Tag: Internet

Twitter will now let you mute specific words from your timeline — and mute ‘eggs’ without profile photos

Apr 7, 2017

Twitter is announcing a few new anti-harassment features today: You’ll now be able to mute specific words — including other usernames — from your timeline, not just your notifications. You can mute words indefinitely, or for a day, week or month. You’ll be able to mute “eggs.” That is, accounts that still use the default … More Twitter will now let you mute specific words from your timeline — and mute ‘eggs’ without profile photos

Twitter replaces egg with genderless head and shoulders icon

Apr 1, 2017

The thinking behind Twitter’s replacement for the troll-favorite egg profile photo is a vaguely human placeholder that is unpleasant enough to encourage people to replace it with a custom icon. We noticed that some people kept the egg default profile photo because they thought it was fun and cute, but we want people to use … More Twitter replaces egg with genderless head and shoulders icon

Shout Makes It Easy to Curate a List of Links, Send Them Off to Friends

Mar 12, 2017

iOS/Chrome: If you like to collect together different links, whether that’s for organizing a vacation or just random cool stuff, Shout makes it easy to do so, then turn that collection into a list of stuff other people can see. Shout works something like a more public-facing Pocket and takes the idea of Pocket’s public … More Shout Makes It Easy to Curate a List of Links, Send Them Off to Friends

Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out”

Feb 17, 2017

Twitter is putting online bullies in “time out.” As one of the company’s many new anti-abuse measures, users whose accounts have been identified engaging in abusive behavior will have the reach of their tweets temporarily restricted. During this time, the abuser’s tweets will only be shown to their followers, Twitter says. The change was spotted by BuzzFeed, … More Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out”

Twitter reportedly developed, then killed off, a messaging app for emerging markets

Dec 16, 2016

After years of speculation, it appears that Twitter did actually develop a messaging app of its own. But, two caveats, it was intended for emerging markets and it was killed off before ever being released to the masses. That’s according to a report from BuzzFeed, which claims the app was developed by Twitter’s emerging markets team … More Twitter reportedly developed, then killed off, a messaging app for emerging markets

Twitter goes long(er) with users’ video uploads

Jun 25, 2016

The San Francisco-based social network said Tuesday that users will be able share longer videos as well as see longer-form videos on Vine, its short-looping video service. Twitter is making it easier for its users to create longer videos and to track who’s watching them. Twitter Previous video uploads were limited to about 30 seconds, … More Twitter goes long(er) with users’ video uploads

5 TweetDeck Tricks and Tips To Try Out

May 6, 2016

If you’re a social media manager and you’re taking care of more than one account, you probably already know about TweetDeck. If you don’t, now is the chance to get familiar with it – it’s a great social media dashboard application where you can manage multiple Twitter accounts on the one interface. But more than that, it’s also a great … More 5 TweetDeck Tricks and Tips To Try Out

Twitter to close the door on its Windows TweetDeck app

Mar 18, 2016

On April 15 Twitter will end support for the app, which lets users create a dashboard for managing multiple accounts simultaneously. The microblogging site said Thursday that though support for the Windows app will end, users will still be able to get the same experience from the Web version. The move is geared toward “enhancing … More Twitter to close the door on its Windows TweetDeck app