Elon Musk to remove blocking feature on Twitter
The blocking feature will be removed for users of X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk has announced, claiming the feature “makes no sense”. The X boss said users will still be able to block people from directly messaging them, however. But many people on social media said it will make it hard for people to remove […]
Larry Madowo ‘gets rid’ of blue checkmark on his Twitter account
CNN journalist Larry Madowo had gotten rid of his blue verification checkmark on Twitter. In a statement, Madowo said he has never wanted to have the verification checkmark, the reason he decided to do away with it. “I finally got rid of the blue checkmark. I didn’t pay for it and never wanted it but […]
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to ‘all the birds’
Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds”. And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023 In a post on the […]
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its new Threads platform
Twitter is threatening to file a lawsuit against Meta over its new Threads platform, accusing it of poaching former employees to create a ‘copycat’ app. ‘Twitter has serious concerns that Meta Platforms (Meta’) has engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property,’ Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro wrote in […]
Elon Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read
Twitter is limiting how many tweets various accounts can read per day, owner Elon Musk has said, in a bid to discourage “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation. The restrictions, announced on Friday, began to have ripple effects early on Saturday, causing more than 7,500 people at one point to report problems using […]
Elon Musk says Twitter will pay content creators for ads in their replies
After recently announcing that a new CEO would be joining Twitter in six weeks and that he would be moving to overseeing product and tech, Elon Musk made another big announcement on June 9. The owner of Twitter said that the microblogging platform will soon start paying verified content creators for ads in their replies. […]
Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi loses Twitter verification despite having more than 1M followers
Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been unverified on Twitter. The lawyer who enjoys over 2.1 million followers on the micro-blogging platform lost his blue checkmark on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Twitter in April phased out legacy verification, removing blue checkmarks for non-paying accounts. In place of the free verification for legacy accounts, the Elon Musk-owned […]