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Seven people have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he blocked them from seeing or interacting with his Twitter account. Trump blocked these Twitter users from seeing or interacting with his @realDonaldTrump account – not the @POTUS account. This case presents a unique situation and it will be interesting to see what the outcome will be. In addition
Social media is becoming less useful by the day. Nowhere is this more evident than on Twitter. The so-called microblogging service may still serve as an of-the-moment cultural barometer. But what good is that barometer if the gauge it's built on is fundamentally broken? Twitter's ability to give us nearly realtime data on trending topics is only really worthwhile if
Twitter has announced some updates that are designed to make Twitter a safer place. These improvements build upon the work that Twitter began in November of 2016. One of the most interesting updates involves a “time out” for abusive users. Twitter explained their motivations this way: Making Twitter a safer place is our primary focus. We stand for freedom of expression
Twitter has a big problem with online abuse. In response, Twitter appears to have acknowledged this and has made some improvements. It announced this in a blog post titled “Progress on addressing online abuse”. Twitter has improved its mute feature. The mute feature allows a user to mute accounts that they don't want to see tweets from. Twitter has now
Twitter is rolling out something new in its Direct Messages feature. When this feature is fully rolled out, it will enable anyone on Twitter who sends another user a Direct Message a read receipt – letting the sender know when (or if) the receiver read the DM. Do we really need this on Twitter? The Twitter information about Direct Messages
Two simple settings to give you better control over your Twitter experience. https://t.co/pEJuMUhCYs pic.twitter.com/jmFd0rDoV6
The little blue checkmark that appears on some Twitter accounts indicates that it is a verified account. Previously, the only accounts that received a checkmark were those of people who are high-profile. That used to include celebrities, athletes, politicians, and even some reporters. Twitter is now allowing all users to request a verified account. Twitter has posted information that explains