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Twitter will Start Biden @POTUS Account at Zero

As you may recall, when President Obama left office in 2017, Twitter transferred the @POTUS account to President Trump. According to Business Insider, the change enabled President Trump to inherit almost 14 million followers who originally followed the @POTUS account…

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Twitter is Discontinuing Periscope

Periscope announced that they have made the difficult decision to discontinue Periscope as a mobile app by March 2021. Periscope has provided information about how to download an archive of your Periscope broadcasts and data before the app is removed.…

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Twitter Acquired Squad

Squad, a screen-sharing social app, announced that is has been acquired by Twitter. As part of the acquisition, Squad will shut down the Squad app on December 12, 2020. Esther Crawford, CEO of Squad, posted about this on Medium: I’m…

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Twitter Adds Warning When You Try to Like a Labeled Tweet

Twitter users have probably seen some tweets that have had labels added to them. This began ahead of the 2020 election. At the time, Twitter users could not retweet a labeled tweet. They could, however, quote tweet them and add…

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Twitter will Transfer @POTUS Account to Biden on Inauguration Day

The @POTUS Twitter handle will automatically transfer to President-elect Joe Biden when he is sworn in on Inauguration Day, Politico reported. It does not matter to Twitter if President Donald Trump has conceded by that time. Other official Twitter accounts…

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Twitter Makes Changes Ahead of 2020 US Election

Twitter announced additional, significant product and enforcement updates that it says will increase context and encourage more thoughtful consideration before tweets are amplified. I believe that certain US politicians are going to become irate about these changes. Overall, I think…

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You Can Now Limit Who Can Respond To Your Tweets

Twitter has now made it possible for you to decide who can respond to your tweets. Twitter states that these new settings help some people feel safer and could lead to more meaningful conversations. It appears that the new settings…

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