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Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X

Politico  

Then there are those who make the case for leaving less as a rejection of the negativity on the platform and more as a real action that Musk and MAGA opponents can take to starve the network and its owner of a bit of their power. Highlighting Pew Research Center data showing that those who use X for news are …

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Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up
1 month ago

Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up

Wired  

Like the conflicted cowboy in Brokeback Mountain, journalists, pundits and people who eschew MAGA merch have looked at the service formerly known as Twitter and lamented, “I don’t know how to quit you.” Even before Elon Musk took over, toxicity was running rampant, and Musk’s selectively implemented “free speech” principles made things worse. Even more so than Meta’s Threads, which, …

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What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?
1 month, 1 week ago

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. The platform resembles Musk’s X, with a “discover” feed and a chronological feed for accounts that users follow. Across the platform, new users — among them journalists, left-leaning …

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‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’
3 months, 1 week ago

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’

LA Times  

Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter is the subject of a new book, “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter,” out Sept. 17. On the Shelf Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac Penguin Press: 480 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose …

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Twitter has officially moved over to 'X' domain, confirms Elon Musk
7 months, 1 week ago

Twitter has officially moved over to 'X' domain, confirms Elon Musk

Business Standard  

Twitter has moved over to X domain. The move followed brand renaming exercise, which happened in July 2023 soon after Elon Musk took over as CEO of the social media platform. Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X in July 2023, but Twitter domain remained in service since switching domain has not been as easy going as the logo switch. Now, …

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‘Hana-Kimi’ is becoming an anime and set to stream on Crunchyroll, here's all we know
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Hana-Kimi’ is becoming an anime and set to stream on Crunchyroll, here's all we know

Hindustan Times  

The Hana-Kimi anime adaptation’s team has launched both the official website and the X account for its upcoming series. The Hana to Yume editorial department issued a celebratory statement ‘Hana-Kimi’ is becoming an anime! While it's unfortunate that Nakajo-sensei won't witness the finished product, the fervent support of readers has paved the way for "Hana-Kimi" to return as an anime, …

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Elon Musk's X launches GrokAI-powered 'Stories': How to use the new feature
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk's X launches GrokAI-powered 'Stories': How to use the new feature

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk's social media platform X launched a feature which will summarise news events within the app using Grok. Elon Musk's social media platform X launched the 'Stories' feature. On the contrary, ‘Stories’ on X will be displayed in the "For You" page in the form of news based on users' interest. Stories on Instagram, Facebook and others disappear after …

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Social media is more 'chaotic' and 'fragmented' than ever, so what's the future of how we live online?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Social media is more 'chaotic' and 'fragmented' than ever, so what's the future of how we live online?

ABC  

If you've lived online long enough for Facebook to start dredging up embarrassing status updates from a decade ago, chances are you've picked up on a distinct vibe shift in our virtual world. "Platforms are trying to work out what to do about young people's changing uses of social media where they're less inclined to post publicly, much more ephemeral …

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Elon Musk's X now feels nothing like good old Twitter, and it may go downhill further
8 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk's X now feels nothing like good old Twitter, and it may go downhill further

India Today  

Like they say, anything can happen in the Elonverse. Musk announced on Tuesday that X will soon charge new users for using the most basic Twitter functionalities, such as posting, liking, bookmarking, or even retweeting a post. Restricting the usual access to the platform’s functionalities for new users implies a disparity in the user experience on X. Considering Musk justifies …

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O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76
8 months, 2 weeks ago

O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76

NPR  

Simpson has died at the age of 76 MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Former football star Orenthal James Simpson, better known as O.J., has died after a battle with cancer. After his football career, Simpson starred in movies and commercials, but he gained global attention after being accused of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. …

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims earthquakes and eclipses are bad omens, faces severe backlash online
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims earthquakes and eclipses are bad omens, faces severe backlash online

Hindustan Times  

As millions of Americans gear up to witness the rare total solar eclipse on April 8, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks it’s a bad omen! In the now-viral tweet, Greene somehow managed to connect the two entirely different topics- one being a celestial event and the other, a natural calamity; to claim that “God is sending America strong signs to …

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Is WhatsApp down? Users across US, several other countries report outages
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Is WhatsApp down? Users across US, several other countries report outages

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp is facing a worldwide outage as users across the United States and several other countries, including India and Brazil, report issues. Thousands of users report issues Following the increase in users facing outages, WhatsApp's official X, formerly Twitter account, tweeted at around 3 pm, “We know some people are experiencing issues right now, we're working on getting things back …

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Elon Musk Is Realizing He Should Have Bought TikTok
11 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk Is Realizing He Should Have Bought TikTok

Slate  

Elon Musk’s original sin with Twitter is that he forgot how expensive an ideological conquest can be. Ever since Twitter’s old board of directors forced him to close that fall, Musk has been in a push-and-pull between two areas of his brain: One part has told him to save Twitter from the woke mind virus and protect free speech for …

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SEC account hack and Bitcoin price surge renew spotlight on X's security concerns
11 months, 2 weeks ago

SEC account hack and Bitcoin price surge renew spotlight on X's security concerns

The Hindu  

The hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's official account on X on Tuesday renewed concerns about the social media platform's security since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022. "Something like that, where you can take over the SEC account and potentially affect the value of Bitcoin in the market - there's massive opportunity for disinformation," said …

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Is Elon Musk’s X preparing to sell old handles?
1 year, 1 month ago

Is Elon Musk’s X preparing to sell old handles?

Firstpost  

A team within X, formerly known as Twitter, is seemingly preparing to sell old and inactive handles for $50,000. Elon Musk, who purchased X over a year ago, has been searching for ways to monetise the social media platform as its value has dwindled from $44 billion to $19 billion Elon Musk’s X seems to be preparing to sell old …

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Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with advertising, usage
1 year, 1 month ago

Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with advertising, usage

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — One year ago, billionaire and new owner Elon Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X. X looks and feels something like Twitter, but the more time you spend …

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Elon Musk wants X users to pay $1 to post. It’s really about something more valuable.
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk wants X users to pay $1 to post. It’s really about something more valuable.

Slate  

Four days before Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter was accepted, he made a solemn vow. That may be because Musk’s sole strategy for cleaning Twitter’s mean streets of all those cyborgs has revolved around one simple but woefully flawed premise: Bots don’t pay. Malicious state actors, he once said, may have the money but “they don’t have a million …

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Slate's new Twitter strategy, explained: "Whoa—you have GOT to read this."
1 year, 2 months ago

Slate's new Twitter strategy, explained: "Whoa—you have GOT to read this."

Slate  

If you still spend any time on X, the social network once called Twitter, you might have noticed some unorthodox tweets—sorry, posts!—from this magazine’s account on Thursday. That’s the point: The move, which owner Elon Musk took credit for, is clearly about keeping users within X’s confines, the better to goose engagement on the platform and scrape for more revenue. …

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How is Elon Musk as a boss? Ex-Twitter employee reveals details. See post
1 year, 4 months ago

How is Elon Musk as a boss? Ex-Twitter employee reveals details. See post

Live Mint  

Fired Twitter product manager Esther Crawford, whose picture sleeping in a Twitter office late last year made her a viral sensation, shared her thoughts about Elon Musk, about the social media giant in a lengthy post at X. Crawford sold her startup to Twitter in 2020. Before Elon Musk's take over, Crawford said Twitter often felt ‘siloed’ and ‘bureaucratic’. ELON …

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X Things That Have Already Gone Wrong on X, the Social Network Formerly Known as Twitter
1 year, 4 months ago

X Things That Have Already Gone Wrong on X, the Social Network Formerly Known as Twitter

Slate  

Months after quietly doing away with Twitter Inc. and reregistering the company in Nevada as X Corp., owner Elon Musk has kicked off the process of transforming and rebranding the bird app into an “everything app” named after his favorite letter: X. After beaming the new logo onto Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters early Monday morning, the company deployed construction equipment …

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Bird has flown as Musk, Twitter CEO Yaccarino say 'X' logo is here
1 year, 5 months ago

Bird has flown as Musk, Twitter CEO Yaccarino say 'X' logo is here

The Hindu  

Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino unveiled a logo for the social media platform on Monday that featured a white "X" on a black background as a replacement for the familiar blue bird symbol. Both Yaccarino's and Musk's Twitter handles feature the X logo, although the Twitter blue bird is still visible across the platform. He also …

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X Marks The Spot: Elon Musk starts Twitter's makeover into a ‘super app’ with many new upcoming features
1 year, 5 months ago

X Marks The Spot: Elon Musk starts Twitter's makeover into a ‘super app’ with many new upcoming features

Firstpost  

Elon Musk has finally started transforming Twitter into Platform X or X the everything app, a move that tech analysts had predicted he would make when he acquired Twitter. The new rebranded Twitter will have a bunch of features, powered by AI, said CEO Linda Yaccarino Ever since news broke that Elon Musk would be taking over Twitter, industry experts, …

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Elon Musk’s Twitter is now X. Yeah, that’ll fix things!
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter is now X. Yeah, that’ll fix things!

Slate  

Twitter’s name is changing to X. — Elon Musk July 23, 2023 It’s an exceptionally rare thing – in life or in business – that you get a second chance to make another big impression. — Linda Yaccarino July 23, 2023 It’s probably not a winning idea, something we can only say with confidence because the majority of Musk’s hallmark …

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X.com now points to Twitter.com: Elon Musk
1 year, 5 months ago

X.com now points to Twitter.com: Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Twitter's iconic bird logo is set to be retired, marking a change for the social media platform. Elon Musk, who took over Twitter last year, revealed the upcoming logo change in a tweet. The X.com company, which Musk founded back in 1999, was an early version of what eventually evolved into the popular online payment platform PayPal. Earlier this month, …

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