Twitter Brings Themed Stations Daily Digests To Spaces

In the initial days of the Twitter Spaces release, it could become a great attraction for the social media platform, and even some industry watchers said it could replace Clubhouse. However, the initial excitement around Spaces has settled after less than two years, and the feature isn’t as shiny as the first days. But Twitter doesn’t want to leave it alone. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is working on themed stations and daily digests for Spaces....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 354 words · Tammy Miller

Twitter Changes Its Icons For Mobile And Desktop Platforms

That’s right, these are slight alterations to some of the icons you’ll see in the UI. This includes The home, search, notifications, messages, “like”, and Communities buttons. You’ll only really notice the differences between the icons if you compare them side by side. The new icons have slightly thicker outlines, and that’s pretty much it. The only icons to get any notable alterations are the notifications and Communities icons. The old notifications icon was a simple bell with a curved bottom....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 403 words · Tracy Smith

Twitter Decided To Merge Misinformation Spam Teams

The company’s ex-Chief of Security, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, actually reported Twitter to the SEC recently. He accused the company of having security and bot problems, amongst other things. Twitter opted to merge its misinformation & spam teams Twitter opted to merge its misinformation & spam teams Twitter reacted to that, as it merged its health experience team with its service team. The former is in charge of clamping down on misinformation and harmful content, while the latter reviews profiles when they’re reported, and removes spam accounts....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 295 words · Stephanie Taylor

Twitter Notes Might Let You Write Long Form Content

This feature has been in the works for a while. A few months ago, when rumors of a feature like this first sprouted, it was projected to be called Twitter Articles. This is most likely just the same feature with a new name. Twitter Notes could let you post full articles Twitter Notes could let you post full articles The defining trait of Twitter is posting quick thoughts to the platform for people to scroll through....

February 11, 2023 · 3 min · 456 words · Donna Perry

Twitter Won T Crop Image Previews On The Web Anymore

The new version will show portrait images in full-size format, and the algorithm can’t crop them. Of course, the tweets that contain images embedded into a website are excluded. These types of images are cropped to fit into the page. Moreover, when a user links to an article on the web, the image is cropped to a 16:9 aspect ratio. Dates back to October 2020, the company announced a fix to its auto-crop feature by changing its algorithm and giving users more control over uploaded images....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 321 words · Sarah Palmer
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