Tag: Twitter
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IT Ministry Blocks 73 Twitter Accounts, 4 Youtube Channels For Sharing Fake News
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Information Technology, recently announced that Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook accounts had been suspended for spreading “false and inflammatory” information. Right now, false news is a bigger threat than anything else. This isn’t just because it’s irresponsible and spreads like wildfire, but also because it has a greater impact on…
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Dogecoin To Become A Viable Payment Option: Elon Musk Shares ‘Super Important’ Proposal
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who is also well known for his deep interest in Dogecoin, has captured attention again with a tweet praising the meme-based cryptocurrency. Musk offered a proposal for the cryptocurrency to become a payment option for all in response to a tweet by Dogecoin creator Billy Markus aka Shibetoshi Nakamoto.…
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Twitter Offers Paid ‘Ticketed Spaces’ Audio Chats for Some Users
Several months after joining the Clubhouse bandwagon, Twitter found a way to monetize it. Twitter confirmed Friday that iOS users would have the option to charge money for audio calls on Spaces. Twitter launched that feature back in May, coinciding with the Clubhouse moment, which now seems like ancient history. There are Spaces at the…
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Twitter Stopped The Verification Program Again.
Twitter re-introduced its verification program in 2017 but stopped it once the team became overwhelmed with the response. It then relaunched it in May of 2020, only to stop it a week later, once again citing the enormous demand of requests that the team had to handle. Over the last few months, Twitter had begun…
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Twitter Efforts to Adds More Context In Trending Topics Wordwide.
Twitter is expanding its ability to provide users with reliable information about why a topic is trending. Twitter is improving how it helps users informed about trending topics via a tie-up with The Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. Twitter will increase the speed and scale at which it provides context to popular topics of conversation…
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Israel Wins At Tokyo Olympics, But Twitter Awards Gold Medal To Anu Malik. Here’s Why!
The ongoing Tokyo Olympics has given the internet a lot to talk about. The Indian community recently was seen cheering for star shuttler PV Sindhu who has bagged a bronze by beating China’s He Bing Jiao (21-13, 21-15) and emerged as the only woman the first Indian sportswoman to win 2 Olympics medals. Needless to…
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Twitter Adds An Edit Tweet Function, But It’s Not What You Think
Twitter sometimes understands you need to change your tweets after the fact. On Tuesday, the company declared a new feature that allows users to restrict who can respond to specific tweets retroactively. According to a Twitter spokesperson, the thinking is that sometimes users don’t realize their tweets are going to draw heat until it’s too…
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People who are more popular than you can now profit from Super Follows on Twitter.
Let the splendid shilling commence. Earlier this week, Twitter declared a unique early access program that allows select users to charge other Twitter users for access to their precious content. With Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces, Twitter is monetizing relationships among the creators and followers of content. To apply for Super Follows, first introduced in…