After attempts to turn Twitter into a full-fledged subscription platform have failed, Twitter owner Elon Musk has his sights set on turning the microblogging platform into a full-fledged video service. Twitter users have long been able to upload short, minutes-long videos. But, since Musk came along and acquired Twitter, longform has become a priority on…
Buy Me a Coffee, an online crowdfunding service for creators, has immediately reacted to a new report showing how far-right influencers were raising money on its platform. Dozens of influential figures in the QAnon conspiracy community have been banned from the Buy Me a Coffee platform, which allows users to drop one-off payments as well…
By now you probably have heard the big news: Elon Musk is passing the baton to his newly announced Twitter CEO, former NBCUniversal head of advertising Linda Yaccarino. Musk may like that Yaccarino seems to share the same right-wing politics as he does and that probably played a role in her hire, but that’s not…
Months after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll in which the platform’s users voted for him to step down, we now know just who Twitter’s new CEO is going to be. On Friday, Musk confirmed reports that the new CEO for Twitter – technically, X Corp. now – is going to be former head of…
Good news, Tesla investors! In a tweet today, Elon Musk shared that Twitter – well, its new parent company X Corp. that is – has hired a new CEO who will start within 6 weeks. “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter,” Musk tweeted on Thursday. “She will be starting in…
The 10 MacBooks hacker has returned to Twitter after some downtime to accomplish one of their biggest gets yet: The official Twitter account of actor LeVar Burton of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow fame. For months, Twitter has been plagued by a now-notorious hacker that has been stealing legacy verified accounts belonging…
A new report from the American Psychological Association (APA) gives parents of adolescents information that is often hard to find: an up-to-date, thorough list of recommendations for social media use. Included in the APA’s 10 recommendations are commonsense tips, like reasonably monitoring social media use, limiting time spent so that it doesn’t interfere with sleep…
According to Twitter owner Elon Musk, Twitter is planning to purge accounts. No, not accounts belonging to extremists, neo-Nazis, or spreaders of disinformation. Twitter is planning to purge inactive accounts. “We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop,” Musk said in a…
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…