The Reddit blackout protests didn’t quite force the company to reverse course on its API changes that resulted in the shutdown of many popular third-party apps, but it did succeed in dominating the conversation around the platform for weeks. However, while everyone was paying attention to the protests, Reddit made some other big changes to…
A new lawsuit, filed by former Twitter employee Courtney McMillian, claims the company owes its laid off workers $500 million in severance pay. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against Twitter, which is now legally known as X Corp. According to McMillian, Twitter’s severance package was created in 2019 and offered employees…
Finding a good name for a Twitter rival is harder than it seems. Might Mastodon, one of the earliest rivals, have made more of a dent in Twitter’s user numbers if it wasn’t an extinct species, or if the name wasn’t so easily lampooned by Elon Musk? Would more of us have been curious about…
Meta’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, has really taken off. And while there’s still a slew of features it needs before it can truly provide a full alternative option to Twitter, one thing that Meta isn’t planning to roll out any time soon is a traditional online advertising program for the platform. In response to one…
Elon Musk has a vision for Twitter: Video content. Musk has encouraged podcast hosts to upload their video episodes to the platform. He has hinted at bringing back Twitter’s standalone livestreaming video app, Periscope. And just this past weekend, he mentioned Mr. Beast in a tweet, urging the YouTube star to post his video content…
The old version of TweetDeck is back. Last week Twitter launched a new iteration of TweetDeck and it’s already doubled back. On Monday, July 3, the official Twitter Support account announced, “We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck,” with the caveat that in 30 days, only Twitter Blue subscribers will have access…
If you regularly spread “false information” online, Threads already knows. The platform apparently flagged those accounts on launch, warning users that considered following them, before backtracking. When Threads launched on Wednesday, numerous right-wing users shared their dissatisfaction with Twitter’s biggest competitor — on Twitter of course — over having their accounts flagged for disinformation. As of…
A new era is upon us, and no, I’m not talking about Taylor Swift. Threads is here. ICYMI, Threads is Instagram’s answer to Twitter’s downfall. If you haven’t yet unfurled the spool of content that is Threads, here’s a handy guide for getting started on the app. If you’ve already got stuck in, you’ll have…
Oh, so you’ve decided to plunge yourself into the hellscape of yet another social media platform, have you? Well, because the internet, you’re going to need to know how to hide replies. On Thursday, Meta launched its Twitter rival, Threads — an app linked to Instagram that allows users to post threaded text updates which…
Have you started seeing weird little numbers popping up on people’s Instagram profiles? Well, that’ll be Threads. Meta’s Twitter competitor app that launched today in the U.S. and UK is automatically placing badges on the Instagram profiles of users who have signed up. The badges show the Threads logo next to a number, which basically…