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24Jul

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As Twitter becomes X, here’s what is in store for subscribers

[ad_1] Twitter is no more! While that might be an overstatement, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging platform has now been officially rebranded as X. This does not come as a surprise as yesterday, the Twitter chief himself had asked his followers to create mockups for the new logo, and a “good enough” one would be chosen and be made live worldwide. Musk has now fulfilled that promise and Twitter is now officially known as X. The change has now been made live with the X affiliate badge alongside the blue tick on Musk's profile.Sharing the new logo, Twitter (now X) CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted, “X is here! Let's do this.” In a subsequent tweet, Yaccarino shared the X logo projected on a building, with the caption, “Lights. Camera. X!” Amidst the myriad of changes that the microblogging platf...

24Jul

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Twitter changes logo from Larry Bird to X, embraces the new Elon Musk era

[ad_1] It is official, Larry Bird is dead! After numerous changes to Twitter such as Twitter Blue subscriptions and limiting DMs since Elon Musk's takeover, this latest move has resulted in the rebranding of the microblogging platform. In effect, the Twitter of old is virtually dead and the new one has just arrived in a new avatar. Interestingly, instead of hiring graphic designers to create the new logo, the Twitter chief, on Sunday, had asked his followers to post mockups of the X logo, tweeting, “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we'll make go live worldwide tomorrow”.A few days ago, Musk also revealed that the X.com domain would be the new home of Twitter and the website now redirects users to the microblogging platform. In light of the rebranding campaign, Musk also recent...

24Jul

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As Musk rebrands Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino calls it “future state of unlimited interactivity”

[ad_1] Twitter has been going through a myriad of transformations since Elon Musk's takeover, with the introduction of Twitter Blue, ‘temporary' limits, and new features. Now, the microblogging platform is being rebranded after 17 years of existence, and the iconic bird is set to be replaced by a new X logo.On Sunday, Musk wrote on Twitter, “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we'll make go live worldwide tomorrow”, and he later tweeted a short mockup video of the X logo created by Sawyer Merritt, the co-founder of sustainable clothing brand Twin Berch Merritt, and the supposed new logo has also become Musk's pinned tweet. Twitter becomes XTwitter CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed details about Twitter's rebranding in a series of tweets on Monday, calling the platform the “future stat...

Musk Says Twitter Cash Flow Still Negative as Ad Revenue Halved

16Jul

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Musk Says Twitter Cash Flow Still Negative as Ad Revenue Halved

[ad_1] Twitter owner Elon Musk said the company still has a negative cash flow because of its heavy debt load and a roughly 50% drop in advertising revenue.The social media site will “need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else,” Musk said in a tweet. Several top advertisers paused spending on the platform after Musk acquired the company last year over concerns about changes the billionaire could make. Earlier this year, Musk said that many of the advertisers who fled had returned, and that becoming cash-flow positive was imminent. “Almost all of them have either come back or said they're coming back,” Musk said in a Twitter Spaces in April.Advertiser spending dropped 89% to $7.6 million over a two-month period early this year, according to estimates for ...

In big move, Twitter blocks links to Threads amidst fiery rivalry

12Jul

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In big move, Twitter blocks links to Threads amidst fiery rivalry

[ad_1] Since its launch on July 5, the popularity of Twitter's newest rival Threads has grown exponentially, becoming the fastest platform to reach 100 million users. This has coincided with Twitter's traffic taking a hit, with the microblogging platform coming at 37th place in the latest DNS rankings, as revealed by Cloudflare CEO. While Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino has downplayed reports of a decline in traffic, the platform does seem to be concerned about the latest competition, and in its wake, it has reportedly taken a drastic step to push back.Twitter blocks Threads linksAccording to Technologist Andy Baio (via TechCrunch), although Twitter allows users to post URLs on the platform, it has recently been blocking links to the Threads app. Baio posted a screenshot on Threads sh...

Twitter traffic takes a deep dive as Threads popularity explodes

10Jul

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Twitter traffic takes a deep dive as Threads popularity explodes

[ad_1] Twitter has been suffering from a series of issues lately with “data scraping and system manipulation” plaguing the platform. Since its acquisition by Elon Musk, people have been skeptical of the way Twitter is being run, and several eminent personalities such as Elton John and Jim Carrey have taken the extreme step of even quitting the platform. The microblogging site also suffered a big outage on July 1 with over 4000 people reporting problems like “Cannot retrieve tweets”, downdetector.com revealed. Add to that, Musk's penchant for making changes at the spur-of-the-moment that hamper subscribers in various ways. All this has affected Twitter's popularity and its traffic is dropping. And that will be a big worry for shareholders who would want to hold Musk accountable for it.Tw...

Elon Musk changes Twitter forever, slaps limits on number of tweets you can read

2Jul

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Elon Musk changes Twitter forever, slaps limits on number of tweets you can read

[ad_1] Elon Musk has announced significant alterations to how users consume content on the platform. Musk took to the social media site on Saturday evening to reveal temporary limits on the number of posts users can read in a day, aiming to curb data scraping and system manipulation.Under the new restrictions, verified accounts will be allowed to read up to 6,000 tweets per day, while unverified accounts will be limited to 600 tweets. New accounts will face even stricter constraints, with a daily limit of 300 tweets. Also, if anyone wants to see a tweet, he will have to login. Musk, on the other hand, promised that these restrictions would be gradually increased to 8,000 for verified accounts, 800 for unverified ones, and 400 for new unverified accounts. Musk's decision came as a respon...

Twitter outage: Thousands of users complain of login issues, troll Elon Musk

1Jul

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Twitter outage: Thousands of users complain of login issues, troll Elon Musk

[ad_1] The day that Twitter said it will not allow anyone to see tweets unless they login, also saw users in droves complain about an outage on the platform. In fact, Twitter was down globally as could be seen on Downdetector. Users took to various other social media outlets to vent their dfrustration at the platform.Twitter users across many countries complained that they were facing problems accessing their handles. DownDetector, a website that tracks online service disruptions, showed thousands of Twitter users's complaints. Whern users tried to check tweets, they received the "Cannot retrieve tweets" message.While a huge number of users across countries faced the issue, it did not seem to be global in nature. This was clear from the fact that the outage did not hit many other users ...

Twitter video app for Smart TVs is coming, says Elon Musk

19Jun

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Twitter video app for Smart TVs is coming, says Elon Musk

[ad_1] Twitter seems interested in launching a Twitter video app for smart TVs as owner Elon Musk said "It's coming." Responding to a tweet suggesting that a Twitter video app is needed, Musk replied "It's coming". On Twitter, a user with an account name S-M Robinson said, "We really need a Twitter video app for Smart TVs. I'm not watching an hour-long video on Twitter." To which Musk replied, "It's coming." After which the user tweeted, "Appreciate it. I can see a day where I can cancel my subscription to YouTube, and never look at it again." Elon Musk is making several changes on Twitter and one of them is where social media is likely to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships, New York Post reported, citing Reuters. Earlier, Musk said that Twitter will soon start paying c...

Twitter worst among major social media platforms when it comes to LGBTQ safety, GLAAD says

16Jun

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Twitter worst among major social media platforms when it comes to LGBTQ safety, GLAAD says

[ad_1] All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday. But Twitter is the worst.In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don't do enough to keep their users safe. That said, most improved from a year ago. Twitter, which was acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk last October, was the only exception. GLAAD's scorecard called it “the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people" and the only one that saw its scores decline from last year. Twitter's communications staff was eradicated after Musk took over the company and for mon...