whose promotional screenshots resemble Twitter’s layout, on Thursday. Poised to benefit are rivals including Meta’s Threads; the decentralized social network Mastodon, which according to its creator saw a spike in signups over the weekend; …

‘Coming from Twitter? Sign up’: Tumblr openly trolls Elon Musk's microblogging platform
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Coming from Twitter? Sign up’: Tumblr openly trolls Elon Musk's microblogging platform

Hindustan Times  

Tumblr seemingly trolled Twitter with a message saying“Coming from Twitter? “To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: - Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day - Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day - New unverified accounts to 300/day,” Elon tweeted. Also, that’s another view you just used.” ‘Be an important person …

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter announces read limits

The Hindu  

Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified https://t.co/fuRcJLifTn — …

‘Twitter was corroding society, I bought it and made it better,’ says Elon Musk
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Twitter was corroding society, I bought it and made it better,’ says Elon Musk

Firstpost  

At the VivaTech conference in Paris, Musk revealed the real reason why he bought Twitter. He claimed that Twitter was causing the society to corrode, and that he took over, and made it better Ever since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in a highly publicized $44 billion deal, the popular micro-blogging platform has undergone significant changes. Musk bought Twitter because it …

Do you use Twitter but never post? Elon Musk has a meme for you
1 year, 6 months ago

Do you use Twitter but never post? Elon Musk has a meme for you

Hindustan Times  

Most people have a Twitter account but not everyone actively posts things on the microblogging platform. Addressing the very same thing, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a hilarious meme. Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, shared a hilarious meme. A text overlay on the meme reads, “People who have Twitter but never post …

Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets
1 year, 7 months ago

Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Since taking ownership, Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees, largely scrapped the trust-and-safety team responsible for keeping the site free of hate speech, harassment and misinformation, and blamed others — particularly mainstream media organizations, which he views as …

Twitter's to-be CEO Yaccarino challenges Elon Musk on his controversial policies and tweets
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter's to-be CEO Yaccarino challenges Elon Musk on his controversial policies and tweets

India TV News  

On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Since taking ownership, Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees, largely scrapped the trust-and-safety team responsible for keeping the site free of hate speech, harassment and misinformation, and blamed others — particularly mainstream media organizations, which he views as untrustworthy “competitors” to …

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

Wired  

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech. After he took over the platform, Musk insisted that “Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.” But around the same time, Twitter fired most of its …

Bluesky: Twitter alternative surges in popularity as celebrities join and people fight over invites
1 year, 7 months ago

Bluesky: Twitter alternative surges in popularity as celebrities join and people fight over invites

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bluesky, a Twitter alternative supported by one of its original founders, may be …

Column: Elon Musk broke what made Twitter great. It’s going to cost him — and us
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Elon Musk broke what made Twitter great. It’s going to cost him — and us

LA Times  

Twitter once aspired to be the town square of the internet. Things have been trending in this direction since Elon Musk took over the platform in October, but it’s clearer what Twitter has become in the wake of the Great Blue Check-opalypse of 2023. To most of Twitter’s users, the blue check mark had become not a widely desired service, …

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022
2 years ago

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

NPR  

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022 Enlarge this image toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images 2022 has been a rocky year for social media companies. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images TikTok's runaway success has companies including Facebook and Google …

After Elon Musk's takeover, Black Twitter's future lies in the balance : It's Been a Minute : NPR
2 years ago

After Elon Musk's takeover, Black Twitter's future lies in the balance : It's Been a Minute : NPR

NPR  

What we lose if Black Twitter disappears Enlarge this image Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images; STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images; STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images #BlackLivesMatter. These huge cultural moments come from one of the most chaotic, beloved, and influential communities online: Black Twitter. What's …

Marginalized Communities Mourn Imminent Loss of Twitter As A Safe Space
2 years ago

Marginalized Communities Mourn Imminent Loss of Twitter As A Safe Space

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Twitter served as a hub for various marginalized communities to connect with one another and organize advocacy efforts. Twitter For Organizing and Advocacy Black people found comfort in organizing on Twitter because its features allowed them to use their own offline organizing practices and communication techniques in a digital environment, said Steele. Choi’s organization joined other Asian …

Twitter to rely more on AI than staff to detect hate speech amid rising reports of racism on platform
2 years ago

Twitter to rely more on AI than staff to detect hate speech amid rising reports of racism on platform

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter is relying more on artificial intelligence to moderate content instead of banking …

As Twitter owner Elon Musk learns, content moderation is a messy job
2 years ago

As Twitter owner Elon Musk learns, content moderation is a messy job

Firstpost  

A self-described free speech absolutist, Musk has said he wants to make Twitter a global digital town square. Anglin, the founder of an infamous neo-Nazi website, was reinstated Thursday, one of many previously banned users to benefit from an amnesty granted by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk. “Impossible, messy and squishy decisions” are unavoidable, according to Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former …

I worked at Twitter for seven years – this is what I want you to know
2 years ago

I worked at Twitter for seven years – this is what I want you to know

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’re seeing it over and over …

More Twitter workers flee after Elon Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum
2 years, 1 month ago

More Twitter workers flee after Elon Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum

The Hindu  

Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. While it’s not clear how many of Twitter’s already-decimated staff took Musk up on his offer, the newest round of departures means the platform is continuing to lose workers just as …

Now, Elon Musk’s apology for ‘super slow’ Twitter; and a new feature for firms
2 years, 1 month ago

Now, Elon Musk’s apology for ‘super slow’ Twitter; and a new feature for firms

Hindustan Times  

The world’s wealthiest person is getting more and more passionate about his latest acquisition, it seems. Now, in one of the latest updates, Elon Musk has said that Twitter will offer a new feature for firms using the microblogging site very soon. FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk twitter account is seen through Twitter logo in this illustration taken, “Rolling out soon, …

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover was captured by software engineer’s cartoons. They’re brutal.
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover was captured by software engineer’s cartoons. They’re brutal.

Slate  

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. July 6, 2021: Welcome to Twitter Cornet began his Twitter career poking fun at the company’s inefficiency. August 30, 2021: Twitter’s Central Tension Musk hadn’t yet entered the picture, but Cornet identified Twitter’s impossible balancing act early on. April 7, 2022: Elon Enters the Picture On April 4, 2022, …

Musk should get real on Twitter’s feudal effects
2 years, 1 month ago

Musk should get real on Twitter’s feudal effects

Live Mint  

It is a testament to Twitter’s role in public discourse that its $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk has caused such a flutter, not just on this online platform for snippety messages, but far beyond. In a display of what earned him his spurs as a Twitter warrior—or its ‘Chief Twit’ as Musk called himself—he made a snappy case last …

Elon Musk vents that ‘messed up’ activists are causing ‘massive drop’ in Twitter revenue as advertisers flee
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk vents that ‘messed up’ activists are causing ‘massive drop’ in Twitter revenue as advertisers flee

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk took to Twitter to publicly air his grievances against so-called “activists” …

Twitter and Elon Musk: Nightmare for Left, petrified of free speech
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter and Elon Musk: Nightmare for Left, petrified of free speech

Op India  

The Global Left is living its worst nightmare. News article by The New York Times Responding to the article by The New York Times, Elon Musk tweeted, “This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!”. If Elon Musk believes that all news has a bias, the platform now may not be allowed …

Whelp, Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter Now. Here's What Might Change.
2 years, 1 month ago

Whelp, Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter Now. Here's What Might Change.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After an interminable game of will-he, won’t-he, Elon Musk now actually, officially owns Twitter. pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7 — Elon Musk October 26, 2022 Musk immediately fired four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, and appointed himself the new “Chief Twit.” Despite the purge, there remain significantly more unknowns about Musk’s plans for the influential platform, and the world’s richest …

No hellscape, buying Twitter to help humanity: Elon Musk
2 years, 1 month ago

No hellscape, buying Twitter to help humanity: Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Elon Musk attempted to soothe leery Twitter advertisers Thursday, a day before a deadline to close out on his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, saying that he is buying the platform to “help humanity" and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape." Musk has previously expressed distaste for advertising and Twitter’s dependence on it, suggesting more …

VIRAL VIDEO: Elon Musk enters Twitter HQ with a sink in his hands, netizens roll out funny memes
2 years, 1 month ago

VIRAL VIDEO: Elon Musk enters Twitter HQ with a sink in his hands, netizens roll out funny memes

India TV News  

VIRAL VIDEO: Everyone around the world has been eyeing Elon Musk and Twitter's deal. Musk entered the Twitter HQ with a sink in his hand, ahead of the micro-blogging platform's takeover deal. Recently, Musk had reportedly told investors and bankers that he was going to close the $44 billion Twitter takeover deal by Friday, as employees at the micro-blogging platform …

The shape of ‘Elon Musk vs Twitter’ story: how the saga unfolded
2 years, 2 months ago

The shape of ‘Elon Musk vs Twitter’ story: how the saga unfolded

The Hindu  

The late American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, in a lecture at Case Western Reserve University, explained that stories have a shape. And if the story of Elon Musk vs Twitter were plotted on Vonnegut’s graph, the system could possibly develop a brand-new shape. Musk’s Point ‘B’ In November 2021, the CEO of Tesla tweeted a survey asking his roughly 62 million …

DC Edit | Towards a better social media
2 years, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Towards a better social media

Deccan Chronicle  

Social media are not going out of fashion anytime soon. Seasonal trends may see a few platforms go down in popularity while others rise as younger generation users flit on to sites they think are more “hep”. Keeping abreast of user demand for more features, Twitter has responded by saying it is working on an “edit” button that would allow …

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul
2 years, 7 months ago

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A toxic cesspool. For Elon Musk, its ultimate troll and perhaps most prolific user whose buyout of the company is on increasingly shaky ground, Twitter is a “de facto town square” in dire need of a libertarian makeover. “It’s a potluck of pithy self-expression simmering with whimsy, narcissism, voyeurism, hucksterism, tedium and sometimes useful information,” Associated Press …

DC Edit | Musk’s Twitter policy unreliable
2 years, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Musk’s Twitter policy unreliable

Deccan Chronicle  

Where is Twitter headed under an ownership led by Elon Musk and banks? Having set the cat among the pigeons in claiming before making the offer to buy the microblogging site that he wished to restore its status as an absolute free speech platform, the world’s richest man may have backtracked just a bit by qualifying unfettered free speech as …

'I Love Twitter. How Much Is It?' Elon Musk's 2017 Tweet In Reply To User Goes Viral
2 years, 7 months ago

'I Love Twitter. How Much Is It?' Elon Musk's 2017 Tweet In Reply To User Goes Viral

ABP News  

New Delhi: The world's richest man Elon Musk has been talk of the town ever since he caught the elusive Twitter bird for $44 billion, an agreement that will make the micro-blogging platform an entity wholly owned by Musk. A Twitter user Dave Smith had suggested Musk to buy Twitter back in 2017, in response to the billionaire's tweet that …

Cocaine, ice-cream and 'fun': Elon Musk's posts after Twitter takeover
2 years, 7 months ago

Cocaine, ice-cream and 'fun': Elon Musk's posts after Twitter takeover

India Today  

Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, on Thursday, April 28, seemed to seek to increase engagement on the microblogging website by calling to make the usage experience “fun”. — Elon Musk April 28, 2022 Elon Musk’s tweet came after the platform reportedly witnessed “fluctuations in follower counts” from “organic” accounts just after news broke that the Tesla CEO had bought the …

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner
2 years, 7 months ago

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude term to make fun of his belly. At times it’s pretty extreme,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media and who recently assigned Musk’s tweets as reading material for their …

Elon Musk bought Twitter, you can switch to these social media platforms
2 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter, you can switch to these social media platforms

India Today  

The news of Elon Musk buying Twitter has left everyone surprised and people have been wondering whether the platform will remain the way it is now. Zeve Sanderson of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics told Al Jazeera that “If he undoes a lot of the work that has been done to combat hate speech and misinformation, that’s …

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner
2 years, 7 months ago

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude sexual term to make fun of his belly. At times it’s pretty extreme,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media and who recently assigned Musk’s tweets as reading material for …

Musk Owns Twitter. What Could Go Wrong?
2 years, 7 months ago

Musk Owns Twitter. What Could Go Wrong?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has a new shiny thing. “It’s like the figurative ‘the dog that caught the car’ now that he owns Twitter,” William Klepper, an expert on corporate governance and a professor at Columbia Business School, told HuffPost. He can’t just hold it in his portfolio!” Inherent in that …

It's Elon Musk's world and we just live in it: Tech visionary turns social media king
2 years, 7 months ago

It's Elon Musk's world and we just live in it: Tech visionary turns social media king

Firstpost  

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter caps a rollercoaster of announcements and counter-announcements — which he characteristically punctuated by gleefully firing jabs at the company on its own platform San Francisco: Sometimes it feels like it’s Elon Musk’s world and we just live in it. Musk, 50, last year became the world’s richest person – taking the title from Amazon’s Jeff …

How Twitter takeover by Elon Musk could make its misinformation problems worse | Explained
2 years, 7 months ago

How Twitter takeover by Elon Musk could make its misinformation problems worse | Explained

India TV News  

Highlights Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse Musk acquired Twitter in US$44 billion deal on April 25 Musk has already been accused of delaying disclosure of his ownership stake in Twitter Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after announcing his bid for …

Twitter staff in uproar over Elon Musk's plans for the social media giant
2 years, 7 months ago

Twitter staff in uproar over Elon Musk's plans for the social media giant

The Telegraph  

It was only hours after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter had been confirmed – but staff at the social networking site were already in uproar. Another, posting on the platform itself, said she was “honestly kinda terrified”, while her colleague added: “I hate him, why does he even want this?” The outpouring of horror lays bare the employee revolt Musk …

Column: With Elon Musk in charge, it’s the beginning of the end for #BlackTwitter
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: With Elon Musk in charge, it’s the beginning of the end for #BlackTwitter

LA Times  

It’s all rather disturbing and yet somehow fitting in these doublespeak-steeped times. “Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said Monday, announcing that he had succeeded in taking over the San Francisco-based social media company for $44 billion. Business Elon Musk reaches $44-billion deal to buy Twitter The social media …

Column: Elon Musk’s stake in Twitter is not good news for Twitter — or its users
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Elon Musk’s stake in Twitter is not good news for Twitter — or its users

LA Times  

Over the years, Elon Musk has used Twitter to flout securities laws, smear his critics and promote useless treatments for COVID-19. So of course Twitter judged that Musk “would bring great value to our Board.” That’s how Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal justified the company’s appointing Musk to its board of directors Tuesday. — Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal Agrawal …

A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part III
3 years, 4 months ago

A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part III

Wired  

Getting Through, 2016–Present By the end of the Obama era, Black Twitter seemed like a fully realized world, with its own codes and customs. Illustration: Aaron Marin Sarah J. Jackson, coauthor of #Hashtag Activism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice: When we first got on Twitter, we weren’t worried about people pretending to be Black. Brandon Jenkins, TV and podcast …

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