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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 when it belonged to President Obama. That's not going to happen when President-elect Joe Biden becomes President. Rob Flaherty, Digital
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. No one will be able to make a new Periscope account in-app starting with the next release. ...The truth is
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 excited to announce that Twitter has acquired Squad! The team will be joining Twitter to broaden the spectrum of conversations
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 their own commentary. Twitter has now announced, in a tweet on @TwitterSupport, an expansion of their policy: Giving context on
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 associated with the presidency will also automatically transfer on Inauguration Day. This includes @whitehouse @VP and @FLOTUS. I remember when
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 these changes will be beneficial to most people who use Twitter. Financial Times reported that these changes come weeks before
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 reduce harassment on the platform. Here's how it works. Before you Tweet, choose who can reply with three options: 1)