Twitter begins testing whole new kind of tweet
Twitter has recently announced that it is testing a new type of tweet called 'fleet', which disappears 24 hours after it was posted. The new feature is very similar to Snapchat's 'stories' feature and is currently only being tested in Brazil. Twitter hopes Fleets will encourage people to post thoughts they would not normally tweet.
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Twitter plans subscription model after a massive revenue slump
After reporting Q2 earnings that showed a marked dip in ad revenue, Twitter has said its exploring alternatives, dangling the possibility of a subscription option. The social media giant reported ad revenues of $562M, down almost a quarter (23%) on a year ago as the pandemic and “civil unrest” had both contributed to the decline. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told investors it’ll likely run subscription “tests” this year
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“You can have an edit button when everyone wears a mask,” says Twitter
San Francisco based microblogging site Twitter has been under pressure for a while now to introduce the edit feature in tweets. Once you publish a tweet, you cannot edit, you have to delete it or roll with it. Twitter has said it will start letting people edit their tweets when there is widespread adoption of face masks in the world, which is still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic
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Twitter deletes 170,000 accounts linked to the Chinese Government
Twitter made an announcement on Thursday that it had deleted around 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts said they pushed deceptive narratives around the Hong Kong protests, Covid-19, and other topics. The company said the accounts were "spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China" and were removed for violating its platform manipulation policies
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