2023-07-23
Fucking hilarious that they fired everyone that could actually work on anti-bot solutions, can't hire anyone because the site is a cesspit, so the only idea they have left is to implement ineffective paywalls to everything till the site bleeds out
PCMag
Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
Michael Kan / PCMag :
2023-07-22
Fucking hilarious that they fired everyone that could actually work on anti-bot solutions, can't hire anyone because the site is a cesspit, so the only idea they have left is to implement ineffective paywalls to everything till the site bleeds out
PCMag
Twitter says unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of direct messages they can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
It looks like Elon Musk really wants users to pay for Twitter Blue. … In another controversial change, Twitter will restrict the number …
2023-04-05
Doge for some reason is showing up on Twitter and I can only assume this was supposed to be an April Fools joke that took 3 days to roll out because no one knows how the site works anymore https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed
2023-04-04
Doge for some reason is showing up on Twitter and I can only assume this was supposed to be an April Fools joke that took 3 days to roll out because no one knows how the site works anymore https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed
Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. You can see it for yourself on Twitter.com, where you will be greeted with a pup:
2023-02-03
oh shit realtalk, have Twitter discussed if the API monetization will affect services like Nintendo or Playstation media sharing? because that will be a fucking hilarious nail in the coffin for this site
BuzzFeed News
Twitter ending free API access could have the unfortunate side effect of effectively killing off many useful bots like @MakeItAQuote, @BigTechAlert, and more
“I'm not paying a dime to Elon lol.” — Pranav Dixit — One of the most popular bots on Twitter is @MakeItAQuote, which has more than 565,000 followers.
oh shit realtalk, have Twitter discussed if the API monetization will affect services like Nintendo or Playstation media sharing? because that will be a fucking hilarious nail in the coffin for this site
TechCrunch
Twitter plans to discontinue free access to its API starting on February 9, ending support for both v1.1 and v2, and launch a “paid basic tier” instead
This week I spent too many minutes watching Nothing, Forever, which is a Twitch stream that runs 24/7. Mastodon: Kate Starbird / @katestarbird@mstdn.social : Looks like Twitter is ...
2023-01-24
Blizzard torpedoed their entire company to get the China market only for China to block them and oh my god that is some GOOD schadenfreude fucking inject that into my veins https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Chinese gamers lost access to Blizzard's games on January 23 when servers in the country shut down, after Blizzard's 14-year NetEase partnership ended
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
2022-07-04
Haha yeah man those Radioshack tweets are fire haha yeah also its a front for a crypto scam run by a known scam artist that buys up failed business and turns them into scams haha really fire posts tho
Washington Post
RadioShack, purchased by private equity firm REV in 2020, reintroduces itself as a crypto exchange trying to attract users with a stream of often profane tweets
2022-07-03
Haha yeah man those Radioshack tweets are fire haha yeah also its a front for a crypto scam run by a known scam artist that buys up failed business and turns them into scams haha really fire posts tho
Washington Post
RadioShack, purchased by private equity firm REV in 2020, reintroduces itself as a crypto exchange trying to attract users with a stream of often profane tweets
Gen Z may not be familiar with the RadioShack of their grandparents, but they're getting to know its replacement.