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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Musk threatens to take away NPR's Twitter handle because it stopped tweeting

    Musk threatens to take away NPR's Twitter handle because it stopped tweeting Elon Musk, escalating his battle with media companies, suggested he may strip NPR of its Twitter handle because it had stopped tweeting. The billionaire said in a series of emails Tuesday he may transfer the @npr...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter users hit by more bugs

    Twitter users hit by more bugs Twitter users were forced out of the platform and had trouble logging back in on Monday. More than 2,000 outages were reported, according to Downdetector. [Bloomberg]
  4. Jan

    Twitter Verified Organizations is R18,100 per month in South Africa

    Twitter charging R18,100 per month for Verified Organizations in South Africa Companies and organizations that want a gold (or grey) checkmark next to their name on Twitter and provide verification labels to affiliated accounts will have to cough up R18,100 per month for the privilege. Tagging...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Some prominent Twitter accounts just go their old blue checkmarks back

    Some prominent Twitter accounts just go their old blue checkmarks back Confusion surrounding Twitter Inc. deepened over the weekend after a number of high-profile accounts saw their prized blue checkmarks reinstated – even though some of their owners have been dead for years. Celebrities and...
  6. Jan

    Jack Dorsey's Bluesky launches Android app

    Twitter co-founder's alternative social media app launches on Android Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's Bluesky social media app is now available on Android after rolling out to iOS in February 2023. Accessing the app on either platform still requires an invite code, and the current user base...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft after it drops support for Twitter in ad tools

    Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft after it drops support for Twitter in ad tools Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft, claiming the company used Twitter data illegally to train its AI tool. The threat comes as Microsoft said its social media planning and scheduling tools for...
  8. Jan

    Twitter adding label to tweets with limited visibility for violating hate speech rules

    Twitter will label tweets violating hate speech rules Twitter will start adding labels to tweets for which it has limited visibility due to potentially violating its hateful conduct rules. The social media platform explained the decision in a blog post on its "Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of...
  9. Jan

    Twitter announces higher character limit for Blue subscribers, renames Super Follows

    Major Twitter changes — higher character limits and Super Follows rename Twitter has made significant changes to its platform in the form of a Super Follow rebrand and higher character limits for Blue subscribers. After expanding the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000 characters in...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Twitter feature lets users charge for content

    New Twitter feature lets users charge for content Twitter is allowing users to charge for access to their content, “from longform text to hours-long video,” owner Elon Musk said in a post on the site Thursday. Musk said that for the first 12 months, Twitter won’t keep any of the money users...
  11. Vorastra

    Musk says Twitter is roughly breaking even, has 1,500 employees

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-roughly-breaking-even-2023-04-12/
  12. Jan

    Musk says most Twitter advertisers have returned as profit nears

    Most of Twitter's advertisers have come back, says Elon Musk Elon Musk declared that most of the advertisers who abandoned Twitter after his $44 billion acquisition have returned, suggesting the struggling social media platform is regaining its footing. Musk, speaking during a rare Twitter...
  13. Jan

    Twitter becomes X Corp as Musk advances 'everything app' hopes

    Twitter no longer exists Twitter Inc. has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp., driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform. Twitter “no longer exists” after being merged with X Corp., according to an...
  14. Jan

    Private Twitter Circle posts being pushed to "For You" feeds

    Twitter bug exposes private tweets to strangers Several Twitter users have uncovered a bug in the platform that leaks private tweets shared in Twitter Circles on the main "For You" feed. Twitter Circle is a feature that lets users send tweets to a "smaller" group of select people no larger...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Dogecoin drops after Twitter removes Doge meme from home page logo

    Dogecoin drops after Twitter removes Doge meme from home page logo Dogecoin fell as much as 9% as some Twitter users began to see their home buttons on the social media platform revert back to its iconic blue-bird logo after a few days of being replaced by the dog meme associated with the...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Blue's poor subscription numbers

    Twitter Blue's poor subscription numbers Twitter Inc. is struggling to sell users on its new subscription product, Twitter Blue, according to a new report. Only 116,000 people signed up for the service of 2.6 million people who visited the Twitter Blue sales page on the web in March, according...
  17. Jan

    Twitter verification badge changes cause confusion

    Twitter verification badge changes cause confusion Twitter has bewildered users with its continuously-shifting approach to verified accounts in the past few weeks. The confusion started late last month when Twitter said it would begin removing legacy verified badges from 1 April 2023.
  18. Vorastra

    Twitter announces new API pricing, including a limited free tier for bots

    https://www.engadget.com/twitter-announces-new-api-pricing-including-a-limited-free-tier-for-bots-005251253.html
  19. Jan

    Twitter's secret VIP list to boost tweets includes Elon Musk, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Marc Andreessen - reports

    Real reason people are seeing more of Elon Musk's tweets Twitter's secret VIP list is to blame for users seeing Elon Musk and other prominent users' posts more frequently than others, Platformer reports. According to the report, Twitter has a secret VIP list comprising a few dozen accounts...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter making big changes to "For You" feed and polls

    Twitter making big changes to "For You" feed and polls Twitter Inc.’s “For You” feed, the default view for users of the social network, will no longer recommend content from accounts that aren’t verified, owner Elon Musk tweeted on Monday. The change, effective April 15, will mean only...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter hunting for GitHub user who leaked portions of source code online

    Twitter hunting for GitHub user who leaked portions of source code online Parts of Twitter’s proprietary source code were published online until last week, the company revealed in a California court filing Friday. The code, which forms the basis for the web service’s various functions and...
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