Explained | Can Mastodon be the new Twitter?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Can Mastodon be the new Twitter?

The Hindu  

Twitter users who are worried that Musk’s free speech ideals will lead to more online abuse are also leaving the platform. Rather than being controlled by a CEO or a centralised moderation team, Mastodon users pick “servers” which host their data and let them access the same platform. It’s a product on top of a protocol, the way Twitter should have been,” Mastodon tweeted on October 28, the day when the court ordered Musk to close the Twitter deal. While Twitter’s theme revolves around birds, Mastodon has chosen the furry elephant-like mammal that became extinct around 10,000 years back, as its mascot. Several Indian Twitter users suggested a shift to Mastodon, believing it might take stronger action against caste discrimination and trolls.

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Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users

CNN  

Washington CNN — Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw. Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less than a week after it launched, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …

German alternative Mastodon gets boost from newly restricted Twitter
1 year, 5 months ago

German alternative Mastodon gets boost from newly restricted Twitter

The Hindu  

Turmoil at Twitter following new limits to the amount of posts users can see appears to be driving a surge in activity at Mastodon, a German rival that prides itself on its decentralised, user-driven structure. On Saturday, Twitter boss Elon Musk announced new limits on the number of posts accounts can read in a day. Previously, he had expressed displeasure …

Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets

The Hindu  

Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure". Musk has previously expressed displeasure at artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, using Twitter's data to train their large language models. In a letter addressed to Microsoft …

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines

India TV News  

In a recent monthly compliance report, Twitter revealed that it had banned a record-breaking 1,132,228 accounts in India between April 26 and May 25. As part of the rules, major digital and social media platforms with over five million users are required to publish monthly compliance reports. In this reporting period, Twitter received a total of 518 complaints from Indian …

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 …

Twitter down for hours, many users furious: Know what happened
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter down for hours, many users furious: Know what happened

India TV News  

Twitter, the known microblogging social media platform was reported unresponsive by a number of users. More than a million users across the world reported their experience as another major global outage, leaving them unable to login to their accounts or post any tweets respectively. Find some people and topics to follow now.” Image Source : PIXABAYTwitter down for hours, many …

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web
1 year, 11 months ago

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web

India TV News  

Cyber-security researchers have found a data dump comprising over 200 million Twitter users, that was earlier being sold for $200,000. "The vulnerability in Twitter's API, enabled threat actors to input phone number/email address to retrieve the Twitter user ID which in turn enables data scraping," said a CloudSEK researcher. On January 4, a new user on the hacker forum with …

Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point
2 years ago

Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point

Wired  

Rodti MacLeary started a Mastodon instance, mas.to, in 2019. Last week, Twitter’s billionaire owner suspended several high-profile journalists and accused them of doxing him, and then briefly banned links to any social media competitors, including Mastodon. As a decentralized, open-source social media platform, Mastodon is markedly different in its construction from Big Tech platforms like Meta, Twitter, and YouTube. That’s …

As Twitter backlash grows, rival Mastodon reaches 2.5 million monthly users
2 years ago

As Twitter backlash grows, rival Mastodon reaches 2.5 million monthly users

CNN  

CNN — Twitter rival Mastodon has grown eight times its size in a matter of weeks, going from approximately 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million in November, according to a blog post by the platform’s founder, Eugen Rochko. The eye-popping growth figure comes as a wave of Twitter users have announced their plans to switch services amid the erratic …

Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals
2 years ago

Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals

The Hindu  

Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited platforms” Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. It's the latest move by Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to crack down on certain speech after he shut down a Twitter account last week that was tracking the flights of his …

Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, other social media rivals
2 years ago

Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, other social media rivals

ABC  

Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company describes as "prohibited platforms" Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. Key points: The banned platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Tribel, Nostr, Post and Donald Trump's Truth Social Twitter gave no explanation for why the blacklist included those platforms but not others such as …

Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media
2 years ago

Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media

Associated Press  

Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences. That address is not current, Lopez said, because “he changes his email every few weeks.” Sound of exchange as Twitter owner Elon Musk joins Twitter Spaces conference chat Thursday …

Explained | Why did Twitter block Mastodon links, suspend its account along with journalists
2 years ago

Explained | Why did Twitter block Mastodon links, suspend its account along with journalists

The Hindu  

The story so far: Twitter on Thursday suspended Mastodon’s account on the platform. The microblogging platform also suspended accounts of journalists critical of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s attempts to suspend accounts sharing the whereabouts of his private jet. Twitter suspended Mastodon’s official Twitter account while introducing a new policy against sharing live location information. Twitter’s head of trust and safety, …

Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media
2 years ago

Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media

The Hindu  

Elon Musk's abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organisations that have used the platform to build their audiences. But Musk took to Twitter on Thursday night to accuse journalists of sharing private information about his whereabouts, which he described as “basically assassination coordinates.” He provided no evidence …

Twitter chaos too much? There are plenty of other options
2 years ago

Twitter chaos too much? There are plenty of other options

Associated Press  

Twitter has been engulfed in chaos since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, reinstating previously banned accounts — including those of white nationalists — and suspending journalists who’ve been covering him. Mastodon’s feed is chronological, unlike Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter, which all use algorithms to get …

Elon Musk's Twitter Suspends Account Of Rival Mastodon Platform
2 years ago

Elon Musk's Twitter Suspends Account Of Rival Mastodon Platform

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Elon Musk’s Twitter suspended the account of rising social media platform Mastodon on Thursday — the same day Twitter restricted the profiles of prominent tech journalists who have unflatteringly reported on the billionaire’s chaotic leadership of the company. Twitter suspended the @elonjet account and issued an update to its policies restricting the sharing of someone’s live location, …

Twitter bans several prominent journalists who covered Elon Musk's Twitter shenanigans
2 years ago

Twitter bans several prominent journalists who covered Elon Musk's Twitter shenanigans

Firstpost  

Twitter also banned the account of Mastodon, the social media alternative that’s built momentum since Elon Musk took over. The ban on journalists came about after Twitter suspended the Twitter account of Mastodon, the open-source social media alternative that’s became extremely popular after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Twitter took action against Mastodon after the account linked to the Mastodon page …

Elon Musk tried to explain Twitter ban on top journalists, when questions became tough he ran away
2 years ago

Elon Musk tried to explain Twitter ban on top journalists, when questions became tough he ran away

India Today  

Every morning we wake up to a new policy that Elon Musk wants Twitter users to follow. And this comes in response to Musk's ban on @ElonJet Twitter account, which used to post automated details of the location of Elon Musk's private jet. A day later, however, Musk has gone after top journalists, including journalists from The New York Times …

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk
2 years ago

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Elon Musk on 9 December has said that the social media giant will delete crores of inactive user accounts. Announcing in a Tweet, Musk wrote, “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts” In another tweet, he wrote, “These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years.” Earlier in the day, …

Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now
2 years, 1 month ago

Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now

NPR  

Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now Enlarge this image toggle caption Amy Osborne/AFP via Getty Images Amy Osborne/AFP via Getty Images Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter in October, many users of the social media platform have discussed taking their musings elsewhere — and some have actually done it. Enlarge this image toggle …

The Next Big Bird in Town: Can India’s Koo succeed in replacing Twitter?
2 years, 1 month ago

The Next Big Bird in Town: Can India’s Koo succeed in replacing Twitter?

Firstpost  

As Twitter sees massive turmoil with Elon Musk’s takeover, several of its users are migrating to India’s homegrown platform Koo. This is the insight behind Koo.” Since launching, “Koo has recently witnessed two million Koos and 10 million likes within 48 hours, by users in Brazil alone.” Koo was also launched in Nigeria in June last year after Twitter was …

The Places Where Twitter Is Already Breaking
2 years, 1 month ago

The Places Where Twitter Is Already Breaking

Slate  

As reports arrive hour after hour of mass resignations, office closures, emergency meetings, and general Muskian chaos, ex-Twitter employees are warning of impending problems, and users across the United States are preparing for the platform’s imminent death. But as posters gathered to mourn what’s come of the platform—an occasion Musk celebrated as an “all-time high in Twitter usage lol”—there appeared …

Meet Mastodon, the Twitter ‘killer’ Elon Musk is keeping an eye on
2 years, 1 month ago

Meet Mastodon, the Twitter ‘killer’ Elon Musk is keeping an eye on

The Telegraph  

Eugen Rochko was, by his own admission, a heavy user of Twitter. In 2016, when rumours were spreading that PayPal founder Peter Thiel wanted to buy Twitter, Rochko set about creating his own decentralised social network. What emerged was Mastodon, a so-called “Twitter killer”. Many are unhappy with Elon Musk’s $44bn purchase of Twitter, with concerns ranging from the billionaire’s …

Should Elon Musk really be afraid of Mastodon?
2 years, 1 month ago

Should Elon Musk really be afraid of Mastodon?

The Independent  

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Twitter very slow in India, says Elon Musk amid upheaval at microblogging site
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter very slow in India, says Elon Musk amid upheaval at microblogging site

India TV News  

Since billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took over Twitter, the microblogging site is in news for all unwarranted reasons- from laying off to launching paid bluetick services to roll it back. In latest development, Musk said Twitter is “very slow” in India and many other countries. In another tweet, he said he would “like to apologise for Twitter being super slow …

Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options

Associated Press  

Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that “ dumb things ” might happen as he reshapes one of the world’s most high-profile information ecosystems. Mastodon’s feed is chronological, unlike Facebook, Instagram, …

With Twitter amid drama, watch how Mastodon and others are emerging as options
2 years, 1 month ago

With Twitter amid drama, watch how Mastodon and others are emerging as options

The Hindu  

Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that “ dumb things ” might happen as he reshapes one of the world’s most high-profile information ecosystems. Mastodon’s feed is chronological, unlike Facebook, Instagram, …

Should you join Mastodon? Here's what you need to know
2 years, 1 month ago

Should you join Mastodon? Here's what you need to know

Salon  

In the days before and after Elon Musk officially took over Twitter, many users of the social media platform saw their follower count plummet, a drop that has continued as more and more users jump ship from Twitter. Related Not everyone has the luxury to leave Twitter Some Twitter users have picked up their handles and gone to an alternative …

Defectors seek alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter
2 years, 1 month ago

Defectors seek alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

Deccan Chronicle  

PARIS: Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, with German-owned Mastodon attracting the most attention. Mastodon, the anti-Twitter Unknown to the general public until recently, Mastodon has seen its popularity explode among Internet users concerned about the direction Musk is taking Twitter. On his personal account, …

Mastodon: What is it, how to use it and more details about Twitter’s alternative
2 years, 1 month ago

Mastodon: What is it, how to use it and more details about Twitter’s alternative

Live Mint  

Not everyone is happy with Elon musk taking charge of Twitter. While Twitter users ‘tweet’ their posts, Mastodon lets users 'toot' their views. Unlike Twitter which has a character limit of 280, Mastodon supports about 5,000 character limit per post. Also, although Mastodon is a free to use platform, some servers on the app ask for donations. Livemint tops charts …

Twitter users are switching to Mastodon: What is this social network?
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter users are switching to Mastodon: What is this social network?

Firstpost  

Why tweet when you can toot? The platform gained 70,000 new users on the day of Musk’s takeover of Twitter — and now has over 655,000 users, with over 230,000 having joined in the last week. Don’t know if Mastodon’s actually the twitter replacement we’re looking for or if it just looks enough like Twitter to feel familiar but either …

Can Mastodon be a Twitter alternative?
2 years, 1 month ago

Can Mastodon be a Twitter alternative?

Al Jazeera  

Mastodon, while tiny compared to Twitter and Facebook, is rapidly adding new users since billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter. With Twitter in disarray since the world’s richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. “We’ve hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today,” …

How to Find Your Twitter Friends on Mastodon
2 years, 1 month ago

How to Find Your Twitter Friends on Mastodon

Wired  

Now click the three dots to the right of the search bar and click “Search filters.” From here you can narrow the search to include only people you currently follow. Twitter via Justin Pot Now you can scroll through tweets from people you follow who have mentioned Mastodon, most of whom will also include a link to their page. This …

Twitter overstated audience figure by 1.9 million users for three years: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Twitter overstated audience figure by 1.9 million users for three years: Report

Firstpost  

In its quarterly estimates, Twitter reported a profit of $513 million, which is less than what was expected. However, the platform’s count of active users rose to 229 million Microblogging site Twitter has admitted to overstating its audience figure by as much as 1.9 million users for almost three years, Financial Times reported on Thursday. “In March of 2019, we …

#TwitterBanInIndia is trending once again and netizens can't have enough of funny memes
3 years, 6 months ago

#TwitterBanInIndia is trending once again and netizens can't have enough of funny memes

India TV News  

Twitter and the Indian government are in a tussle lately over new social media guidelines. A day after the micro-blogging platform said that it has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer, Union Electronics, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad blasted the US-based company with a series of tweets saying it has failed to comply with the new intermediary guidelines. Here are some …

Twitter needs India and Nigeria to grow. It’s running into trouble in both
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter needs India and Nigeria to grow. It’s running into trouble in both

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Twitter is under siege in two countries that are critical for its global growth plans. Even though almost 40 million Nigerians have a Twitter account — more than the entire population of Ghana — there are some geopolitical considerations that might have influenced Twitter’s decision.Ghana ranked 13 places higher than Nigeria in 2019 on the …

Twitter India offices visited by police after labeling of a tweet from Modi’s party
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter India offices visited by police after labeling of a tweet from Modi’s party

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Twitter’s decision to label a tweet from a leading member of India’s governing party as “manipulated media” could make things even harder for the company in a key market. Police visited Twitter’s offices in the capital Delhi and nearby city of Gurugram late on Monday to order thesocial media giant to cooperate with an investigation …

Twitter plans to double revenue by 2023, teases new 'super follow' feature
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter plans to double revenue by 2023, teases new 'super follow' feature

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc will launch new features and products at a faster pace to catch up with rivals,it said on Thursday, projecting a doubling in annual revenue andreaching a least 315 million users in 2023. This includes having an audio-only talk through its new Spaces feature and longer-form content using Revue, the newsletter product Twitter acquired last month. The efforts will …

Twitter in trouble as Indian companies ponder to pull off advertising
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter in trouble as Indian companies ponder to pull off advertising

Op India  

In a display of arrogance and high-handedness, Twitter refused to comply with the Indian laws and instead decided to enforce its ‘own rules’. As per the ‘fact checkers’, the social media platform has scored a ‘self goal’ by not adhering to the government’s directives of removing Twitter accounts with objectionable content. Interactive Avenues’ Shantanu Sirohi said that brands would pull …

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