Tag: twitter
Twitter Short-term Retweet Changes Wants Users to Give Own Perspectives
By now, you probably have noticed that you cannot retweet a post directly.
This is after Twitter introduced a...
Curious Twitter User Tears Down $7 Digital Pregnancy Test
We are in the digital age and a digital pregnancy test should be least surprising thing. It looks like a regular pregnancy test, save...
The Best “I Hope This Email Finds You Well” Tweets
Pre-pandemic and now during the pandemic has no email found you well. Here are the best reactions to the infamous " I hope this email finds you well"
Twitter Officially Rolls Out Quote Tweet Count Separate From Retweets
Hot takes on Twitter now have a separate tab from retweets. Twiter recently separated retweets from retweets with comments by giving them a separate...
Twitter Will Limit Visibility of “Copy Pasted” Tweets on Timeline
Twitter can be a great source of original content but most of it spammy copy pasted material. You can know a viral tweet is...
[UPDATED] Oracle Reportedly in Talks to Acquire TikTok
Looks like every big tech company in the U.S wants to acquire a piece of the TikTok pie. Oracle is the latest. The enterprise...
Twitter Now Allows Everyone to Control Who Replies To Their Tweet
Twitter announced the ability to control your replies a while ago on iOS to a few users globally. Well, now it has been implemented...
Twitter’s Retweets With Comments To Soon Be Separate on Tweets as Quote Tweets
Twitter has been testing out new features for its app and publicly rolling them out
They recently rolled out audio tweets that had mixed reactions,...
[UPDATED] Twitter Reportedly in Talks to Acquire TikTok Operations in the U.S
Are you really even a tech company if you haven’t explored acquiring TikTok?
UPDATE: Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is now following TikTok Comms on Twitter....
Twitter Will Soon Begin Testing a Subscription Model
Twitter has hinted before that they'll soon start using a subscription model of business as revenue from ads and data declines.
Earlier this month(It feels...
Twitter Reveals The Extent of Hack That Targeted Famous Verified Accounts
Twitter suffered a serious security lapse last week which saw a number of popular verified accounts get hacked in a widespread cryptocurrency scam. This...
[UPDATED] Twitter Crypto Scam Hack Explained
Last night local time, prominent and verified Twitter accounts from personal and corporate accounts started tweeting asking users to send them Bitcoin and that...
Part 2: 83% of Kenyans Encountered and Shared Fake News With Friends
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LinkedIn has been growing in the last couple of years. The Microsoft-owned social media platform is for professionals where they can list their credentials...
Part 1: 61 Percent of Kenyan Men Are on Twitter Anonymously
USIU and SIMElab have published a detailed social media report that focuses on trends and narratives. It is also likely that you have already...
Twitter to Soon Become a Subscription Platform
Twitter now wants you to start paying for tweets or something close to that. Twitter isn't that of a profitable company and this could...
Kenyan Girl Shared House Tour Video on Snapchat and KOT Reacted.
Sunday nights are usually boring, especially on social media. But it got interesting last night.
Joan Kubai shared a house tour video on Snapchat and...
The Best and Funniest “I Know a Spot” Tweets
If you've been online especially Twitter you might have seen the "I know a spot" tweets and memes floating around.
The tweets are funny because...
Twitter Audio Tweets Receive Mixed Reactions
While we are confined to our homes always on social media, Twitter announced that they are now making audio tweets a thing.
This new feature...
Twitter Adds Voice Notes on Twitter for iOS
Twitter has quietly added the ability to add voice memos on your tweets as spotted by a number of iOS users.
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https://twitter.com/flcnhvy/status/1273293242113679364?s=20
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Accessing the new functionality...
Twitter to Prompt Users to Actually Read Articles Before Retweeting
Twitter will soon start asking its users to click on a link to an article to read them before retweeting them. More details:
Twitter Begins Testing Integrating Request Verification Option in the App
Twitter's verification program is making a comeback after being suspended in 2017. This time around with publicly documented guidelines.
UPDATE: Twitter has begun testing integrating...
Twitter Suspended Man After Sending Exact Copies of Trump’s Tweets
To establish that Twitter is lenient on its popular users that abuse its policies, a user (@BizzareLazar) used an account named ‘Will They Suspend...
Days Later, Searching ‘Racist’ on Twitter Shows Trump as Top Result
Twitter has been in the spotlight for the last couple of days. The social media platform has been faulted for not doing enough to...
Twitter Limits Engagement on Trump’s Tweet Over Violation of Policy
Twitter today announced that they will be limiting US President's tweet over violation of their policy.
In the morning, Donald Trump tweeted this in a...
What is Twitter’s New Unpopular Feature, Fact-Check?
This week has been interesting because, for the first time, social media giant Twitter fact-checked two of America’s President Donald Trump posts. The platform...
Donald Trump Threatens To Close Down Social Media Platforms on a Social Media Platform
US President, Donald Trump, has today threatened to close down social media platforms over the fear that they "silence" conservative voice.
In a spirited rant...
Twitter’s New Reply Controls Have Been Received With Mixed Reactions
Twitter has begun testing new reply controls for better conversations on its platform. This feature has been received with mixed reactions - some saying it...
Twitter Testing a Way For You To Tweet Only to Your Clique On the Timeline
People hold conversations on Twitter using two distinct ways: On the timeline and on the DM. The timeline is open and people can see...
Twitter: Reminiscing Its Old Design Features
Twitter has a come along way since it's inception in March 2006 and official launch in July that same year.
The social network has come...
Twitter’s New Feature Practically Makes Quoted Replies Bot Useless
Twitter's main engagement tool is the retweet button and it is the one feature that can allow your thoughts to be shared on a larger audience....
Twitter Begins Rolling out Tweet Scheduling
Twitter has been teasing us about the tweet scheduling feature for a couple of months now. This feature has begun rolling out to users.
Scheduling...
Official Twitter Web Client Finally Adds Feature to Switch Multiple Accounts
We love Twitter because it is one of the best social media platforms out there. It also serves our short attention spans because some...
Twitter Disables Its Original SMS Feature in Most Countries
Twitter is killing off its original SMS service. The social media giant has slowly been shutting down support for its SMS feature.
For those who...
Twitter Now Testing Showing Quoted Retweets on Android and iOS
Twitter is about to end the careers of Quoted Replies and other bots with this new feature that they are currently testing.
The social media...
Oil Prices Plummeted to an All Time Low and Twitter Reacted
On Monday evening, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit the oil industry and it hit hard. The price of an oil barrel plummeted...
