Bluesky changed its logo and now lets everyone view posts, even without an account Cloudy blue sky is out, butterfly is in. Cheyenne MacDonald Sat, Dec 23, 2023 Bluesky Bluesky, the invite-only decentralized social network, is taking baby steps towards opening up to the public. CEO Jay Graber announced this week that Bluesky posts … Continue reading Bluesky changed its logo and now lets everyone view posts, even without an account
US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over Karissa Bell @karissabe We’re starting to get a clearer picture of how Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has changed the platform. According to new data from Pew Research, a “majority” of US Twitter users have “taken a break” from the … Continue reading Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives
The world of social media is getting weirder with Twitter clone Threads competing as much with IG as with the newly named X. What should brand marketers do? Kim Davis on August 2, 2023 It came out of nowhere. It looked like Twitter. It behaved like Twitter. It promised to be friendlier than Twitter. It … Continue reading Competing with Twitter (X.com) and Instagram: Tying the Threads together
By Yasmin Gagne July 30, 2023 Few cultural forces have shaped the way we interact online more than Black Twitter (I will not use Twitter’s new name, X, for the remainder of this article). The term refers to a loosely connected group of Black users whose interactions and conversations often become trending activity, partly … Continue reading Twitter alternative Spill aims to recreate the magic of Black Twitter in a safe space
Will Threads Save Social Media? by Steven Rosenbaum , Featured Contributor, July 10, 2023 After months and months of Elon Musk hacking away at Twitter, there’s a new circus in town — and the headlines have been deliriously happy. “Meta Launches World-Changing New Social App – just like Twitter, but without Musk!” writes some random … Continue reading Will Threads Save Social Media?
Twitter launches ‘new’ Tweetdeck as the old version breaks down Sean Buckley @seaniccus If you’ve been having trouble using Twitter recently, you aren’t alone — the service has been having issues ever since it started limiting the number of posts users could view each day. Although many of the platform’s issues stabilized over … Continue reading The old, good version of TweetDeck is back
Threads, Data Or Not, Giving Brands Somewhere To Go Other Than Twitter by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 6, 2023 Threads — Meta’s newly launched Twitter clone — opened its doors with a ready-made user base after deciding to migrate people to Threads from Instagram. At launch, the platform is available on iOS and Android in 100 … Continue reading Threads, Data Or Not, Giving Brands Somewhere To Go Other Than Twitter
By Chris Morris July 06, 2023 Mark Zuckerberg’s strutting around the internet today, thanks to the early success of his Twitter-alternative Threads. But skip over to the official website of the product, and you’ll notice something odd. Instead of the typical .com domain used by most major product launches, Threads opts for a .net … Continue reading Meta’s Threads launch puts the spotlight on another app of the same name
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
Meta’s Instagram-linked Twitter rival ‘Threads’ could arrive on July 6th Mariella Moon @mariella_moon We’ve known for quite a while that Meta has been building a Twitter competitor, but now we have a more solid idea of when it will become available. A listing for the app called Threads has popped up in … Continue reading Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter
