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Bluesky sees huge surge in new users following Trump victory
1 month, 1 week ago

Bluesky sees huge surge in new users following Trump victory

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 More than 700,000 people have joined the social media app Bluesky since last …

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Meta’s platform Threads considers ads as rivalry with X approaches first anniversary
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta’s platform Threads considers ads as rivalry with X approaches first anniversary

LA Times  

The platform Threads was rushed to market last year as an alternative to X, formerly called Twitter. Meta Platforms launched Threads a year ago as Mark Zuckerberg’s bid to capitalize on the struggles of Elon Musk’s X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. In July 2023, as Twitter users panicked over Musk’s product changes at X, Meta rushed Threads …

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‘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 …

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the Bluesky board
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the Bluesky board

The Hindu  

Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, who envisioned the decentralised social media platform Bluesky, is no longer on the company’s board. Today, Bluesky is thriving as an open source social network running on atproto, the decentralized protocol we have built,” posted the Bluesky team on its platform on Monday. The news was also confirmed by Dorsey himself on X. …

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‘No. Twitter’, Netizens overwhelmingly react as poll asks if they prefer Musk's ‘X’ over platform's old name
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘No. Twitter’, Netizens overwhelmingly react as poll asks if they prefer Musk's ‘X’ over platform's old name

Hindustan Times  

And the result is out! Google Whistleblower Zach Vorhies says ‘X is not bad’ but… Meanwhile, Zach Vorhies, a Google Whistleblower, wrote: "X doesn’t have the equivalent to the noun/verb phrase “tweet” and this is commodifying the brand name." Twitter is the name I still use when referring to this platform’: X users react Posting a picture of the famous …

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These scientists think an ‘awe’-some eclipse could help unite Americans in troubled times
8 months, 2 weeks ago

These scientists think an ‘awe’-some eclipse could help unite Americans in troubled times

LA Times  

To hear Herodotus tell it, a total solar eclipse in 585 BC ended a five-year war between ancient kingdoms in present-day Turkey. For the Great American Eclipse of 2017, Piff launched a research study that showed people engulfed by the moon’s shadow experienced more awe than their counterparts who didn’t see the sun disappear. “In all sorts of ways, individuals …

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X Outage: Elon Musk's Twitter Briefly Goes Down For Thousands Of Users Across The Globe
1 year ago

X Outage: Elon Musk's Twitter Briefly Goes Down For Thousands Of Users Across The Globe

ABP News  

X went down for over an hour for thousands of users across the globe. According to the website status tracker Downdetector, the outage started at around 10:37am IST, and about 1,200 users reported issues with the microblogging platform within 20 minutes. By introducing video to Spaces, X aims to provide users with a means to enhance audience engagement directly within …

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EU asks Musk’s X for information on hate speech and ‘illegal content’ related to Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

EU asks Musk’s X for information on hate speech and ‘illegal content’ related to Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Commission on Thursday made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war. One social media expert called the actions “a drop in the bucket.” Yaccarino on Thursday outlined steps taken by X to combat …

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Elon Musk says calls are coming to X, Twitter users will be able to call each other without phone numbers
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk says calls are coming to X, Twitter users will be able to call each other without phone numbers

India Today  

Elon Musk headed social media platform, X, will soon allow users to connect over calls with their contacts without sharing their phone numbers. Sharing the announcement on the platform, the official tweet reads, “Video & audio calls coming to X: Works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC, No phone number needed, X is the effective global address book. That set …

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Elon Musk believes, “There are no great social networks.” Aims to build the greatest!
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk believes, “There are no great social networks.” Aims to build the greatest!

Live Mint  

Elon Musk recently expressed in a candid tweet that there are currently no outstanding social networks. In a recent surprising update, Elon Musk has announced that his social media platform, X, will be removing the feature that enables users to block tweets from specific accounts. "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs," Elon Musk posted, …

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Elon Musk’s Idea to Actually Make Twitter a Hellsite
54 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk’s Idea to Actually Make Twitter a Hellsite

Slate  

Once again, Elon Musk is poised to make a major change to the social network he bought last year, and so far only he appears to know why. Musk does not like the block button, and I think that’s because so many people use it to disapprove of him. It’s true, in other words, that having a block feature on …

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NYU professor claims his X account locked after snubbing Elon Musk
1 year, 4 months ago

NYU professor claims his X account locked after snubbing Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University, has claimed that he was locked out of his account on X, formerly Twitter, after refusing to meet with Elon Musk, reported Insider. Galloway said, "A mutal friend reached out and said Elon feels 'unfairly attacked,' by me, and wants to meet," Galloway posted on Threads. His X posts also appear …

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Frayed 'Threads': Meta’s ‘X-Killer’ sees userbase fall by 79% since July launch
1 year, 4 months ago

Frayed 'Threads': Meta’s ‘X-Killer’ sees userbase fall by 79% since July launch

Firstpost  

Although it started out on a massive high, Threads, after getting over 100 million sign ups in just 5 days, is now struggling to retain users. Even the time spent by users on the app has also fallen drastically On July 5 of this year, Meta introduced Threads, a text-based chat application that was supposed to be the platform that …

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Goodbye Twitter, Hello X
1 year, 4 months ago

Goodbye Twitter, Hello X

Deccan Chronicle  

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. “But the writing was on the wall: Musk has been vocal about transforming Twitter into platform X from the start, and Twitter was already a shell …

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X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
54 years, 11 months ago

X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter

Wired  

The last time Elon Musk flipped the bird at his users, it was to switch Twitter’s logo to a grinning Shiba Inu—a hilarious inside joke that pumped the value of the dogecoin cryptocurrency, in which Musk was an investor, by 30 percent. Over the weekend, the former richest man in the world crowdsourced a logo for the platform, which by …

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Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Associated Press  

Hello, X. Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. Linda Yaccarino, the longtime NBC Universal executive Musk tapped to be Twitter CEO in May, posted the new logo and weighed in on the …

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Twitter challenger Meta Threads struggles for traction
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter challenger Meta Threads struggles for traction

Deccan Chronicle  

SAN FRANCISCO: After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems. "I actually closed down my Twitter account after starting Threads," said Brooklyn resident Lauren Brose, head of marketing at a tech start-up. "Given that Twitter is in a state of disarray, …

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Twitter to limit DMs for these accounts? Check details
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter to limit DMs for these accounts? Check details

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk’s Twitter will soon impose a limit on the number of direct messages that an unverified account can send on the platform. Earlier, Musk had also ‘temporarily’ limited the number of tweets that users can view each day to to address ‘extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation'. This helped reduce spam in Direct Messages by 70 per …

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Twitter commits to safety amidst content concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter commits to safety amidst content concerns

India TV News  

Linda Yaccarino, the new CEO Twitter has strongly denied a recent report which claims an increase in "hateful, violent, and inaccurate" content on the platform, which is owned by Elon Musk. Yaccarino stated that Twitter has actually made significant progress in addressing harmful content, with the majority of tweets in a user's feed now considered safe. Image Source : FREEPIKTwitter …

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Twitter’s Mega Payout: Starts sharing ad-money with creators, some already made over Rs 19 lakhs in days
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter’s Mega Payout: Starts sharing ad-money with creators, some already made over Rs 19 lakhs in days

Firstpost  

Twitter has started sharing ad-money with some of its top creators this week, and is currently processing payments for a lot of others. Some of the top creators have made as much as Rs 25 Lakhs in a matter of days Twitter has introduced a program that allows selected users to earn money by sharing ad revenue. Twitter has stated …

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Explained | What should you know about Meta’s social media app Threads?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | What should you know about Meta’s social media app Threads?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The past two weeks sorely tested the patience of Twitter users. Though Threads is still in its early days, Meta plans to make it compatible with the open social networking protocol ActivityPub, so that Threads could one day work with platforms such as the decentralised social media site Mastodon and the content management system and website-builder …

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From Samosa to Savasana: Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along's hilarious yoga journey – Firstpost
1 year, 5 months ago

From Samosa to Savasana: Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along's hilarious yoga journey – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Nagaland’s Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Temjen Imna Along, has indeed become a beloved figure on Twitter. This isn't just yoga, it's 'Yoga Ki Hera Pheri' 😉 Having my Anulom Vilom Moment 😋 pic.twitter.com/tN7PIcFX2J — Temjen Imna Along July 6, 2023 The Twitter post quickly garnered over 3,700 likes, receiving the usual adoration from social media users. Prime Minister …

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How long do the 'Threads' of data theft go? Know what Meta’s Twitter-killer does with your online info
1 year, 5 months ago

How long do the 'Threads' of data theft go? Know what Meta’s Twitter-killer does with your online info

Firstpost  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has launched its Threads app, which serves as a competitor to Twitter. However, amidst the excitement surrounding Threads’ rapid growth, concerns have arisen about the app’s data collection practices. Threads app has garnered attention for its extensive data collection practices, surpassing Twitter in the breadth of information collected. This includes data related to app …

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‘Rate limits’ and Twitter chaos: What exactly is Elon Musk doing?
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Rate limits’ and Twitter chaos: What exactly is Elon Musk doing?

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 has been plunged into chaos in recent days, amid new “rate limits” …

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