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After a plethora of social media platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, Reddit is planning its verification system to put an ‘official’ badge in front of users who have confirmed their identity. The social media-cum-disucssion forum said it is currently conducting a test with a limited number of profiles to verify authenticity. Only a few organisations with pre-existing relations with the site have received the new ‘official’ label.“This is currently only available to a *very* small (double-digit) number…

A couple of days ago, Twitter officially changed its handle from @twitter to @x. The thing is, the @x handle was already taken, and was not in Twitter’s possession. Twitter took the @x handle from that user in order to claim it, and we thought that the company did compensate the owner of it, but it turns out that’s not the case. Twitter didn’t properly compensate the owner of @x handle, it seems The details got revealed by The Telegraph and Business Insider. The owner of the handle was Gene X Hwang, a photographer from…

Image Source : BLUESKY Bluesky swaps 'What's Hot' with dynamic 'Discover' feed for enhanced user experience Bluesky, backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has recently announced a major update to its platform, replacing the existing 'What's Hot' feed with a more dynamic 'Discover' feed. The company aims to enhance the user experience by providing a customized feed…

Twitter's recent changes, including its name change and the launch of Twitter Blue, have sparked curiosity and questions among users. One of the significant updates is the ability for Twitter Blue subscribers to download Twitter videos posted after July 25, 2023, directly from the app, eliminating the need for third-party downloaders. However, some concerns have arisen about privacy and access to videos.To download a Twitter video on X, you must be a verified Twitter Blue subscriber. Videos posted before the mentioned…

Believe it or not, Twitter aka X will soon be available in dark mode only. This information comes straight from the company’s owner, Elon Musk. He said as much in his tweet, claiming that dark mode is “better in every way”. Twitter will no longer be available in light mode, only dark mode will remain At the moment, both light and dark modes are available on the platform. In fact, you can choose between two dark modes, a dim setting (dark gray), or lights out (pitch black, OLED). That will no longer be the case, it seems.…

Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday.Retention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was "not perfect," said Zuckerberg, speaking at an internal company town hall, the audio of which was heard by Reuters."Obviously, if you have more than 100 million people sign up, ideally it…

In a recent tweet, Elon Musk made a groundbreaking announcement regarding the X platform's future direction, stating that it will exclusively support dark mode going forward. This declaration sparked immediate concern among users who are not fond of…

Ever since its rebranding, X (formerly known as Twitter) appears to be caught in new controversies every day. After headlines reported on authorities putting a temporary halt to the removal of the Twitter logo from the company headquarters in San Francisco, now a new controversy has engulfed the Elon Musk-owned platform. A user, who held possession of the coveted @x username, has reported that it was taken from him by the company, and he was only offered some merchandise and a tour of the company along with a meeting…

It has become hard to predict what goes on in the mind of X (formerly known as Twitter) owner Elon Musk ever since he muscled an entire rebranding campaign onto the platform within just 3 days. And the successful maneuvering of the move has perhaps made the billionaire even more 'unhinged', at least that is what social media is insinuating. Yesterday, he announced in a tweet, that going forward, the platform will only support dark mode, bringing an instant worry to all those who do not prefer it since reading…

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