Elon Musk Says that Paid Social Media Will Become ‘The Only Social Media That Matters’

Elon Musk is banking heavily on subscription revenue, which, thus far, hasn’t fared well.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 27, 2023

Twitter Source Code Leaked Online, Adding to the Company’s Challenges

The leak could leave Twitter more vulnerable to hackers.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 26, 2023

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A look at the recent top stories in social media and what they mean for marketers.

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Twitter Will Begin Removing ‘Legacy’ Blue Checkmarks from Next Week

The next stage for Twitter’s subscription revenue push.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 23, 2023

Twitter Expands ‘Verification for Organizations’ to More Regions

More gold checkmarks could soon be making their way into your tweet feed.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 23, 2023

Musk Says That Twitter Will Open Source its Feed Algorithm Next Week

Musk has pledged to provide more transparency into Twitter's internal proceses.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2023

Twitter Experiments with New Option to Get Notifications on Tweet Activity

The option would enable you to get notifications for replies on any tweet.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2023

Twitter Looks to Add ID Verification to its Twitter Blue Sign-Up Process

Twitter's looking to add an extra layer of verification to the Twitter Blue process.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2023

New Data Suggests that Hate Speech is on the Rise on Twitter 2.0

Elon Musk claims that hate speech is down, but new evidence suggests otherwise.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2023

Twitter’s New Text Formatting Options Move a Step Closer

Bold, italics and underline options are coming to your tweets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2023

The BBC Calls for Staff to Remove TikTok from Corporate Devices

The TikTok bans continue to expand.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 19, 2023

Elon Musk Says Priority Ranking for Tweet Replies from Twitter Blue Subscribers will Come Into Effect Soon

Priority tweet ranking was one of the original perks outlined by Elon Musk as part of the new Blue plan.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 19, 2023

Twitter Adds Tweet Bookmark Count to Details View

Now, you have even more context as to how people are interacting with your tweets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 16, 2023

Twitter’s Developing a New Option That Would Enable Users to Opt Out of Ads in Certain Categories

The option will enable you to reduce the amount of ads you see in chosen categories.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 15, 2023

Twitter Considers New Option to Set a Reminder on Individual Tweets

It's a handy functionality - but it already exists via third-party bots.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 15, 2023

Twitter’s Working on a New Option to Show You Why You’re Seeing Each Tweet in Your Feed

Twitter users have expressed frustration at the seemingly random tweets appearing in their feeds.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 13, 2023

Twitter Launches New Video Marketing Education Course

The eight-part course highlights various key tips for video marketers.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 13, 2023

Twitter’s New API Access Charges Could Price Many Apps and Researchers Out of Their Projects

As it continues to seek ways to bring in more money, Twitter runs the risk of losing out.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 12, 2023

Twitter Provides New Insights into How Marketers Can Align with March Madness Engagement

March Madness is a huge event - here’s how you can tap into the surrounding tweet discussion.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 9, 2023

Elon Musk Outlines His Vision for Twitter at Morgan Stanley Tech Conference

Elon’s plan for the app includes the integration of payments to facilitate more usage options.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2023

Twitter is Removing its Archive of Recorded Live-Streams

Time to download your previously recorded broadcasts.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 6, 2023

Twitter’s Planning to Extend Long-Form Tweets to 10k Characters

Long, long tweets coming soon.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 6, 2023

Twitter Suffers More Outages as Former Staff Warn of Significant Internal Problems

Twitter continues to experience outages and issues, which could be indicative of larger back-end problems.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 6, 2023

Twitter Looking to Roll Out DM Updates, Including Full Encryption, This Month

Some improvements coming to your Twitter DMs.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 5, 2023

Twitter Updates Violent Speech Policy to Add More Elements

The updates don't greatly expand Twitter's rules, but do add some new provisos.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2023

Twitter Cuts More Staff as Revenue Trails Expectations

Despite already reducing 70% of roles, Twitter continues to cut staff.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 26, 2023