Just days after Twitter premiered Fleets, its version of Stories, the company had to scale back on the roll-out to fix some bugs. But even in that short amount of time, one group in particular took advantage of the new feature: reply guys. While this isn’t wholly surprising, as reply guys have become just another…
Because sometimes getting ratioed isn’t explicit enough. Twitter is currently “exploring” adding a dislike button or some kind of downvoting system, presumably à la Reddit, announced the company’s product lead on Tuesday. The potential change, confirmed Twitter, is part of a larger effort to make Twitter a place amenable to more nuanced conversations. Notably,…
The need for climate justice — which acknowledges that environmental hazards like pollution disproportionately hurt people of color and low-income communities, and fights to correct these injustices — is a pressing concern that isn’t going away anytime soon. Increasingly, politicians are acknowledging that climate justice is integral in the battle against climate change. But long…
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In case you haven’t heard, Joe Biden is now president-elect of the United States. Twitter, which already begun flagging Trump’s tweets on his bunk election claims, now seems to be going full-steam ahead in trolling his account. Shortly before the race was called, Trump claimed that he won the election “by a lot.” In fact,…
Joe Biden has just been declared president-elect by AP, CNN, and other news outlets, meaning that after days of waiting, Americans finally know who will be their leader for the next four years. As a result, many people went bananas. New York City was quick to take to the streets to celebrate, cheering and banging…
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Facebook is awash with election misinformation. And so, two days after the U.S. presidential election, it has decided to add “friction” to its spread. So reports the New York Times, which notes that Facebook is considering the bold action of requiring “an additional click or two — before people can share posts and other content.”…
No-context pop culture Twitter accounts are getting a whole lot of context this week, sharing some very pertinent, relatable screenshots amidst the 2020 U.S. presidential election. It’s a bit of wry levity to help claw us through this. Out-of-context Twitter accounts typically post screenshots of television shows without comment, often highlighting the absurdity of particular…
One society’s suffering can only be a company’s growth opportunity for so long. Facebook released its third quarter earnings report Thursday, letting investors around the world know that not even the coronavirus can slow its inexorable march toward riches — it clocked in a cool $21 billion in revenue this quarter alone. There was one…