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Elon Musk forced engineers of his social media platform Twitter to change the algorithm with the aim of prioritising his tweets, a report said. Owing to the alteration in algorithm, Elon Musk’s tweets were prominently visible in many user’s feeds on Monday after the change was made on Sunday, according to a report by Platformer. … Read more
Twitter boss Elon Musk baffled millions of the social media giant’s users Wednesday after marking his account private; this means only those who already follow the billionaire (and those he now permits) can see his tweets. Those who do not (Musk has nearly 128 million followers on the platform) will see this message – ‘these … Read more
Twitter users would soon be able to appeal for suspending accounts, Reuters reported citing the company. According to Twitter, the accounts will be evaluated under the social media platform’s new criteria for reinstatement starting from February 1. Under the new criteria, Twitter accounts will only be suspended for severe or ongoing and repeat violations of … Read more
Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday announced a new feature wherein you can check how many times a tweet has been seen. “Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video. Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may … Read more
Twitter’s owner Elon Musk had tweeted a poll asking his followers if he should step down as the chief of the microblogging site he bought at a whopping $44 billion. The poll results showed that a majority of users voted in favour of the move. A total of 17 million votes were cast on the … Read more
Elon Musk on Thursday made his stand clear about increasing cyber safety on Twitter, saying accounts indulging in doxing – publicly posting identity-related information, especially of real-time locations of someone else – will be penalised. The Twitter CEO, who is also the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has been coming up with new rules and … Read more