Have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie? Something like Tenet, perhaps, where time moves backwards and nothing makes sense? That’s what Twitter’s blue and grey checkmark saga is starting to feel like. Here’s a short recap of the events so far. Twitter’s blue checkmark used to prove users’ identities. Then, shortly after acquiring Twitter,…
Well, this sure clears things up. Twitter has been fielding widespread criticism for its plan to charge for the coveted “blue tick”, which in the days before Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company used to mean simply that the account sporting it was actually run by the person or entity it purported to be. Twitter…
Elon Musk needs to make money…and fast. And he’s eyeing Twitter users’ wallets to do it. Musk recently paid $44 billion for Twitter, a company that has turned a profit only twice in the past 10 years, and now he has billions in debt plus creditors and investors to please. What’s more, advertisers are fleeing…
Twitter is going through some turmoil at the moment…to say the least. Ever since the new “Chief Twit” took over, many advertisers and popular users have fled from the app, seeking greener pastures. With the competition at its weakest, many Twitter alternatives have stepped up to take the popular app’s place. Apps like Cohost, B-Heard,…
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is throwing the media landscape for a spin. The future of Twitter remains in question, and some users are looking to migrate. Enter a slew of platforms hoping to win such users over. Some, like the decentralized media network Mastodon, are seeing unprecedented levels of interest. Then there’s Substack: the subscription…
“This is a little strange, I am sure,” began the letter Jessi Zahm, of Newberg, Oregon, found on her doorstep this September, “but we live up the street from you and we drive by your house daily.” Zahm had a secret admirer — or rather, one of her Halloween decorations did. “My daughter who is…
The Call of Duty game franchise is no stranger to controversy. In fact, controversy is as normal as the gunfights in the series. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is the latest installment in the series to take real-world geopolitical events and use them to manufacture controversy. Whether it’s the player unemotionally gunning down civilians…
Have you ever looked up from your phone, eyes stinging and mind cloudy, realising that hours have passed without your noticing? If this sounds like you, some people on the internet would have a prescription for you: you need to go touch grass. To be told to touch grass is intended as an insult for…
Reddit is often called “the front page of the internet,” where users post all sorts of links and stories to what’s happening around the world. But this week, Reddit itself was thrust into the spotlight after a fake post on the platform became part of a high-profile trial being livestreamed to an audience of millions.…
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