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☆ TweetDeck, renamed X Pro, now requires a subscription
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

On Wednesday morning, many marketers, journalists and news junkies were met with a paywall they have been dreading: X, formerly known as Twitter, started charging users to access TweetDeck. TweetDeck, now called X Pro, allows users to view and customize multiple feeds that update in real time. The service has historically been free to use, but X announced in a post in July that it would become a subscriber-only feature. Starting Wednesday, users who want access to X Pro will have to pay for X Premium, the service introduced by the site's owner, Elon Musk, as a way to generate additional revenue for the company. Twitter Blue relaunched again in December, though impersonation problems persisted.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Twitter, X, SpaceX

☆ It's peak petty season for tech bros right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pettiness is the order of the day for prominent tech bros.Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and others are behaving similarly amid their rivalries with each other. It comes at an awkward moment: petty season has come straight after layoff season. Whatever the case, it's got tech bros stooping to new depths of pettiness. Musk's response, in peak petty fashion, was to suggest that he'd rock up at Zuck's home in Palo Alto and fight him there. Tens of thousands of tech workers have been laid off in recent months amid claims that they need to get serious.

Persons: Pettiness, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, it's, Dana White, Zuck, Satya Nadella, Microsoft's, OpenAI, Nadella, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos Organizations: bros, Morning, New York Times, Facebook, Washington Post, UFC, Tech bros Locations: Silicon Valley, Musk's, Palo Alto, Zuck

☆ TweetDeck is turning into XPro, as Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Gabriel Rivera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's Elon Musk's latest change to Twitter's famous lexicon as part of the platform's rebrand to X. Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, seems to be in the process of renaming its TweetDeck feature "XPro." It's the latest change in Musk's ongoing transition of Twitter to X that has upended the social media platform's hallmarks, such as its lexicon and logo. TweetDeck is still undergoing changes, but its new name, XPro, is starting to appear on the webpage. "If successful, X will enter the vernacular in ways that we don't yet know," Musk wrote on X Wednesday regarding the rebrand.

Persons: It's Elon, Elon Musk's, Musk, We'll, — Organizations: Twitter, San Locations: San Francisco

☆ Elon Musk says Twitter's ad revenue drops 50% and cash flow is negative
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk disclosed on Twitter Saturday that, due to a 50% drop in advertising revenue and a “heavy debt load,” the platform still has a negative cash flow. Ad revenue has been a contentious issue and an uphill battle for the site, after hordes of advertisers fled after Musk took over. The New York Times reported that Twitter’s US advertising revenue from the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was down 59% year-over-year, citing an internal presentation. “It’s definitely been extremely difficult,” Musk said in Twitter Spaces livestream event Musk hosted with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr last month. On Thursday, Twitter announced content creators would be able to get a slice of the site’s ad revenue, seemingly to encourage more creators to join the site.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, “ It’s, ” Musk, Robert F, Kennedy, Jr, it’s, Andrew Tate, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, BBC, The New York Times, CNN Locations: New York, Romania

☆ Twitter's desktop app sees surge in outages as Meta's Threads takes off
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In this photo illustration, Threads logo seen displayed on a smartphone with the Twitter profile of Elon Musk in the background. Twitter is experiencing a wave of outages just as Meta's brand new rival Threads service is racking up tens of millions of signups. Many Twitter users have reported outages over the past 24 hours, with problems seemingly skyrocketing around 9:30 a.m. About 70% of the Twitter outages appear related to its desktop service, Downdetector noted. Meanwhile, the Threads app has recorded 70 million signups just a day after its official release as of Friday morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Threads post.

Persons: Elon Musk, Downdetector, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Meta

☆ Welcome to Threads, Zuckerberg's friendly internet utopia where everyone gets along while watching Twitter crash and burn
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg bills Threads as a space for kindness — but he's not above using it to ding Elon Musk. Threads arrives as Twitter has another disastrous week. As the Meta chief put it on the new Threads app, the vision is "to create an open and friendly public space for conversation" for 1 billion-plus people. It's a highly calculated move to release a Twitter clone in a week of Twitter chaos. Threads can only be so friendly then if its growth, for now, comes from the conflagration at Twitter.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon, Mark Zuckerberg's, Kevin Tan, Zuckerberg, hasn't, sassing, Elon Musk, Shona Ghosh, let's, It's Organizations: Twitter, SpaceX

☆ With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Washington CNN —Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Now he may finally have his best chance to deliver a knockout blow to the social network at a turbulent moment. On Friday, Twitter made tweets inaccessible to anyone who wasn’t logged in, reducing the reach of the platform’s content. For years, Twitter has been the go-to social platform for real-time news and commentary. The more Twitter users head for the exits, the more its alternatives benefit from network effects.

Persons: Washington CNN — Mark Zuckerberg, it’s, Jack Dorsey, Meta, —, — Twitter —, Elon, Musk, Zuckerberg, Twitter, Twitter’s, Linda Yaccarino, ” Yaccarino, Eugen Rochko Organizations: Washington CNN, Twitter, Meta, Facebook, — Twitter

☆ Twitter is taking 'extreme measures' to tackle its bot problem. It should verify everyone instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's a problem that might go away if Twitter verified all of its users. Remember when Elon Musk handed out free blue checks to some Twitter users after taking them away? "To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from our platform," Twitter said in a blogpost. Bloomberg reported in April that around 4% of people who went to the Twitter Blue sales site ended up subscribing to the service. When announcing that ambition to Twitter employees last month, Yaccarino said "that's not an empty promise."

Persons: Elon Musk, LeBron James, Stephen King, Ian McKellen, Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, that's Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Bloomberg

☆ Mark Zuckerberg's Meta launches Instagram's Threads app, a rival to Twitter amidst Elon Musk backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Meta's new Threads app Courtesy Meta“The vision for Threads is to create an option and friendly public space for conversation,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Threads post following the launch. After downloading the app, users are asked to link up their Instagram page, customize their profile and follow the same accounts they already follow on Instagram. Verified Instagram accounts are also automatically verified on Threads. In this photo illustration, the app Threads from Meta seen displayed on a mobile phone. The escalating rivalry between the two companies only appears to have added to the rivalry between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Persons: ”, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Elon Musk, Davide Bonaldo, ” parroting, Musk, “, Zuckerberg, –, Hanna Ziady Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Twitter, Meta, Wednesday, TweetDeck

☆ Meta to launch Twitter-like app Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site. Threads, Instagram's text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on the photo-sharing platform and keep the same username, a listing on Apple's (AAPL.O) App Store showed. The launch comes after Twitter announced a slate of restrictions on the app, including the need to be verified in order to use TweetDeck. Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on a similar launch on the Google Play Store. Reporting by Akanksha Khushi and Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Meta, Akanksha Khushi, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Twitter, Google, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Twitter to put TweetDeck behind a paywall
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Soon, only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck, the dashboard that allows users to organize and easily monitor the accounts they follow, the platform tweeted Monday. The news of the TweetDeck paywall came days after Musk announced temporary reading limits on Twitter, restricting verified users to reading 10,000 tweets a day, along with 1,000 tweets for unverified accounts and 500 for new unverified accounts. “In 30 days, users must be Verified to access TweetDeck,” the tweet said. Users had complained about the old version of TweetDeck being down after Musk implemented the reading limits. And just before that, Twitter appeared to be restricting access to its platform for anyone not logged into an account.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, paywall, hasn’t, Twitter Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter Locations: New York, “

☆ Threads: Meta takes aim at Twitter with new app
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has teased a new app that is set to take on Twitter by offering a rival space for real-time conversations online. The app is called Threads and it is expected to go live Thursday, according to a listing in the App Store. The app appears to have many similarities to Twitter — the App Store description emphasizes conversations, as well as the potential to build a following and connect with like-minded people. Since taking Twitter private in October, Musk has turned the social media platform on its head, alienating advertisers and some of its highest-profile users. Twitter announced Monday that users would soon need to pay for TweetDeck, a tool that allows people to organize and easily monitor the accounts they follow.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Musk, ” parroting Organizations: London CNN, Twitter, Meta, TweetDeck, Facebook, Las Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Twitter says users must be verified to access TweetDeck
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 3 (Reuters) - Twitter users will soon need to be verified in order to use TweetDeck, the social media company said in a tweet on Monday. Twitter made the announcement in a tweet detailing an improved version of TweetDeck with new features. It was unclear if Twitter will charge users for both the new and old version of TweetDeck. loadingHis announcement sparked a fierce backlash from users on Twitter, and ad experts said it would undermine new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who started in the role last month. Individuals must pay $8 per month to verify their account, while organizations pay $1,000 per month.

Persons: Twitter, Elon, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Sheila Dang, Chris Reese, Sonali Paul Organizations: Twitter, Thomson Locations: Dallas

☆ Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site Bellingcat days after Elon Musk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a 'psyop'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The investigative news website Bellingcat reported on the Texas mall shooter's apparent neo-Nazi beliefs. Right-wing commentators on Twitter suggested that it was fake news, and Elon Musk called it a "psyop." Days later, Bellingcat's founder said its Twitter account no longer appeared in the app's search tool. Bellingcat reported that Garcia had tattoos of a swastika and other Nazi symbols, and posted about being a white supremacist on Odnoklassniki (OK), a Russian social media site. Musk tweeted.

☆ Twitter breaks after 'internal change' had 'unintended consequences'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter showed an error code when users attempted to click external links and images. ET, the external links appeared to be working again for some Twitter users. Twitter showed users an error code when they tried to access outside websites on Monday. ET, the external links appeared to be working for some Twitter users. Downdetector showed a spike in people reporting problems with the app and "Twitter API" was trending on Monday afternoon.

☆ Twitter hit by another outage as Musk complains platform is ‘so brittle’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Outage tracker site DownDetector showed more than 8,000 Twitter outage reports around noon on Monday. For users who were able to access the platform, “Twitter API” was trending as people tweeted about the issues. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.”In a separate tweet on Monday, Musk said: “This platform is so brittle (sigh). Other users were met with a “Welcome to Twitter!” message as if they had just joined the platform. Three weeks ago, Twitter users encountered various issues with the platform, including the inability to tweet, send direct messages or follow new accounts.

☆ Twitter suffers 'massive outage' under Elon Musk leaving users unable to tweet, message and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter users on Wednesday were suddenly unable to tweet, direct message, or use other features. The ability to tweet, retweet, quote tweet and direct message on Twitter, each core functions of the platform, stopped for many users on Wednesday. By Wednesday afternoon Pacific Time, tweeting and likes were functioning again for many users, while the ability to direct message and retweet was still out. Fortune reported that Musk message earlier on Wednesday. A former Twitter executive previously told Insider how Twitter was likely to degrade over time, not simply implode all at once.

☆ Twitter alternatives like Mastadon see downloads plunge
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Long before Elon Musk came along, Twitter users bemoaned the service yet remained addicted to it. It is a text-based social platform, or "microblogging" site, home to independent servers, or "instances." In early November, the hashtag TwitterMigration was trending on Mastodon for several days as Twitter users set up accounts amid Musk's chaotic takeover. Daily users have held steady though, at 1.4 million, a major increase from its usage prior to Musk's takeover of Twitter, which typically hovered around 20,000 daily users. Downloads of the iOS app have grown 290,000% to 1.5 million since Oct. 24, with daily users up 660,000% to 321,000, according to Apptopia data.

☆ Twitter alternatives that got traction after Elon Musk takeover are suddenly seeing downloads plunge. Which has staying power and who is the next Clubhouse?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Long before Elon Musk came along, Twitter users bemoaned the service yet remained addicted to it. It is a text-based social platform, or "microblogging" site, home to independent servers, or "instances." In early November, the hashtag TwitterMigration was trending on Mastodon for several days as Twitter users set up accounts amid Musk's chaotic takeover. Daily users have held steady though, at 1.4 million, a major increase from its usage prior to Musk's takeover of Twitter, which typically hovered around 20,000 daily users. Yet, it has maintained more than 500,000 daily users.

☆ Twitter is building new features including a version of Google Alerts despite Musk takeover uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-03 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter is building new features, including one similar to Google Alerts. They will then receive push notifications for tweets relating to the query, similar to Google Alerts send to an email inbox. In screenshots posted on Twitter, Roussel shows a bell icon to the right of the search bar after searching in the Twitter app. https://twitter.com/evowizz/status/1531753374047260674Users can already receive search notifications via TweetDeck by turning on alerts for specific columns, as noted by 9to5Google. It comes as Twitter was plunged into turmoil following the apparent takeover by Musk and an internal shake-up.

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