Twitter has just released – as promised by owner Elon Musk – the source code for its recommendation algorithm, and there’s already been a very interesting discovery in the code. After pouring through the code, multiple people found at least one really interesting portion of the code that shows Twitter is specifically tracking metrics for…

The 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has officially been “INDICATED.” Well, at least that’s what he said in a rant on his social media platform, Truth Social. What Trump really means is that he’s been “indicted.” On Thursday, March 30, 2023 a New York grand jury voted to indict the former…

Twitter has officially announced its brand new API plans for developers. And looking over the details, it’s clear Elon Musk sees indie developers as acceptable losses in Twitter’s latest cash grab. Unfortunately but not unexpectedly, a slew of indie developers have already announced they’d have to shut down their Twitter-based apps due to the new…

If Elon Musk was expecting many verified Twitter users to pay to keep their checkmarks, the reality is bound to be disappointing, new data has revealed. On April 1, Twitter is set to strip away the legacy verification checkmarks from the platform in favor of the paid checkmarks associated with Twitter Blue subscriptions. Then starting…

Since Elon Musk rolled out the ability for any Twitter user to pay $8 to receive a verified badge, the blue checkmark that comes with a Twitter Blue subscription has become a mark of shame in the eyes of many. Twitter Blue subscribers have been trolled since the subscription plan’s launch, with memes like the…

Don’t be left with the shape of an “L” on your forehead: If you see a celebrity selling, oh say, 10 MacBooks for around $600 each on Twitter, we can guarantee that the celeb’s account has been hacked…even if the account belongs to the internet’s favorite 90s band: Smash Mouth. Over the past few months,…

Another week, another new plague of Twitter bugs and glitches. Over the past few days, Twitter users have reported a wide variety of issues that greatly affect the platform’s functionality. Here are the most pressing ones. Disappearing tweets Perhaps the most concerning of the new bugs involves users’ tweets randomly showing up as deleted.  Tweet may…

Before we get too far down the rabbit-hole, here’s the TL;DR: Former President Donald Trump believes he’s soon going to be arrested, and he’s freaking out about it online. Now, not too long ago, there was a time when former President Donald Trump’s latest Twitter freakout was pretty much the news of the day. Of…

Looking at Jase Robertson and David Dayen, you wouldn’t think the two of them have much in common. Robertson is known for his time on the A&E reality TV show Duck Dynasty. He currently hosts a show on the conservative digital outlet TheBlaze. David Dayen is a longtime progressive journalist and executive editor for The…

Back on Twitter? Check. Back on Facebook and Instagram? Check and check. Now, former president Donald Trump is allowed back on YouTube too. In an official statement released on Friday, YouTube announced that it was officially reinstating Trump’s access to his YouTube channel, enabling new videos to be uploaded to the account. Tweet may have…