Twitter’s new blue checks court controversy
The whole fiasco may become a textbook case of a CEO’s ability to personally damage a brand’s offerings.
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Twitter Blue drops the brevity
Twitter would like its 280-character limit to become a thing of the past.
Substack publishes a Twitter competitor
Substack is hatching a Twitter clone, dubbed Notes,
Musk dreams of remaking Twitter into PayPal 2.0
Elon Musk wants to model Twitter after China’s WeChat.
Twitter evolves the meaning of the blue check
While the blue check change is meant to boost revenue (which Twitter needs), the company is already preparing for it to be unpopular.
Twitter gives 35 VIPs a higher reach
A Twitter watchdog reveals that the platform has been secretly boosting the profiles of its celebrity users.
Can social media make you pay?
The combination of Apple’s 2021 data privacy changes and the recent economic contraction has reduced digital ad spending and hurt social media platforms.
Twitter revokes free access to its API
Twitter announced that it will stop providing free access to the Twitter API on February 9th, offering a “paid basic tier” in its stead.
Twitter secures the bag after all
Despite doomsday warnings of Twitter’s downfall, the bird app seems to be doing alright after all.
Elon Musk ruffles everyone’s feathers with journalist suspensions
Last week, Elon Musk got a little trigger-happy with Twitter’s suspension button, silencing prominent journalists.