Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe than previously revealed, new data suggests. Since Musk’s version of the subscription service launched last November, Twitter has only been able to convert around 640,000 Twitter users into paying Twitter Blue subscribers as of the end of April, as Mashable reported earlier…
It’s been more than a week since Twitter removed legacy verified blue checkmarks from celebrities, pro athletes, and media figures. This decision from Twitter owner Elon Musk was meant to push users towards Twitter Blue, the company’s $8 (or $11 on mobile) subscription service, which is now the only way that a user can get a…
Elon Musk has made a lot of controversial decisions at Twitter since taking over. But, perhaps none were more roundly criticized then the decision to cut-off important public service and safety accounts from Twitter’s API, unless they paid for its new exorbitant Enterprise pricing. On Tuesday, however, Twitter appears to have changed its mind. Tweet…
When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website, they have long been greeted by a default, introductory post simply titled “Hello world!” But, now it’s time for WordPress to say a farewell. Specifically, goodbye to Twitter. WordPress.com has just become the latest major platform or organization to cut its Twitter integrations due to Elon…
Right now, Twitter kind of feels like the end of Titanic where there aren’t enough lifeboats for everyone to escape. The proverbial lifeboat in this case is Bluesky Social, a new Twitter-like app with partial funding from former Twitter head Jack Dorsey. Bluesky is getting rave reviews from people who are using it, even though…
Reddit remains the internet’s best dumping ground for some of the funniest content out there. While Reddit has produced some great original material, users on the site equally love to pay tribute to amazing content on other sites. This happened when Redditor u/sporite went onto to the Ask Reddit subreddit to get a general idea…
If you’re on Twitter, you’ve probably seen people flocking to Bluesky, a social platform hailed as a promising alternative to the now-ailing bird app. It looks nearly identical to Twitter, was initially funded by Twitter, and calls itself a “social network for microblogging” which, huh, is funny because that’s exactly what Twitter is. Anyway! Before…
A centrist political pundit being ratioed the moment he arrives. Discourse that would have people who overuse the word “woke” frothing at the mouth. A CEO begging users to please not call posts on the platform “skeets.” Users continue to call said posts “skeets.” Oh, and @dril and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are there now too.…
Yet another Microsoft product is removing its Twitter integration shortly before the social media platform’s new high-priced API plans go into effect. This time it’s Xbox. Last week, Xbox gamers began to notice that they could no longer share video game clips to Twitter. The feature was previously built right into the console and allowed…
Are some of your tweets not quite getting the engagement you thought they would? Feel like you’re being shadowbanned on Twitter? Well, wonder no more. Twitter has officially rolled out its new label system which notifies users when a specific tweet’s reach is being limited. The company announced that tweets have begun being labeled on…