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Twitter CEO Elon Musk has dismissed reports of ‘reconfiguring the platform’s algorithm’ to boost his tweets ‘above normal levels’. He claimed to have conducted a review of his tweets from last six months to disprove the media reports and accepted that the platform had a ‘bug’ that gave ‘same prominence’ to replies as primary tweets. … Read more
After Elon Musk’s Twitter reportedly went down for the second time in two weeks, netizens flocked to the microblogging site to troll the Tesla CEO. According to the internet crash tracking website Downdetector, over 8,000 reports were filed citing issues in using Twitter on Thursday. Problems in accessing Twitter were reportedly faced by the iPhone … Read more
Twitter’s support account on Thursday announced that users may be facing trouble with the platform without elaborating on the source of the glitch. “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed,” it tweeted. Tech news site The Information reported that … Read more
Businesses may now have to fork over $1000 per month to retain the gold verification badge on Twitter, according to a report tweeted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. Screenshots of Twitter’s offer of $1000 to verify organisations and an additional $50 per month for affiliate accounts were shared by Navarra. The report was confirmed … Read more
Twitter is working to introduce payments on the social media platform and has begun applying for regulatory licenses, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. New boss Elon Musk is pushing Twitter to create new streams of revenue as it faces a drop in advertising income, following his $44 billion … Read more
Elon Musk announced earlier this month that Twitter will make it less mandatory for users to use the “For You” algorithmic timeline. The CEO has now announced another update regarding the platform’s timeline saying the ‘For You or Following’ choice will be persistent soon.The conversation started when MMA fighter Matt Brown tagged Musk complaining that … Read more
Twitter has altered the way the “For You” and “Following” timeline tabs on its homepage function. It announced on Wednesday that the Web version of the social media platform will now remember the timeline a user was last on. On their return to the site, the user will be greeted by the timeline tab they … Read more
Twitter Inc. was sued for failing to pay $136,250 in rent for its office space in San Francisco. The landlord, Columbia Reit – 650 California LLC, says it notified Twitter on Dec. 16 that it would be in default on its lease for the 30th floor of the Hartford Building in five days unless the … Read more
Twitter is back after suffering a major global outage on Wednesday evening (Thursday morning in India). While the company is yet to comment on what led to the outage, its boss, Elon Musk, may have revealed what caused the disruption in service: ‘significant’ changes to backend server architecture. Also Read: Twitter suffers major outage, users … Read more
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has planned yet another set of upgrades to the platform. Taking to the microblogging site, the Tesla CEO wrote, “Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out”. “Twitter should feel faster,” Musk added. Numerous Twitter users took to the comments with baffled reactions to the sudden announcement. “Do we need to restart … Read more