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3 Tips for Using Twitter Video
A few tips while using Twitter video.
Twitter Finds Itself with More Issues
Twitter finds itself with more problems.
Elon Musk Won’t Buy Twitter
Elon backs out of Twitter.
Vine Is Dead
Twitter is killing Vine. The social video service, which was bought by Twitter in 2012, was launched in 2013 and was an attempt by Twitter to complement its short, text-based social network with a place to make short, second-long videos. Through the use of looping 6-second clips, people used the service for comedy, music, sports…
Twitter and MIT Collaborate to Analyze Your Tweets
When investing money towards a university, the results can be surprising and dramatic. MIT has a Media Lab on its campus, but with the $10 million investment that came from Twitter, the university agreed to partner with the social media giant and also add a new entity on the campus map. This new addition will be…
J.K. Rowling Sticks It To A Homophobic Ex-“Harry Potter” Fan On Twitter
The rise of social media has brought about a heightened level of connectivity and interaction between celebrities and their fans. But like all correspondence that takes place via the Internet (and in general), not every person on the other end is nice. And sometimes, you have the misfortune of bagging yourself a crazy or two….
#AskThicke Hashtag Goes Horribly, Predictably Wrong
This week, VH1 made the questionable decision to let Twitter ask Robin Thicke questions via the #AskThicke hashtag. They had not noticed, apparently, that the Internet was abuzz with renewed contempt for Thicke over his new single, ‘Get Her Back’, a pushy attempt at winning back the affection of his estranged wife, actress Paula Patton….
#EndFathersDay Hoax Fools Twitter
Another hashtag hoax overtook Twitter this morning, shooting up the trending tags list and sparking mass digital outrage. Initial tweets containing the hashtag called for an end to Father’s Day with claims that the holiday promoted patriarchy and rape culture. The twitter account @TashaPolwright, which has since been deleted, appears to be Patient Zero. The…
How Social Media Has Changed The World
While historians of old divided history into before Christ and after Christ, one day future historians might be justified in dividing history into before Facebook (BFB) and after Facebook (AFB, or some weird Latin that means the same thing). Love it or hate it, social media has changed every aspect of our lives, from our…
5 Types of Twitter Accounts to Avoid
If you’re as obsessed with your stunted follower count as I am, you have the unfortunate tendency to immediately follow back anyone that deigns to acknowledge your humble little account to ensure that they won’t unfollow you. I learned the hard way that sometimes it would be better to block an account than follow it…
Twitter to Allow Photos in Direct Messages – What Could Go Wrong?
Oh, Twitter. -Sigh- Twitter to Allow Photo Attachments in Direct Messages Twitter announced yesterday that the micro-blog giant will start allowing users to send photos to others using their Direct Message feature. While this sounds like a reasonable idea, with the amount of unsolicited messages from strangers that tend to float around the Twitter-sphere, we…
Twitter, Ask.fm, Suicides, and One Direction
You might have noticed the last few weeks on the Internet have been, for want of a better word, tragic. At the beginning of last month, Twitter made headlines after Caroline Criado-Perez, who had fronted a successful campaign to put Jane Austin on the £10 note, was barraged by tweets threatening rape, murder and more….
Castle in the Sky Breaks Twitter Record
Twitter just hit a new record for tweets per second revealed by the company yesterday. The 143,199 tweets-per-second record was set thanks to the airing of a particularly famous anime film. Castle In The Sky Breaks Twitter Record Hayoa Miyazaki is known for creating some of the highest grossing Japanese animated films…
Man Arrested for Threatening Rape on Twitter
A 21 year old man has been arrested for issuing tweets on Twitter threatening to rape Caroline Criado-Perez, the woman who campaigned for a female face on British banknotes until recently. It all started when the Bank of England decided to replace Elizabeth Fry’s face with Winston Churchill’s on the £5 note. Apart from the…