The spotlight is on hip-hop mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs following the Homeland Security raid on his two properties. Two of his sons, Christian “King” Combs and Justin Combs, were detained during the raid. But this isn’t the first time Diddy followers have seen his sons’ names in the press. Christian once explained a strange party experience he had involving Paris Hilton. Here’s what he said.
Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs’ son, Christian ‘King’ Combs, had a ‘lit’ party experience with Paris Hilton
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ son, Christian “King” Combs, is 26 years old in 2024, and he’s likely seen a few wild parties thrown by his dad. The hip-hop mogul knows how to throw a huge bash involving big names in the music world. Of course, Paris Hilton has attended multiple parties thrown by Diddy.
Christian was once interviewed and asked about his “strangest” interaction at a party.
Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs’ son, Christian ‘King’ Combs, had a ‘lit’ party experience with Paris Hilton
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ son, Christian “King” Combs, is 26 years old in 2024, and he’s likely seen a few wild parties thrown by his dad. The hip-hop mogul knows how to throw a huge bash involving big names in the music world. Of course, Paris Hilton has attended multiple parties thrown by Diddy.
Christian was once interviewed and asked about his “strangest” interaction at a party.
- 4/20/2024
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The 2024 Super Bowl featured many celebrity spectators, from Taylor Swift rooting for her Kansas City Chiefs tight end boyfriend Travis Kelce, to Paul Rudd, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé and Jay-Z with the power couple seated near the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter (now known as X) Jack Dorsey.
On the social media platform Dorsey co-founded, it was his T-shirt that soon became the subject of chatter. The tee in question featured the Nirvana smiley face logo with text that read “Satoshi.”
Just In: Jack Dorsey spotted wearing a Satoshi #Bitcoin shirt at the #SuperBowl...
On the social media platform Dorsey co-founded, it was his T-shirt that soon became the subject of chatter. The tee in question featured the Nirvana smiley face logo with text that read “Satoshi.”
Just In: Jack Dorsey spotted wearing a Satoshi #Bitcoin shirt at the #SuperBowl...
- 2/12/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Super Bowl Sunday, Bluesky showed off its signature feature. Days after leaving its invite-only period, the decentralized X alternative rolled out a special feed for users who wanted to follow the Big Game without hearing about Taylor Swift.
Bluesky aims to provide a more customizable experience than X by letting users — not algorithms — determine the posts that show up on their feeds. The social network showed off that feature during Super Bowl Lviii, when it offered a pair of second-screen experiences catered to different cultural tastes. For the Swifties, Bluesky offered “Taylor’s Version” of the feed, which was filled with updates about Swift and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
A separate feed eschewed Taylor Swift commentary altogether. “The real distinction is that some football fans have strong feelings about *not* seeing any Ts-related content in their football news, and the first feed can provide that for them,...
Bluesky aims to provide a more customizable experience than X by letting users — not algorithms — determine the posts that show up on their feeds. The social network showed off that feature during Super Bowl Lviii, when it offered a pair of second-screen experiences catered to different cultural tastes. For the Swifties, Bluesky offered “Taylor’s Version” of the feed, which was filled with updates about Swift and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
A separate feed eschewed Taylor Swift commentary altogether. “The real distinction is that some football fans have strong feelings about *not* seeing any Ts-related content in their football news, and the first feed can provide that for them,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Usher came to the Super Bowl to celebrate nearly 30 years of making love in this club, and that’s exactly what he did — he turned Allegiant Stadium in Vegas into his own personal seduction lair. His Super Bowl halftime show was a splashy tribute to millennial pop glitz, with a slew of hits from the 2000s and guest stars to match, running from Alicia Keys to Ludacris to will.i.am to the show-stealing Lil Jon. Usher tagged the show to the 20th anniversary of his classic Confessions, without reaching...
- 2/12/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Spotify’s Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel is stepping down, the company said on Thursday — the news arrives three days after the streaming service announced plans to layoff off 17 percent of its global workforce.
Vogel joined Spotify in 2016 and was appointed Spotify’s CFO in 2020. He’ll remain at the streaming platform until March 31, 2024.
The shakeup at the company this week comes as Spotify looks to rein in its spending and improve its profit margins. While Spotify is the largest music streaming service in the world and has grown its...
Vogel joined Spotify in 2016 and was appointed Spotify’s CFO in 2020. He’ll remain at the streaming platform until March 31, 2024.
The shakeup at the company this week comes as Spotify looks to rein in its spending and improve its profit margins. While Spotify is the largest music streaming service in the world and has grown its...
- 12/7/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Apple are all suspending ads from X (formerly Twitter) after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform.
Reps for NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, and Lionsgate all confirmed to IndieWire the companies have suspended ads, but none have issued a statement specifically condemning Musk’s remarks. Sony Pictures is also not currently advertising on X, an individual with knowledge told IndieWire. Disney’s film “Wish” opens in theaters on November 22. Lionsgate this weekend is releasing the new “Hunger Games” prequel movie “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” It’s unclear how much advertising or how many ad dollars are being suspended.
The companies’ moves follow similar decisions by tech companies like Apple and Ibm to suspend ads on X, as Axios first reported. Media Matters in a report revealed that posts from Apple, Ibm, Oracle, Bravo (NBCUniversal), and...
Reps for NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, and Lionsgate all confirmed to IndieWire the companies have suspended ads, but none have issued a statement specifically condemning Musk’s remarks. Sony Pictures is also not currently advertising on X, an individual with knowledge told IndieWire. Disney’s film “Wish” opens in theaters on November 22. Lionsgate this weekend is releasing the new “Hunger Games” prequel movie “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” It’s unclear how much advertising or how many ad dollars are being suspended.
The companies’ moves follow similar decisions by tech companies like Apple and Ibm to suspend ads on X, as Axios first reported. Media Matters in a report revealed that posts from Apple, Ibm, Oracle, Bravo (NBCUniversal), and...
- 11/17/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton has written to Elon Musk calling on him to remove disinformation related to the Israel-Hamas War from his platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
‘Following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel, we have indications that your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU,” Breton wrote in a letter which he also posted on X on Tuesday evening.
“Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation,” it continued.
If X fails to comply with the disinformation regulations included in the European Union’s Digital Services Act, the platform faces penalties, including fines of up to 6% of its total worldwide annual turnover.
In an interestingly timed announcement, Breton then posted some 14 hours later on his X account that he had joined burgeoning rival social media platform Bluesky,...
‘Following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel, we have indications that your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU,” Breton wrote in a letter which he also posted on X on Tuesday evening.
“Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation,” it continued.
If X fails to comply with the disinformation regulations included in the European Union’s Digital Services Act, the platform faces penalties, including fines of up to 6% of its total worldwide annual turnover.
In an interestingly timed announcement, Breton then posted some 14 hours later on his X account that he had joined burgeoning rival social media platform Bluesky,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Leslie Jones is opening up about the true cost of starring in 2016’s “Ghostbusters.”
The “SNL” alum revealed in memoir “Leslie F*cking Jones” (as excerpted by Rolling Stone) that while she endured racist backlash, she also made “way less” than her co-stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon. The female-led take on the supernatural ’80s classic was directed by Paul Feig.
“It was made clear to me at times during the process that I was lucky to even be on that movie, but honestly, I was thinking, ‘I don’t have to be in this muthafucka,’ especially as I got paid way less than Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig,” Jones wrote. “No knock on them, but my first offer was to do that movie for $67,000. I had to fight to get more (in the end I got $150K), but the message was clear: ‘This is gonna blow you up — after this,...
The “SNL” alum revealed in memoir “Leslie F*cking Jones” (as excerpted by Rolling Stone) that while she endured racist backlash, she also made “way less” than her co-stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon. The female-led take on the supernatural ’80s classic was directed by Paul Feig.
“It was made clear to me at times during the process that I was lucky to even be on that movie, but honestly, I was thinking, ‘I don’t have to be in this muthafucka,’ especially as I got paid way less than Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig,” Jones wrote. “No knock on them, but my first offer was to do that movie for $67,000. I had to fight to get more (in the end I got $150K), but the message was clear: ‘This is gonna blow you up — after this,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In looking back at the abuse and death threats she received for her role in the all-female “Ghostbusters” movie of 2016, Leslie Jones writes in her new autobiography, “I can’t believe anyone would do this s–t to someone.”
In an excerpt from “Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir” published by Rolling Stone on Tuesday, she recalls how she received so many racist and misogynist comments on Twitter that then CEO Jack Dorsey had to put a special team on her account to try to stem the hateful tide. It also launched an investigation from Homeland Security.
The movie, which was supposed to post her boost her post- “Saturday Night Live” career, only gave her “heartache and one big-a– controversy,” she noted in the excerpt.
“‘Ghostbusters’ came out July 11, 2016, but before it had even hit the movie theaters it had been the subject of intense online abuse—and no surprise...
In an excerpt from “Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir” published by Rolling Stone on Tuesday, she recalls how she received so many racist and misogynist comments on Twitter that then CEO Jack Dorsey had to put a special team on her account to try to stem the hateful tide. It also launched an investigation from Homeland Security.
The movie, which was supposed to post her boost her post- “Saturday Night Live” career, only gave her “heartache and one big-a– controversy,” she noted in the excerpt.
“‘Ghostbusters’ came out July 11, 2016, but before it had even hit the movie theaters it had been the subject of intense online abuse—and no surprise...
- 9/20/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
“I don’t like this movie,” the journalist said, “and you’ve got five minutes to prove to me that it is worth watching.” The cast of Ghostbusters was on a press junket somewhere in Europe, and some guy with a German or Scandinavian or Russian accent or whatever had just had the balls to say that the movie we’d just made wasn’t “worth it,” and that we owed him an explanation.
Ghostbusters came out July 11, 2016, but before it had even hit the movie theaters it had been...
Ghostbusters came out July 11, 2016, but before it had even hit the movie theaters it had been...
- 9/19/2023
- by Leslie Jones
- Rollingstone.com
Some longtime Twitter users are resisting Elon Musk‘s attempt to make X happen. According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll and AdAge‘s research division, 69% of U.S. X users are still calling the platform by its old name and are still referring to its posts as “tweets.”
The Harris Poll and AdAge found that X users are mostly aware of the platform’s rebrand, even if they’re not on board with the change just yet. Of the 1,047 adults surveyed for the report, 79% were aware of the Twitter-to-x shake-up, but only 31% are committing to the new name themselves.
Several factors are making it difficult for X users to accept Musk’s rebrand. AdAge notes that the letter X, which represents closed applications, drug use, and unknown math variables, carries negative connotations.
Another issue is that X users aren’t sure what to call tweets anymore. Musk...
The Harris Poll and AdAge found that X users are mostly aware of the platform’s rebrand, even if they’re not on board with the change just yet. Of the 1,047 adults surveyed for the report, 79% were aware of the Twitter-to-x shake-up, but only 31% are committing to the new name themselves.
Several factors are making it difficult for X users to accept Musk’s rebrand. AdAge notes that the letter X, which represents closed applications, drug use, and unknown math variables, carries negative connotations.
Another issue is that X users aren’t sure what to call tweets anymore. Musk...
- 9/15/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
New Delhi, Sep 7 (Ians) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk fired former Indian-origin Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal because he was not “a fire-breathing dragon” which the social network wanted in order to thrive, according to a new biography of one of the richest billionaires on Earth.
American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has written the book named ‘Elon Musk’ which is “an intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era — a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence”.
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal, Musk was quite opinionated about Agrawal.
“He is a really nice guy, but managers should not aim to be liked. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon, and Parag is not that,” he is quoted as saying in Isaacson’s book.
In October last year as he acquired Twitter for $44 billion,...
American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has written the book named ‘Elon Musk’ which is “an intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era — a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence”.
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal, Musk was quite opinionated about Agrawal.
“He is a really nice guy, but managers should not aim to be liked. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon, and Parag is not that,” he is quoted as saying in Isaacson’s book.
In October last year as he acquired Twitter for $44 billion,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, Aug 30 (Ians) Elon Musk-run X (formerly Twitter) has announced that it will allow US political candidates and parties advertise on the platform ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising. Starting in the US, we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts,” X said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
The policies will include “prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse”.
Political ads were first banned on Twitter in 2019, after then-ceo Jack Dorsey argued that political message reach should be earned, not bought. Earlier this year, the company relaxed restrictions on “caused-based” ads, citing the importance of encouraging “public conversation around important
topics”.
Moreover, the company said that it...
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising. Starting in the US, we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts,” X said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
The policies will include “prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse”.
Political ads were first banned on Twitter in 2019, after then-ceo Jack Dorsey argued that political message reach should be earned, not bought. Earlier this year, the company relaxed restrictions on “caused-based” ads, citing the importance of encouraging “public conversation around important
topics”.
Moreover, the company said that it...
- 8/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
X, formerly known as Twitter, said it will start accepting political ads (for the first time since 2019) as the rebranded social media platform owned by Elon Musk promised transparency and “robust screening processes.”
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising,” said a blog post today by X Safety called ‘Supporting people’s right to accurate and safe political discourse on X’ that outlined its plans.
“Starting in the U.S., we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts. This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse. We’ll also provide a global advertising transparency center so that everyone can review political posts being promoted on X, in addition to robust screening processes to...
“Building on our commitment to free expression, we are also going to allow political advertising,” said a blog post today by X Safety called ‘Supporting people’s right to accurate and safe political discourse on X’ that outlined its plans.
“Starting in the U.S., we’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts. This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse. We’ll also provide a global advertising transparency center so that everyone can review political posts being promoted on X, in addition to robust screening processes to...
- 8/29/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
As Elon Musk continues to ring in sweeping changes at X, the exodus from the platform formerly known as Twitter is reshaping the social web. Decentralized platform Bluesky experienced a sudden surge of registrations after Musk announced that X’s blocking feature will be relegated to direct messages.
Currently, X users can use the block to prevent specific accounts from following them, viewing their tweets, or contacting them directly. In a recent spate of posts, Musk said that blocking users “makes no sense.” He plans to restrict the block to DMs moving forward.
It’s not the first time Musk has shared his thoughts about blocking users. Though he is adamant that the anti-harassment feature will be limited on X, he could expand the related “mute” option. Muted users cannot see posts from the person who muted them. A key difference between the two forms of moderation is that muted...
Currently, X users can use the block to prevent specific accounts from following them, viewing their tweets, or contacting them directly. In a recent spate of posts, Musk said that blocking users “makes no sense.” He plans to restrict the block to DMs moving forward.
It’s not the first time Musk has shared his thoughts about blocking users. Though he is adamant that the anti-harassment feature will be limited on X, he could expand the related “mute” option. Muted users cannot see posts from the person who muted them. A key difference between the two forms of moderation is that muted...
- 8/21/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
On Friday, Elon Musk appeared to announce plans to remove the block feature from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. A number of users responded, including conservative actor James Woods, who said he would likely leave the platform entirely if the feature is taken away. Musk was quick to fire back at Woods’ claim and tweeted back, “Then delete your account.”
Then delete your account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2023
Woods defended his position, replying to one X user that he believes removing the block feature will make Musk’s X no different from “Jack Dorsey’s horrid Twitter.”
He continued, “Musk, whom I once championed, is only doing this to protect his advertisers anyway. Users of X are mere pawns to turn the site into an electronic shopping mall. The man I thought was a defender of free speech is just another greedy capitalist. Disappointing, but not surprising.”
This is a huge mistake.
Then delete your account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2023
Woods defended his position, replying to one X user that he believes removing the block feature will make Musk’s X no different from “Jack Dorsey’s horrid Twitter.”
He continued, “Musk, whom I once championed, is only doing this to protect his advertisers anyway. Users of X are mere pawns to turn the site into an electronic shopping mall. The man I thought was a defender of free speech is just another greedy capitalist. Disappointing, but not surprising.”
This is a huge mistake.
- 8/21/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
New Delhi, Aug 19 (Ians) Elon Musk has said that the block feature on X (formerly Twitter) is being removed and users will not be able to block others except in direct messages (DMs), a move that left several users angry.
Block restricts fellow users from interacting with, viewing and following an account.
The ‘Mute’ feature will still remain on the social media platform, said Musk.
“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” the tech billionaire told a follower.
“It makes no sense,” he added.
In June, Musk had said that Twitter should remove blocking in favour of “a stronger form of mute”.
He always complained about mass blocking campaigns against users who subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Regarded as a safety feature by several users, the suggestion to remove the Block feature also saw backlash from concerned users.
“In my opinion it’s worth having. Unfortunately trolls and spammers come out.
Block restricts fellow users from interacting with, viewing and following an account.
The ‘Mute’ feature will still remain on the social media platform, said Musk.
“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” the tech billionaire told a follower.
“It makes no sense,” he added.
In June, Musk had said that Twitter should remove blocking in favour of “a stronger form of mute”.
He always complained about mass blocking campaigns against users who subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Regarded as a safety feature by several users, the suggestion to remove the Block feature also saw backlash from concerned users.
“In my opinion it’s worth having. Unfortunately trolls and spammers come out.
- 8/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Threads may not be the “Twitter killer” Meta wants it to be. After reaching 30 million users during its first 24 hours of activity, Threads’ momentum has slowed down. According to a Time article, the number of daily active users (DAUs) on Threads has dropped by 80% since the platform’s peak.
The Time report claims that Threads reached 50 million DAUs on Android devices shortly after its ballyhooed launch. A little more than a month later, about 10 million DAUs are still visiting the Twitter-style app on Android, according to data from Similarweb.
Figures provided by Sensor Tower show a similar decline in Threads’ engagement. The average user is spending about 2.4 minutes per day on the app — another 80% dip from the X rival’s peak.
Threads seemed as if it could pose a serious challenge to Elon Musk‘s social empire when it launched in July. It only took a few hours for MrBeast...
The Time report claims that Threads reached 50 million DAUs on Android devices shortly after its ballyhooed launch. A little more than a month later, about 10 million DAUs are still visiting the Twitter-style app on Android, according to data from Similarweb.
Figures provided by Sensor Tower show a similar decline in Threads’ engagement. The average user is spending about 2.4 minutes per day on the app — another 80% dip from the X rival’s peak.
Threads seemed as if it could pose a serious challenge to Elon Musk‘s social empire when it launched in July. It only took a few hours for MrBeast...
- 8/18/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
San Francisco, Aug 18 (Ians) Former Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has deleted his Instagram account, and in response, Elon Musk reacted with a fire emoji.
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs as Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“Deleted my Instagram account after 12 years. was one of the first 10 accounts I believe, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on X.
To this, Musk replied with the fire emoji.
When a user asked, “do you have a Facebook?” Dorsey replied: “No. Or WhatsApp” “clear eyes, meta free, can’t lose.”
In response to another post asking about the reasons for the decision, Block CEO said: “All the reasons are too meta to be interesting.”
Also, when a user said that “let’s be honest WhatsApp is king,” Dorsey replied: “Compromised.”
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb,...
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs as Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“Deleted my Instagram account after 12 years. was one of the first 10 accounts I believe, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on X.
To this, Musk replied with the fire emoji.
When a user asked, “do you have a Facebook?” Dorsey replied: “No. Or WhatsApp” “clear eyes, meta free, can’t lose.”
In response to another post asking about the reasons for the decision, Block CEO said: “All the reasons are too meta to be interesting.”
Also, when a user said that “let’s be honest WhatsApp is king,” Dorsey replied: “Compromised.”
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Aug 18 (Ians) Former Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has deleted his Instagram account, as Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk are engaged in a fierce social media battle.
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs and Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“I deleted my Instagram account. Don’t know why it took me so long. I think I was in the first 10 accounts on the platform, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on the decentralised social media platform called Nostr.
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb, I stopped using it. Will be interesting to see what happens with the @name,” Dorsey added.
Systrom co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger. He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.
Meta (then Facebook) had bought...
The @jack handle on Instagram is now up for grabs and Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account.
“I deleted my Instagram account. Don’t know why it took me so long. I think I was in the first 10 accounts on the platform, and one of the first angel investors,” Dorsey posted on the decentralised social media platform called Nostr.
“Kevin (Systrom) was our intern at Odeo. When they were sold to Fb, I stopped using it. Will be interesting to see what happens with the @name,” Dorsey added.
Systrom co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger. He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.
Meta (then Facebook) had bought...
- 8/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Big changes are coming to Bluesky. The alternative to Twitter/X is moving beyond its custom recommendation algorithms by rolling out a default Discover feed that resembles TikTok’s For You Page.
Bluesky, which is backed by Jack Dorsey and other longtime Twitter execs, aims to provide a more customized experience than X. The app’s bread-and-butter is its decentralized structure, which allows users to build and share their own themed feeds. The new Discover page, which replaces a preexisting product named What’s Hot, pulls each user’s feeds together on a central hub. As a blog post from Bluesky explains, Discover is a mix of trending posts, updates from your follows, and content that exists “near your social graph.”
In an era when some social networks are sparring with users over frustrating algorithmic adjustments, Bluesky is committing to its core theme of user choice. “If you don’t like our new Discover feed,...
Bluesky, which is backed by Jack Dorsey and other longtime Twitter execs, aims to provide a more customized experience than X. The app’s bread-and-butter is its decentralized structure, which allows users to build and share their own themed feeds. The new Discover page, which replaces a preexisting product named What’s Hot, pulls each user’s feeds together on a central hub. As a blog post from Bluesky explains, Discover is a mix of trending posts, updates from your follows, and content that exists “near your social graph.”
In an era when some social networks are sparring with users over frustrating algorithmic adjustments, Bluesky is committing to its core theme of user choice. “If you don’t like our new Discover feed,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
San Francisco, July 28 (Ians) Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky has announced that it is replacing the ‘What’s Hot’ feed with a new ‘Discover’ feed.
The new Discover feed is a more complex feed that will evolve over time, the company said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Unlike the What’s Hot feed, the new feed will be customised for what users like to see, while still giving them a view into what’s trending in the network.
“The initial version of ‘Discover’ mixes in a global view of what’s trending in the network with posts from accounts you follow and posts from accounts near your social graph,” the platform said.
The company will keep improving the algorithm, with the goal of making a feed full of interesting content that refreshes often and considers users’ interests.
“What’s new is our focus on algorithmic choice — letting you unpin feeds you don’t like,...
The new Discover feed is a more complex feed that will evolve over time, the company said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Unlike the What’s Hot feed, the new feed will be customised for what users like to see, while still giving them a view into what’s trending in the network.
“The initial version of ‘Discover’ mixes in a global view of what’s trending in the network with posts from accounts you follow and posts from accounts near your social graph,” the platform said.
The company will keep improving the algorithm, with the goal of making a feed full of interesting content that refreshes often and considers users’ interests.
“What’s new is our focus on algorithmic choice — letting you unpin feeds you don’t like,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, July 23 (Ians) The very first tweet of Jack Dorsey, whose non-fungible token (Nft) was sold for a whopping $2.9 million in 2021, now has a paltry price of less than $2,000.
Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Dorsey’s first-ever tweet that read “Just setting up my twttr” as an Nft for $2.9 million.
He listed the Nft for sale again at $48 million in April 2022.
“I decided to sell this Nft (the world’s first ever tweet) and donate 50 per cent of the proceeds ($25 million or more) to the charity,” he had posted on Twitter.
However, the auction closed, with just seven total offers ranging from 0.09 Eth ($277) to 0.0019 Eth (almost $6).
At the moment, the best price for Dorsey’s first tweet Nft is just under $2,000, though its owner has said he is not going to sell this Nft.
Estavi’s crypto ventures Bridge Oracle and CryptoLand collapsed following his arrest...
Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Dorsey’s first-ever tweet that read “Just setting up my twttr” as an Nft for $2.9 million.
He listed the Nft for sale again at $48 million in April 2022.
“I decided to sell this Nft (the world’s first ever tweet) and donate 50 per cent of the proceeds ($25 million or more) to the charity,” he had posted on Twitter.
However, the auction closed, with just seven total offers ranging from 0.09 Eth ($277) to 0.0019 Eth (almost $6).
At the moment, the best price for Dorsey’s first tweet Nft is just under $2,000, though its owner has said he is not going to sell this Nft.
Estavi’s crypto ventures Bridge Oracle and CryptoLand collapsed following his arrest...
- 7/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, July 17 (Ians) Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Monday said that Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is “really burning” the “midnight oil.”When a user tweeted, “Breaking: After forgetting about his app for a week the CEO of that other app has finally made a post.”
Musk replied, “He’s really burning the midnight oil lol.”
Meta launched Threads on July 5 for iOS and Android users in 100 countries, and it is among the top free apps on the App Store.
Threads already crossed 150 million user sign-ups.
Tesla CEO on Sunday said that Zuckerberg doesn’t seem to care about his new product.
Earlier, in response to a tweet about Meta CEO’s investment in the Metaverse, Musk said, “Censorship pays them well.”
On the other hand, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shared that Zuckerberg requested to follow him on Threads, and wrote, “Too soon b.”
Meanwhile, in response...
Musk replied, “He’s really burning the midnight oil lol.”
Meta launched Threads on July 5 for iOS and Android users in 100 countries, and it is among the top free apps on the App Store.
Threads already crossed 150 million user sign-ups.
Tesla CEO on Sunday said that Zuckerberg doesn’t seem to care about his new product.
Earlier, in response to a tweet about Meta CEO’s investment in the Metaverse, Musk said, “Censorship pays them well.”
On the other hand, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shared that Zuckerberg requested to follow him on Threads, and wrote, “Too soon b.”
Meanwhile, in response...
- 7/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, July 8 (Ians) While former Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey came out in support of his platform, calling Meta’s Threads a ‘Twitter clone’, there is no sight of former Indian-origin Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde (both appointed by Dorsey) amid the growing debate as several Twitter clones appear.
Both are neither heard nor seen anywhere since they left Twitter last year, with Musk taking over in October and starting firing employees from top to
bottom.
Agrawal was last active on Twitter on October 6 last year (with 601.9K followers), and has not been seen active on any other social media platform
(including Meta’s Threads).
Angel investor Alex Cohen tweeted on Saturday: “I still can’t believe Parag Agrawal only had to be CEO of Twitter from 11 months to then get paid $60
million in severance and now gets to sit back and enjoy this incredible drama...
Both are neither heard nor seen anywhere since they left Twitter last year, with Musk taking over in October and starting firing employees from top to
bottom.
Agrawal was last active on Twitter on October 6 last year (with 601.9K followers), and has not been seen active on any other social media platform
(including Meta’s Threads).
Angel investor Alex Cohen tweeted on Saturday: “I still can’t believe Parag Agrawal only had to be CEO of Twitter from 11 months to then get paid $60
million in severance and now gets to sit back and enjoy this incredible drama...
- 7/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, July 7 (Ians) Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature a Twitter-like ‘Following’ tab.
In response to a query related to the ‘Following’ tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday said, “We’re working on it, but the next week is all about getting rid of bugs and keeping the lights on…”
Replying to another thread, Mosseri explained, “We’ve got to build a following feed over the next couple weeks, but I do think a lot of why people are getting so much engagement right now is because you don’t need to follow a bunch of people in order to discover a bunch of new accounts in feed.”
Criticising the non-existence of the ‘Following’ tab on Threads, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said, “Not surprising they’ve never given people the choice to remove the algorithm. Look at Instagram.”
To this, Twitter-owner Elon Musk added, “A closed source,...
In response to a query related to the ‘Following’ tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday said, “We’re working on it, but the next week is all about getting rid of bugs and keeping the lights on…”
Replying to another thread, Mosseri explained, “We’ve got to build a following feed over the next couple weeks, but I do think a lot of why people are getting so much engagement right now is because you don’t need to follow a bunch of people in order to discover a bunch of new accounts in feed.”
Criticising the non-existence of the ‘Following’ tab on Threads, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said, “Not surprising they’ve never given people the choice to remove the algorithm. Look at Instagram.”
To this, Twitter-owner Elon Musk added, “A closed source,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Meta‘s “Twitter killer” Threads is here, and Mark Zuckerberg says it got 30 million signups within its first 24 hours of going live. That’s around 15% of Twitter’s daily active user base.
But it’s not clear if all those signups will convert to active users–and, even more importantly, some of the 30 million might regret signing up, because it turns out once you make a Threads account, you can’t delete it without also deleting your Instagram account.
Why? Well, Meta considers Threads part of a user’s Instagram account, a sort of textual counterpart to Intagram’s photo focus. Meta has said its “vision is that Threads will be a new app more focused on text and dialogue, modeled after what Instagram has done for photo and video.”
This isn’t to say Threads bars users from posting photos and videos. It’s essentially a Twitter copy in terms of content.
But it’s not clear if all those signups will convert to active users–and, even more importantly, some of the 30 million might regret signing up, because it turns out once you make a Threads account, you can’t delete it without also deleting your Instagram account.
Why? Well, Meta considers Threads part of a user’s Instagram account, a sort of textual counterpart to Intagram’s photo focus. Meta has said its “vision is that Threads will be a new app more focused on text and dialogue, modeled after what Instagram has done for photo and video.”
This isn’t to say Threads bars users from posting photos and videos. It’s essentially a Twitter copy in terms of content.
- 7/6/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
New Delhi, July 6 (Ians) With Meta launching its Twitter competitor Threads on Instagram, online searches for the term ‘Threads’ exploded in the past 24 hours to up to a massive 3,233 per cent, including in the European Union (EU) where the app is currently not available, a report showed on Thursday.
The online searches for the term ‘Thread App’ have also increased exponentially, up 4,900 per cent in the same period of time, according to data provided by search engine specialists at Digital Funnel.
China, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil and Japan are the countries currently searching for the app the most.
“The app is currently unavailable in the EU. However users are undeterred, with searches for ‘Threads Vpn’ exploding a huge 6,566 per cent,” the report showed.
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads amassed more than 1 crore users in a span of just seven hours.
Other Twitter competitors also saw a boost as Jack Dorsey-backed...
The online searches for the term ‘Thread App’ have also increased exponentially, up 4,900 per cent in the same period of time, according to data provided by search engine specialists at Digital Funnel.
China, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil and Japan are the countries currently searching for the app the most.
“The app is currently unavailable in the EU. However users are undeterred, with searches for ‘Threads Vpn’ exploding a huge 6,566 per cent,” the report showed.
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads amassed more than 1 crore users in a span of just seven hours.
Other Twitter competitors also saw a boost as Jack Dorsey-backed...
- 7/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, July 6 (Ians) As Meta launched its Twitter rival Threads on Instagram on Thursday, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky has announced it has raised $8 million to support its mission and growth.
Bluesky said on Thursday that it will also offer a paid service that provides custom domains for end users who want to have a unique domain as their handle on the service.
The Twitter competitor raised $8 million in a seed round led by Neo, a community-led firm with partners like Ali Partovi and Suzanne Xie.
Additional investors included Joe Beda who co-created Kubernetes, Bob Young of Red Hat, Amjad Masad of Replit, Amir Shevat, Heather Meeker, Jeromy Johnson, Automattic, Protocol Labs, Sarah Drasner, Katelyn Donnelly, Ali Evans, Stav Erez, Kris Nova, Brad Fitzpatrick, Abdul Ly, and others.
The funds will be used to expand Bluesky’s team, manage operations and infrastructure costs.
Bluesky has already reopened the...
Bluesky said on Thursday that it will also offer a paid service that provides custom domains for end users who want to have a unique domain as their handle on the service.
The Twitter competitor raised $8 million in a seed round led by Neo, a community-led firm with partners like Ali Partovi and Suzanne Xie.
Additional investors included Joe Beda who co-created Kubernetes, Bob Young of Red Hat, Amjad Masad of Replit, Amir Shevat, Heather Meeker, Jeromy Johnson, Automattic, Protocol Labs, Sarah Drasner, Katelyn Donnelly, Ali Evans, Stav Erez, Kris Nova, Brad Fitzpatrick, Abdul Ly, and others.
The funds will be used to expand Bluesky’s team, manage operations and infrastructure costs.
Bluesky has already reopened the...
- 7/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Updated with launch: Instagram’s text-based Threads launched Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pt. The Meta app was built “for sharing text updates and joining public conversations,” according to the blog post unveiling the launch.
The Threads website on Wednesday featured only a Qr code sending users to their app stores to download the app.
Users can log in using their existing Instagram account. The company said posts can be up to 500 characters long and include links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length.
Originally, Meta said the app was “expected” to be available on Thursday.
Previously, July 3 Pm: Twitter users frustrated with the changes in the Elon Musk-led social media platform will now have the option to try Instagram’s Threads.
The app appeared in Apple’s iOS App Store and is expected to launch on July 6. A similar search in Android’s Google Play Store did not yield any results for Threads,...
The Threads website on Wednesday featured only a Qr code sending users to their app stores to download the app.
Users can log in using their existing Instagram account. The company said posts can be up to 500 characters long and include links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length.
Originally, Meta said the app was “expected” to be available on Thursday.
Previously, July 3 Pm: Twitter users frustrated with the changes in the Elon Musk-led social media platform will now have the option to try Instagram’s Threads.
The app appeared in Apple’s iOS App Store and is expected to launch on July 6. A similar search in Android’s Google Play Store did not yield any results for Threads,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is fully on board with Elon Musk’s decision to limit the tweets users are able to see on a daily basis.
“When you have a mission like Twitter — you need to make big moves to keep strengthening the platform. This work is meaningful and on-going,” Yaccarino tweeted along with an official statement from the social network.
Twitter released a statement explaining to users that they would be limited on the digital platform in an effort to combat bots and spam.
“To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from our platform,” reads the statement.
Twitter users were taken aback when the social network became glitchy over the weekend. The issues were ongoing with little explanation as to what was happening. According to Twitter’s statement, the company didn’t warn its users beforehand as “any...
“When you have a mission like Twitter — you need to make big moves to keep strengthening the platform. This work is meaningful and on-going,” Yaccarino tweeted along with an official statement from the social network.
Twitter released a statement explaining to users that they would be limited on the digital platform in an effort to combat bots and spam.
“To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from our platform,” reads the statement.
Twitter users were taken aback when the social network became glitchy over the weekend. The issues were ongoing with little explanation as to what was happening. According to Twitter’s statement, the company didn’t warn its users beforehand as “any...
- 7/5/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
New Delhi, July 4 (Ians) The abrupt changes at Twitter under Elon Musk, that has left millions of users annoyed, has resulted in a surge in several competitor apps to the so-called ‘public digital square’ and leading the pack in Meta’s Threads that is set to be launched this week.
As Twitter writes its own nemesis as it finally heads towards a fully paid service, Musk rivals have sensed the deep grudge among Twitter users.
Before Twitter owner Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg enter a full-on cage fight (both are apparently preparing for the Jiu Jitsu showdown), Instagram Threads is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application.
“Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” according to Meta.
As Twitter writes its own nemesis as it finally heads towards a fully paid service, Musk rivals have sensed the deep grudge among Twitter users.
Before Twitter owner Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg enter a full-on cage fight (both are apparently preparing for the Jiu Jitsu showdown), Instagram Threads is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application.
“Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” according to Meta.
- 7/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, July 4 (Ians) Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, announced that it has reopened the sign-ups that the company disabled a few days back.
“We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account,” the company said, according to the screenshot shared by The Verge.
According to Bluesky’s status page, the platform was experiencing “degraded performance” on Saturday last week.
In an update, the platform had said: “We are still working to accommodate the large influx of users and increase in traffic.”
On Sunday, the platform posted: “Sign ups are currently disabled as is the ‘Popular with Friends’ feed. Otherwise the service should be operating correctly.”
It seemed that the “large influx of users” and “increase in traffic” on Bluesky was due to the reading posts limits introduced on Twitter.
Meanwhile, last week, Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter rival had...
“We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account,” the company said, according to the screenshot shared by The Verge.
According to Bluesky’s status page, the platform was experiencing “degraded performance” on Saturday last week.
In an update, the platform had said: “We are still working to accommodate the large influx of users and increase in traffic.”
On Sunday, the platform posted: “Sign ups are currently disabled as is the ‘Popular with Friends’ feed. Otherwise the service should be operating correctly.”
It seemed that the “large influx of users” and “increase in traffic” on Bluesky was due to the reading posts limits introduced on Twitter.
Meanwhile, last week, Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter rival had...
- 7/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Last month, a tweet about Facebook developing a Twitter rival led to Mark Zuckerberg accepting a cage match challenge from fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk. As Twitter experienced one of the longest outages of the Musk era, Zuckerberg-owned Meta teased Instagram Threads — an app aimed to strike at the Chief Twit’s territory.
On Monday, Threads appeared on the App Store listing with an expected launch date set for July 6. The official description seems to hint at its competitor’s shortcomings, promising to “Say more with Threads.” The app is...
On Monday, Threads appeared on the App Store listing with an expected launch date set for July 6. The official description seems to hint at its competitor’s shortcomings, promising to “Say more with Threads.” The app is...
- 7/4/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Jack Dorsey has given his thoughts on Meta’s new Twitter rival Threads as the social platform preps a launch on July 6.
After Apple’s iOS App Store gave a preview of Threads, people have been analyzing what Meta is going to offer. Among the people interested in the new digital platform is Dorsey who has already shared his reaction on Twitter.
“All your Threads are belong to us,” Dorsey tweeted along with a screenshot of the data that the app may collect that links it back to the user.
Musk would reply to Dorsey’s tweet adding, “Yeah.”
Yeah
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2023
In the “Data Linked to You” section on the App Store, Threads states that they may collect your financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, usage data, purchases, contacts, identifiers, sensitive info, location, search history and other data.
Threads App Privacy as seen on the...
After Apple’s iOS App Store gave a preview of Threads, people have been analyzing what Meta is going to offer. Among the people interested in the new digital platform is Dorsey who has already shared his reaction on Twitter.
“All your Threads are belong to us,” Dorsey tweeted along with a screenshot of the data that the app may collect that links it back to the user.
Musk would reply to Dorsey’s tweet adding, “Yeah.”
Yeah
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2023
In the “Data Linked to You” section on the App Store, Threads states that they may collect your financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, usage data, purchases, contacts, identifiers, sensitive info, location, search history and other data.
Threads App Privacy as seen on the...
- 7/4/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
San Francisco, July 2 (Ians) After Twitter-owner Elon Musk introduced reading posts limits on the platform, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Sunday said that running the micro-blogging platform is “hard”. Dorsey tweeted, “Running Twitter is hard. I don’t wish that stress upon anyone.”
He further said that the team is doing their best under the constraints they have, “which are immense.”
“It’s easy to critique the decisions from afar…which I’m guilty of…but I know the goal is to see Twitter thrive. It will,” he added.
Dorsey also expressed his hope that the Twitter team would consider utilising open protocols like Bitcoin and Nostr to help ease the burden.
“Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet,” he added.
Several users expressed their thoughts on Dorsey’s post.
When one user said, “Twitter is the only decent social app. Insta, Facebook. TikTok all cringe and shit.
He further said that the team is doing their best under the constraints they have, “which are immense.”
“It’s easy to critique the decisions from afar…which I’m guilty of…but I know the goal is to see Twitter thrive. It will,” he added.
Dorsey also expressed his hope that the Twitter team would consider utilising open protocols like Bitcoin and Nostr to help ease the burden.
“Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet,” he added.
Several users expressed their thoughts on Dorsey’s post.
When one user said, “Twitter is the only decent social app. Insta, Facebook. TikTok all cringe and shit.
- 7/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, July 2 (Ians) After Twitter introduced reading posts limits, Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter rival Bluesky has “disabled” new sign-ups. According to Bluesky’s status page, the platform was experiencing “degraded performance” late Saturday.
In an update, the platform said: “We are still working to accommodate the large influx of users and increase in traffic.”
On Sunday, the platform posted: “Sign ups are currently disabled as is the ‘Popular with Friends’ feed. Otherwise the service should be operating correctly.”
It seems that the “large influx of users” and “increase in traffic” on Bluesky was due to the recently announced reading posts limits on Twitter.
Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Saturday said that temporary limits have been applied on who will read how many posts in a day, in order to prevent data scraping and system manipulation.
His clarification came as millions of users across the globe, including in India, slammed him...
In an update, the platform said: “We are still working to accommodate the large influx of users and increase in traffic.”
On Sunday, the platform posted: “Sign ups are currently disabled as is the ‘Popular with Friends’ feed. Otherwise the service should be operating correctly.”
It seems that the “large influx of users” and “increase in traffic” on Bluesky was due to the recently announced reading posts limits on Twitter.
Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Saturday said that temporary limits have been applied on who will read how many posts in a day, in order to prevent data scraping and system manipulation.
His clarification came as millions of users across the globe, including in India, slammed him...
- 7/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, is weighing in on the uproar Elon Musk caused on the social platform after setting “view limits” on tweets.
“Running Twitter is hard. I don’t wish that stress upon anyone. I trust that the team is doing their best under the constraints they have, which are immense,” Dorsey tweeted. “It’s easy to critique the decisions from afar…which I’m guilty of…but I know the goal is to see Twitter thrive. It will.”
In a second tweet, he added, “And I do hope they consider building on truly censorship-resistant open protocols like bitcoin and nostr to help ease that burden. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.”
And I do hope they consider building on truly censorship-resistant open protocols like bitcoin and nostr to help ease that burden. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.
“Running Twitter is hard. I don’t wish that stress upon anyone. I trust that the team is doing their best under the constraints they have, which are immense,” Dorsey tweeted. “It’s easy to critique the decisions from afar…which I’m guilty of…but I know the goal is to see Twitter thrive. It will.”
In a second tweet, he added, “And I do hope they consider building on truly censorship-resistant open protocols like bitcoin and nostr to help ease that burden. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.”
And I do hope they consider building on truly censorship-resistant open protocols like bitcoin and nostr to help ease that burden. Good for all, and critical to preserve the open internet.
- 7/2/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Elon Musk is continuing to turn the Twittersphere on its head.
The 52-year-old co-founder of Tesla, who recently joked about wanting to have a cage match with fellow tech giant Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Saturday that he would be introducing “temporary limits” to Twitter accounts, notably limiting the number of tweets a user can read while on the social media platform.
The SpaceX CEO tweeted that verified accounts will now have access to a staggering 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts can view up to 600 posts per day. However, the restrictions tighten for “new” unverified accounts, limiting their daily post access to a mere 300.
According to the CEO, the decision is a proactive measure aimed at combatting the rampant issue of data scraping reaching extreme levels.
Read More: Italian Government Denies Inviting Elon Musk And Mark Zuckerberg To Fight At The Colosseum
Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for...
The 52-year-old co-founder of Tesla, who recently joked about wanting to have a cage match with fellow tech giant Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Saturday that he would be introducing “temporary limits” to Twitter accounts, notably limiting the number of tweets a user can read while on the social media platform.
The SpaceX CEO tweeted that verified accounts will now have access to a staggering 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts can view up to 600 posts per day. However, the restrictions tighten for “new” unverified accounts, limiting their daily post access to a mere 300.
According to the CEO, the decision is a proactive measure aimed at combatting the rampant issue of data scraping reaching extreme levels.
Read More: Italian Government Denies Inviting Elon Musk And Mark Zuckerberg To Fight At The Colosseum
Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for...
- 7/1/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Thousands of Twitter users were stuck fruitlessly reloading their feeds Saturday as the app faced one of the strangest and most prolonged outages of the Elon Musk era.
Beginning early Saturday morning Est, nearly 8,000 users reported to DownDetector — and likely many thousands more didn’t report — that were greeted by messages that continuously read “Rate limit exceeded” or “Cannot retrieve tweets” or “Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again” whenever they tried to refresh their feed.
The sporadic outage — depending on the user, tweets would sometimes load,...
Beginning early Saturday morning Est, nearly 8,000 users reported to DownDetector — and likely many thousands more didn’t report — that were greeted by messages that continuously read “Rate limit exceeded” or “Cannot retrieve tweets” or “Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again” whenever they tried to refresh their feed.
The sporadic outage — depending on the user, tweets would sometimes load,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
New Delhi, July 1 (Ians) Elon Musk-run Twitter banned a record 11,32,228 accounts in India between April 26 and May 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.
The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk who has now appointed a new Twitter CEO in Linda Yaccarino, also took down 1,843 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.
In total, Twitter banned 11,34,071 accounts in the reporting period in India.
Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new It Rules, 2021, said that it received 518 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
In addition, Twitter processed 90 grievances which were appealing account suspensions.
“We overturned 25 of these account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the situation. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” said the company.
“We received 29 requests related to general questions about Twitter accounts during this reporting period,” it added.
Most...
The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk who has now appointed a new Twitter CEO in Linda Yaccarino, also took down 1,843 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.
In total, Twitter banned 11,34,071 accounts in the reporting period in India.
Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new It Rules, 2021, said that it received 518 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
In addition, Twitter processed 90 grievances which were appealing account suspensions.
“We overturned 25 of these account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the situation. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” said the company.
“We received 29 requests related to general questions about Twitter accounts during this reporting period,” it added.
Most...
- 7/1/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, June 26 (Ians) Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, has introduced some proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, which the company is presently working on, including — user lists and reply controls.
Along with user lists and reply controls, the company also introduced labelling, moderation controls, and hashtags.
According to the company, user lists and reply controls can be used for community-driven moderation, while labelling and moderation controls will focus on moderator services and how they can handle problems that small communities can’t.
The third tool, hashtags, won’t be directly related to moderation, but as per the company, it could have a big impact on customising what users see.
“The tooling we’re building for moderation tries to take into consideration how social spaces are formed and shaped through communities,” Bluesky said in a blogpost.
The invite-only Bluesky, available on Android, offers a host of new...
Along with user lists and reply controls, the company also introduced labelling, moderation controls, and hashtags.
According to the company, user lists and reply controls can be used for community-driven moderation, while labelling and moderation controls will focus on moderator services and how they can handle problems that small communities can’t.
The third tool, hashtags, won’t be directly related to moderation, but as per the company, it could have a big impact on customising what users see.
“The tooling we’re building for moderation tries to take into consideration how social spaces are formed and shaped through communities,” Bluesky said in a blogpost.
The invite-only Bluesky, available on Android, offers a host of new...
- 6/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Musk told reporters in conversations following his meeting with Modi on Tuesday, "He really cares about India because he’s pushing us to make significant investments in India, which is something that we intend to do and we’re just trying to figure out the right timing."
It was a change of plans for the mercurial Musk who had earlier refused to consider manufacturing in India unless India lowered tariffs for imported Teslas to be sold in India.
Modi "really wants to do the right thing for India," he said.
Modi wants to make sure that the advantage from investments "accrues to India’s advantage, which is, you know, obviously, that’s the job," he added.
India has more "promise than any large country in the world," he said.
If Tesla comes to India, it will be following the pattern of companies like Apple diversifying their manufacturing from China because...
It was a change of plans for the mercurial Musk who had earlier refused to consider manufacturing in India unless India lowered tariffs for imported Teslas to be sold in India.
Modi "really wants to do the right thing for India," he said.
Modi wants to make sure that the advantage from investments "accrues to India’s advantage, which is, you know, obviously, that’s the job," he added.
India has more "promise than any large country in the world," he said.
If Tesla comes to India, it will be following the pattern of companies like Apple diversifying their manufacturing from China because...
- 6/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, June 14 (Ians) Union Minister of State for Electronics and It, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday again hit out at former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, further questioning his India ‘pressure’ statement amid the ongoing US political season.
Speaking at the ‘Fe Digital Bharat Economy Conclave 2023’, the minister reiterated that the India ‘pressure’ statement was an outright lie by Dorsey.
“It is political season in the US. is he (Dorsey) trying to claw his way back into relevance? All of those questions he can answer but certainly, without any fear of contradiction, what he has said is an outright lie,” the minister said.
“We neither shut down Twitter or had any other punitive consequences imposed on Twitter. We are a democratic country and live by the rule of law and, therefore, regardless of whether you are in San Francisco or Menlo Park or Bangalore or Hyderabad, the rule of law applies to you as well,...
Speaking at the ‘Fe Digital Bharat Economy Conclave 2023’, the minister reiterated that the India ‘pressure’ statement was an outright lie by Dorsey.
“It is political season in the US. is he (Dorsey) trying to claw his way back into relevance? All of those questions he can answer but certainly, without any fear of contradiction, what he has said is an outright lie,” the minister said.
“We neither shut down Twitter or had any other punitive consequences imposed on Twitter. We are a democratic country and live by the rule of law and, therefore, regardless of whether you are in San Francisco or Menlo Park or Bangalore or Hyderabad, the rule of law applies to you as well,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, June 13 (Ians) American political news and opinion series Breaking Points has made headlines in India for its controversial interview on former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who in an exploratory remark, claimed that India had put pressure on the micro-blogging platform.
Launched in June 2021, Breaking Points is created and hosted by American political commentator and media host Krystal Ball and Indian-American Saagar Enjeti.
Both Ball and Enjeti were former hosts of American newspaper The Hill’s Rising — a daily news and opinion web series.
Breaking Points’s audio-only podcast is available on Spotify, and its video programme is available on various platforms like YouTube, and Rumble (334 followers).
The hosts, one left-leaning anchor (Ball) and one right-leaning anchor (Enjeti), claims that the thrice a week programme is “fearless anti-establishment”.
The podcast and videos feature commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, campaign staff and surrogates,...
Launched in June 2021, Breaking Points is created and hosted by American political commentator and media host Krystal Ball and Indian-American Saagar Enjeti.
Both Ball and Enjeti were former hosts of American newspaper The Hill’s Rising — a daily news and opinion web series.
Breaking Points’s audio-only podcast is available on Spotify, and its video programme is available on various platforms like YouTube, and Rumble (334 followers).
The hosts, one left-leaning anchor (Ball) and one right-leaning anchor (Enjeti), claims that the thrice a week programme is “fearless anti-establishment”.
The podcast and videos feature commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, campaign staff and surrogates,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
In a new interview, Twitter creator and co-founder Jack Dorsey claimed that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, attempted to force Twitter to shut its doors in the country.
Dorsey, who quit as chief executive of the social media platform in 2021, discussed the situation on YouTube news show Breaking Points, explaining that there was an issue with specific posts around the Indian farmers protests in 2020-2021. Dorsey said the country wanted posts by certain journalists who were “critical of the government” removed.
“It manifested in ways such as: ‘We...
Dorsey, who quit as chief executive of the social media platform in 2021, discussed the situation on YouTube news show Breaking Points, explaining that there was an issue with specific posts around the Indian farmers protests in 2020-2021. Dorsey said the country wanted posts by certain journalists who were “critical of the government” removed.
“It manifested in ways such as: ‘We...
- 6/13/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
New Delhi, June 13 (Ians) The Centre on Tuesday lashed out at former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for claiming that the Indian government threatened to wind it down and conducted raids on employees’ homes, saying it is an attempt to “brush out that very dubious period of Twitter’s history”.
Reacting to Dorsey who alleged in an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government’s demands to block accounts during the farmers’ protests in early 2021, Union Minister of State for Electronics and It, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that no one went to jail nor was Twitter shut down in the country.
“This is an outright lie by @jack — perhaps an attempt to brush out that very dubious period of Twitter’s history. Twitter under Dorsey and his team were in repeated and continuous violations of the India law,” Chandrasekhar said in a tweet.
Reacting to Dorsey who alleged in an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government’s demands to block accounts during the farmers’ protests in early 2021, Union Minister of State for Electronics and It, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that no one went to jail nor was Twitter shut down in the country.
“This is an outright lie by @jack — perhaps an attempt to brush out that very dubious period of Twitter’s history. Twitter under Dorsey and his team were in repeated and continuous violations of the India law,” Chandrasekhar said in a tweet.
- 6/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, June 13 (Ians) Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, in an exploratory remark, has claimed that India had put pressure on the micro-blogging platform, including giving threats of winding it down and conducting raids on employees’ homes.
During an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points late on Monday, Dorsey said that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government’s demands to block accounts during the farmers’ protests in early 2021.
“We would raid the homes of your employees’, which they did; We will shut down your offices if you don’t follow suit. And this is India, a democratic country,” Dorsey said on the channel when asked to share some examples of pressure from foreign governments during his tenure, before Elon Musk took over.
“India is a country that had many requests of us around the farmers’ protest, around particular journalists that were critical of the government,...
During an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points late on Monday, Dorsey said that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government’s demands to block accounts during the farmers’ protests in early 2021.
“We would raid the homes of your employees’, which they did; We will shut down your offices if you don’t follow suit. And this is India, a democratic country,” Dorsey said on the channel when asked to share some examples of pressure from foreign governments during his tenure, before Elon Musk took over.
“India is a country that had many requests of us around the farmers’ protest, around particular journalists that were critical of the government,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
While it didn’t commence with 20 minutes of technical difficulties like the Twitter campaign kickoff of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Monday forum on the site’s audio Spaces platform was still a garbled affair. The environmental lawyer turned conspiracy theorist — now attempting to primary President Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination — made time to discuss a wide range of his more outlandish and pseudoscientific ideas throughout a conversation that lasted nearly two and a half hours.
Kennedy started off the “Reclaiming Democracy” event by thanking...
Kennedy started off the “Reclaiming Democracy” event by thanking...
- 6/5/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is acknowledging the impending competition coming her way this summer as Instagram works on a text-based app.
Yaccarino shared her reaction on the social media platform retweet a story talking about the Twitter clone that is already being tested out.
“Game on!” she tweeted.
Game on! https://t.co/62JYrLuuCJ
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) May 21, 2023
Instagram’s Twitter clone comes as Yaccarino takes the reigns of the company owned by Elon Musk. Twitter has become unstable since Musk took over with many advertisers pausing their spending or fleeing the app altogether. Yaccarino, a former NBCUniversal advertising executive, will be tasked to welcome advertisers back following months of uncertainty with the platform.
Twitter users that feel uncomfortable on the app have been looking for alternatives to the platform finding refuge in similar apps like Mastodon, Hive and Bluesky, which has Twitter founder Jack Dorsey on its board of directors.
Yaccarino shared her reaction on the social media platform retweet a story talking about the Twitter clone that is already being tested out.
“Game on!” she tweeted.
Game on! https://t.co/62JYrLuuCJ
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) May 21, 2023
Instagram’s Twitter clone comes as Yaccarino takes the reigns of the company owned by Elon Musk. Twitter has become unstable since Musk took over with many advertisers pausing their spending or fleeing the app altogether. Yaccarino, a former NBCUniversal advertising executive, will be tasked to welcome advertisers back following months of uncertainty with the platform.
Twitter users that feel uncomfortable on the app have been looking for alternatives to the platform finding refuge in similar apps like Mastodon, Hive and Bluesky, which has Twitter founder Jack Dorsey on its board of directors.
- 5/21/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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