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Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks
After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
By Matt Binder
Rihanna, Taylor Swift among the few celebrities paying Twitter to keep their blue checkmarks
Fewer than 5 percent of 'legacy verified' accounts have subscribed.
By Matt Binder
How to use Twitter without falling into a black hole of anxiety
Twitter is way too stressful right now. Here's how to use it responsibly.
By Alex Perry
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform
Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API.
By Matt Binder
National Weather Service accounts were not granted API exemptions by Twitter
Public safety accounts will still be limited unless they pay up for Twitter API access.
By Matt Binder
Twitter will limit reach of ‘hateful’ tweets with a label, not removal
"Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach," said Twitter.
By Matt Binder
Facebook likely owes you money. How to see if you're eligible.
Meta has agreed to pay out $725 million to Facebook users to settle a class action lawsuit concerning user privacy.
By Matt Binder
Elon Musk just shut down automation for important public safety accounts
Twitter's new API rules just blocked numerous National Weather Service alert accounts and others from working.
By Matt Binder
What is Lemon8, and is it safe?
A combination of Instagram and Pinterest, TikTok's sister app is social media with none of the social aspects.
Elon Musk said the Twitter Files were basically dead. Barely anyone noticed.
Following his interview on the BBC, Musk told followers that it was time to "move on" from the Twitter Files.
By Matt Binder
Conservative social media platform Parler acquired and then immediately shut down by new owner
"No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more," said Parler's new owner.
By Matt Binder
Popular B2B business dumps Twitter over Musk's API price hike
Is this a sign of things to come?
By Matt Binder
Musk Twitter's 'new' feature already bombed under the old Twitter
The paid subscription feature wasn't much of a success before. Will anything be different this time around?
By Matt Binder
How to download TikTok videos
Learn from the death of Vine, and preserve your favorite TikToks.
Elon Musk invests in Twitter AI project after warning about the dangers of AI
Musk called for a months-long pause on AI development just last month.
By Matt Binder
Twitter slightly changed NPR's "state-affiliated media" label
Strangely enough, the new label is actually less broad and thus potentially less accurate.
By Alex Perry
Twitter's Substack blockade continues as site redirects searches to "newsletters"
Twitter's latest attempt to keep users from going to Substack is done in the pettiest way possible.
Twitter flags Substack links as unsafe as feud continues
Cross-app promo is a no-no.
Elon Musk apparently on the outs with Matt Taibbi over Twitter-Substack feud
Taibbi said he would no longer use Twitter after it blocked Substack. Musk then unfollowed him.
By Matt Binder
Twitter appears to be going to war with Substack
Substack writers cannot embed tweets in their posts. Twitter users cannot retweet or like tweets with Substack links.
By Matt Binder
Elon Musk said Twitter Blue subscribers would see 'half as many ads.' That's not true.
Twitter has now rolled out details regarding 'half ads' for paying users.
By Matt Binder
Twitter failed to scare legacy verified accounts into paying for Twitter Blue
These bleak numbers might be why Twitter checkmarks were merged.
By Matt Binder
Twitter cuts many app developers' API access, even those willing to pay $42,000 per month
Developers doubt whether there's a future for Twitter's third-party app ecosystem under Elon Musk.
By Matt Binder
