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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too
7Jul By adminNo Comments
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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too

[ad_1] It has been a long time since social media space has seen a revolution. Back in the late 90s, messengers used to be the popular hangout spots for early adopters of the internet. Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, and AOL dominated the scene and people would spend hours in chatrooms talking to others about their interests. Alongside, interest-based forums also rose in popularity where people would create discussion boards and talk about their shared hobbies such as gardening, wood-crafting, or book reading. But they were very one-dimensional and there wasn't much you could do.The first big revolution in social media space came with the launch of MySpace, Orkut, and Friendster in the early 2000s which allowed users to make profiles and interact at both individual as well as group levels. So, y...
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As users flee Twitter after hitting ‘limit’, Bluesky witnesses ‘record traffic’
4Jul By adminNo Comments
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As users flee Twitter after hitting ‘limit’, Bluesky witnesses ‘record traffic’

[ad_1] Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the social media platform has suffered hits from his rather erratic decision-making - some good, some great, and some downright ugly. Right after taking the seat as the CEO of the company, he began a massive layoff that saw people working with the company for years being let go. Later, he introduced the Twitter Blue subscription, adding the blue tick as a part of the package, something that has been given to people of repute to distinguish them from fake accounts. While Musk is no longer the CEO after appointing Linda Yaccarino and taking the Chairman and CTO role, he is still making decisions - questionable ones. On Saturday, he announced a tweet view limit for all users, causing panic among the user base. Soon, many flocked to the Jack Do...
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Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?
2Jul By adminNo Comments
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Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?

[ad_1] Instagram is rumoured to launch a Twitter-like text-based social media platform called 'Threads'. And it may have well have previewed it recently. A tipster named Alessandro Paluzzi took to his Twitter handle to announce that Instagram released the Threads app on Google Play Store. He has also shared a link to the Play Store, but the app is not available there any longer. However, Paluzzi also shared some screenshots that purportedly show glimpses of the app.So, how will Threads be different from Twitter? What features will it bring? The biggest change that is expected from Threads is that it will be a "... platform that is sanely run," The Verge quoted a top executive as telling employees. Considering that Twitter has had a roller-coaster ride for years and the same does not see...
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Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter
2May By adminNo Comments
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Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

[ad_1] Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though this has proved harder than some had banked on.Here is a list of some of the contenders to dethrone Twitter as the go-to website for the media, officials and celebrities. - Bluesky, Dorsey's Twitter clone -Bluesky was created by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey and is now the talk of Silicon Valley, leaving those in the know scrambling to secure an invite to join the app that is still at the testing phase. The platform looks and feels like Twitter as its backers want users from the Elon Musk-owned site to feel at home, though posts on the app are referred to as "skeets", not tweets.Bluesky was actually created as a Twitter side project ...
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Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Rues Elon Musk Deal: ‘It All Went South’
29Apr By adminNo Comments
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Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Rues Elon Musk Deal: ‘It All Went South’

[ad_1] Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey — once a supporter of Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the site — is now offering sharp criticism of the new owner and his handling of the deal. Asked if Musk has proven himself to be the best possible steward for the platform, Dorsey said, “No. Nor do I think he acted right after realizing his timing was bad. Nor do I think the board should have forced the sale.” After stock markets turned shortly following his offer to buy Twitter a year ago, Musk sought to withdraw from the deal. That prompted a legal battle between the company and the billionaire, before the acquisition was completed at its original offer price. “It all went south,” Dorsey wrote on Bluesky, the invite-only Twitter alternative that he's backing. Twitter did not specifical...
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Why Everyone’s Tweeting About the Mastodon in the Room
15Nov By adminNo Comments
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Why Everyone’s Tweeting About the Mastodon in the Room

[ad_1] This federation of social media servers offers a great alternative, but it can’t replace Twitter’s blue bird. Elon Musk — also known as the world's richest man — is either single-handedly running Twitter Inc. into the ground, or saving it from a bloated workforce that operated a money-burning hellscape. Whichever side you fall on, and if you're on Twitter you have to take a side, there's no doubt he's had thousands of users rushing to find an alternative. So far, the surrogate receiving the most attention is Mastodon, a German social network that until a month ago few had even heard of.  In the time it took for Musk to officially take control of Twitter in late October until Sunday, 1 million more people had flocked to the Mastodon network, driving active users above 1.7 millio...
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Mastodon: What is the social network hailed as a Twitter alternative?
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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Mastodon: What is the social network hailed as a Twitter alternative?

[ad_1] Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. 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."The bird is free," tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. But many free-speech advocates reacted with dismay to the prospect of the world's "town square" being controlled by one person and started looking for other options. For the most part, Mastodon - named after an extinct breed of mammoth - looks like Twitter, with hashtags, political back-and-forth and tech banter jostling for space with cat pictures. But while Twitter and Faceboo...
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Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere
5Nov By adminNo Comments
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Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

[ad_1] It's been a week since Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, signalling his official takeover of the company.Having had some time to let the news of his US$44 billion (about A$70 billion) purchase “sink in”, Twitter users are now wondering what he'll do with the platform. What's Musk going to do with Twitter?After months of trying to walk away from his commitment to buy the platform, and just before entering what was looking to be a long, potentially embarrassing and costly court battle to enforce his original agreement, Twitter is now privately owned. If we wade through some of the early reactionary media punditry, we see Musk has paid far too much for a platform that has not yet fulfilled its business potential to investors, nor its social potenti...
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Looking for an alternative to Elon Musk-owned Twitter? Jack Dorsey has something in store
29Oct By adminNo Comments
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Looking for an alternative to Elon Musk-owned Twitter? Jack Dorsey has something in store

[ad_1] Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is beta testing a new social media application amid Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. If you are not happy with Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking control of Twitter and are looking for an alternative to the microblogging site, then there's good news for you. As per People, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is beta testing a new social media application. A week before Musk took control of the company on Thursday, Dorsey announced that his decentralized social app Bluesky is seeking beta testers. "The next step is to start testing the protocol. Distributed protocol development is a tricky process," the company shared in a news release last Tuesday. "It requires coordination from many parties once a network is deployed, so we're going to start in private be...
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