Noplace had already gone viral ahead of its public launch because of its feature that allows users to express themselves by customizing the colors of their profile.
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Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature
The new bylines go beyond the typical @username references that often accompany link posts from news publications and those pointing to other written content, like a WordPress blog or Substack
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X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they're ranked.
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X still has a Verified bot problem — this time they came for TechCrunch writers
Really, X should have learned its lesson by now.
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Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations
Elon Musk's posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.
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X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content
X will now allow users to post consensually produced NSFW content as long as it is prominently labeled as such.
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X should bring back stars, not hide ‘likes’
Elon Musk’s X is preparing to make “likes” private on the social network, in a change that could potentially confuse users over the difference between something they’ve favorited and something they’ve bookmarked. According to new posts by company employees, the decision to hide likes is meant to incentivize engagement, by allowing people to favorite content […]
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Bluesky now has DMs
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday. Later, Bluesky plans to “fully support end-to-end encrypted messaging down the line,” it also said. The launch comes two weeks after the social network teased it would soon be introducing direct messaging capabilities. Up until now, all […]
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Google built some of the first social apps for Android, including Twitter and others
The Twitter for Android client was "a demo app that Google had created and gave to us," says Particle co-founder and ex-Twitter employee Sara Beykpour.
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X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI
X's Premium subscribers will be able to read a summary of posts on X associated with each trending story featured on the For You tab in Explore.
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