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  • Twitter Blue now lets you customize Twitter’s navigation bar on Android

    Twitter Blue now lets you customize Twitter’s navigation bar on Android

    Twitter Blue subscribers on Android have received a new feature. Well, when you think about it, it’s not that new, but finally, Android users can personalize the navigation bar of the Twitter app, just like Apple users. In November 2021, Twitter released the custom navigation option for Twitter Blue, but until now, it was only available on the iOS version of the Twitter app.

    If you are unfamiliar with the custom navigation feature, it allows you to remove those nav tabs you don’t frequently use. By default, the bar has five buttons: Home, Explore, Spaces, Notifications, and Messages. But with the custom navigation option, you can hide the ones you don’t want, thus clearing the clutter to a minimum of two.

    For example, you might not be a big fan of Spaces, Twitter’s live audio conversations. So, if you are a Twitter Blue subscriber, you can simply go to the custom navigation option located in the app settings and hide that button.

    Twitter Blue is available only in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand for Android, iOS, and Web. It has a price tag of US $2.99, CAD $3.49, AUD $4.49, or NZ$ 4.49 per month. It offers some features that are unavailable to free Twitter users, such as the ability to undo a tweet, read ad-free news articles from a network of select publishers, and customize your Twitter app the way it suits you best.

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  • Musk says Twitter deal could proceed only if these three issues are resolved

    Musk says Twitter deal could proceed only if these three issues are resolved

    A few months ago, Elon Musk surprised the internet (as the billionaire likes to do) with a $44 billion bid to buy out Twitter after earlier joining, and then shortly after, leaving, the Twitter board. However, the deal came to an unexpected halt when Musk doubted officially published Twitter statistics about fake accounts on the platform. Musk has three issues with Twitter deal and those will need to be resolved if the deal is to move forward.

    After bidding $44 billion to make Twitter his private company, Elon Musk had a change of heart. Doubtful of the number of fake accounts on the social media platform, the multi-billionaire threatened to walk away from the deal if no accurate information was provided. This, of course, means he could face a fee of reportedly $1 billion for breaking the deal up.

    Now, Musk has shared his three main issues concerning the buyout. Resolving them will mean the deal can move forward, it seems. Here’s what they are:

    This was actually the main reason why the deal was put on hold to begin with. Musk was concerned that the actual number of fake accounts on Twitter was higher than what Twitter had reported. And therefore, he insists on more clarity on how many actual users (a.k.a real people) are using Twitter.

    Twitter previously announced the number of fake bot accounts was below 5% of the daily active users on the platform, but Musk had an issue with that number. He also underlined that this is probably not what most people experience on Twitter.

    So far, there hasn’t been a resolution on this quite important matter.

    Well, well, it seems that multi-billionaires also have to take loans. The second issue Musk has is that there’s a pretty significant part of the funding that should come from bank loans. Pretty much, he committed to paying $33.5 billion in cash. He also received $7.1 billion in equity financing commitments from investors. The remainder is what will be loaned from banks.

    Musk may be a billionaire, but the majority of his wealth is in Tesla stock. He has now pledged billions in Tesla shares as collateral for those loans, but it seems he doesn’t like the situation that much.

    How will this be resolved is somewhat unclear at the moment. And last but not least, Musk has to gain approval from Twitter’s shareholders for the deal to become reality. Investors are reportedly going to vote on the deal in late July or at the beginning of August.

    As you might imagine, whether or not Musk will get shareholder support is a mystery. You know, he is actually being sued by some Twitter shareholders for the chaotic approach to the buyout deal, so some may not be in favor of him taking over.

    As you can see, it’s not only the disputed number of bot accounts on Twitter that has made Musk second-guess the deal. Factors such as financing and shareholder approval seem to also play a significant role in whether or not we will see this deal completed.

    However, the reported number of fake accounts is something that could be hard to resolve. Initially, when the dispute about the issue was getting a bit heated (on Twitter, of course, where else – and with curious choice of emojis from Musk), Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, underlined that in order to perform an external check on which accounts belonged to bots, Twitter would need to use private information. But Twitter doesn’t share such information, so it was, according to Agrawal, impossible to do the check.

    Well, we’ll have to wait and see what happens, as things are starting to look like the deal might not take place in the end.

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  • Twitter tests “Liked by Author” label for tweeted responses

    Twitter tests “Liked by Author” label for tweeted responses

    Elon Musk might have put his acquisition of Twitter on hold temporarily, but that hasn’t stopped the social media platform from continuing to make changes to spruce up the app. People discovered a new label on the Android Twitter app that surfaces when the author of a tweet “likes” a response to his message. TechCrunch says that it was told by Twitter that the company is testing different labels.
    Once the author of a tweet “likes” a reply sent in response to that tweet, the reply receives a badge that shows a heart followed by the words “the Author.” It indicates that the person responsible for the original tweet liked the reply. The badge can be viewed by the person who posted the response and others viewing the original message and the replies. It isn’t clear whether this will be a global response but so far there have been reports that the “Liked by Author” label has been seen in multiple countries.
    The label is similar to the “Liked by Creator” badge that shows up on TikTok when a subscriber who created a video on the app likes a comment that someone posted about it. The new label would allow Twitter subscribers to brag when their tweet has been “liked” by a celebrity. And if there is one thing that Twitter is full of, it is celebrity users.
    The company has been playing musical chairs with employees in the wake of Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social media site. And now Musk is concerned that he is overpaying for Twitter; with the number of users possibly lower than what the company has previously acknowledged, even the richest man in the world needs to make sure that he isn’t overpaying for his purchase.
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  • Elon Musk Weighs in on Active Investing

    Elon Musk Weighs in on Active Investing

    The Tesla CEO is using his newly acquired toy, Twitter, to criticize passive investing.

    Elon Musk joined a conversation on Twitter, which he recently acquired for $44 billion, initiated by venture capitalist Maro Andreessen. On the thread, the latter posited that firms like BlackRock have too much influence over companies given their outsized holdings in passive funds tracking indexes, on Thursday.

    Passive investing has «gone too far», Musk said on the Twitter thread, where he was joined by Ark Investment Management founder Cathie Wood. Those investing in index funds that tracked the S&P 500, for example, would have missed out on the big gains in Tesla before it was included as a component of the index, Wood said.

    Wood made the point that history will deem the accelerated shift toward passive funds during the last 20 years as a massive misallocation of capital.

    Those supporting index funds, however, say that active funds charge high fees and often fail to beat indexes against which they are benchmarked. For their part, the active managers highlight their role in creating efficient markets and their potential to harness higher gains.

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  • How Twitter can be used to grow your retail business

    How Twitter can be used to grow your retail business

    Is your retail business struggling with growth and in need of some attention? Do you want to know how you can use Twitter to grow your business?

    Growing a business can be incredibly demanding and very difficult. Many business owners are not even sure what to do when it comes to marketing or how to market correctly. Marketing a business can be very expensive and time-consuming, especially if you don’t know what you are doing, however, the internet and social media have changed this.

    These days you will find many big brands using social media for marketing purposes and Twitter is a popular choice. Some of them invest in different growth services and buy Twitter followers to speed up the process and raise awareness about their brand quickly. Others turn to companies like Media Mister which claim to help with all kinds of different social media growth features. Whatever option you go for, if you are looking to grow your business, Twitter is a great place to start, and here’s why.

    Always Use Hashtags

    In recent years more and more businesses have started making use of the very popular social media platform Twitter because it can be incredibly helpful when it comes to growing your business and creating more brand awareness. Twitter is one of the best ways to market your business to a much larger audience and a great way to do this is through the use of hashtags.

    Hashtags are a very underrated tool that Twitter and most social media platforms have to offer, and many people don’t know how to use them correctly. When using Twitter to grow your business hashtags crucial and something that you shouldn’t miss out on. They are a great way to extend the reach of your content to a much larger part of your target audience.

    Hashtags allow you to extend your reach within a niche and gain the attention of more users. You could also use hashtags that are personalized to your account or your campaigns and this is also a great way to keep track of analytics and know how well your content is doing.

    Engage With Followers

    The next way that Twitter can be used to help to grow your business is the fact that you can actively engage with your followers and your customers, and this is something that people enjoy. Twitter is a social media platform that requires you to be social. Unlike other advertising methods which are directed at someone, this kind of advertising allows for your content to be directed to someone and allows for them to engage back with you.

    Engagement is one of the key elements of social media marketing and is something that makes social media marketing one of a kind. Twitter offers many ways for you to engage with your followers from liking to sharing to commenting and so much more and there are so many benefits that come along with doing this.

    More visuals

    When Twitter first launched it was a very simple platform where you could only post tweets that had words in them, and you were limited to a certain number of characters however as the years have gone by and Twitter has noticed that more and more businesses are making use of the platform a way for them to cater to both businesses and individuals was to introduce the use of visuals.

    As a business, you should take advantage of this ability and include visuals in your content at every chance you get. There are so many tweets on everyone’s timeline that you need to find a way to capture their attention and posting captivating content means using visuals like videos, pictures, or even GIFs.

    Tweet Often

    Twitter is an incredibly fast-paced platform where the lifespan of a tweet is typically between 12 to 14 minutes. After this time your content will not receive much engagement and therefore is non-existent.

    A great way to move past this and solve this problem is to tweet as often as possible to ensure that you always have content flowing out and always have something for people to see. Tweeting on the hour may seem like a lot but it is a great way to get noticed and for your business to succeed on the platform.

    Timing Your Posts

    Last but not least you need to pay attention to the timing of your tweets. Following on from the previous point where your tweets have a time frame in which they are relevant, timing your posts is incredibly important so that you can reach your target audience when they are most active.

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  • Twitter agrees to go private; Musk to buy the company for $44 billion

    Twitter agrees to go private; Musk to buy the company for $44 billion

    Twitter today agreed to  q be bought out by Elon Musk for $44 billion or $54.20 a share in cash. Musk, in a statement, reiterated his support for free speech and mentioned some of the changes that he wants to bring to the site. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”
    “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential — I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it,” the multi-billionaire said.
    The richest man in the world with a net worth estimated at approximately $270 billion, Musk had bid $43 billion to buy Twitter and the company decided to fight by having the board issue a poison pill that would have gone into effect once someone purchased 15% of Twitter. Seeking to dilute Musk’s holdings, the poison pill would have allowed the company to sell shares to stockholders at a discount price. Musk owned 9.2% of Twitter’s shares when he first publicly announced his bid.
    Bret Taylor, Twitter’s Independent Board Chair, said, “The Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon’s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing. The proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter’s stockholders.”
    Twitter’s stock price closed on Monday at $51.70, up $2.77 or 5.66%. Each Twitter stockholder will receive $54.20 in cash as Twitter becomes a private company. Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal stated today, “Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world. Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important.”
    The transaction is expected to close sometime this year and stockholders will get to vote on the deal. To finance the purchase of Twitter, Musk arranged $25.5 billion in debt and margin loan financing. He is adding $21 billion in equity financing. Musk himself is one of the most popular figures on Twitter with over 83 million followers.
    Musk has the opportunity to become the new face of Twitter replacing co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey stands to make a ton of money from the deal with his 18,042,428 shares of Twitter bringing him $978 million once the transaction is closed.
    Over the years Twitter has been available over several different mobile platforms including iOS, iPadOS Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Nokia S40.
    While there was no comment from The White House regarding the deal, spokesperson Jen Psaki said, “No matter who owns or runs Twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of larger social media platforms.” Lawmakers also have questioned whether legislation is required to keep social media firms like Twitter from spreading fake news and disinformation.
    Back in 2018, when Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent consecutive days testifying before the Senate and the House, the elected representatives in both chambers showed that their knowledge of how tech works is pretty low. For example, one lawmaker couldn’t believe that Facebook is free. So he asked Zuckerberg how his company makes money and with just a hint of an eye roll, Zuckerberg explained that Facebook sells ads.
    Speaking of ads, according to Statista, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021 Twitter had 217 million daily active monetized viewers. That was up 13% on a year-over-year basis.
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  • Musk Says He Has Secured $46.5 Billion In Funding For Twitter Bid

    Musk Says He Has Secured $46.5 Billion In Funding For Twitter Bid

    Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed.

    Musk himself has committed to put up $33.5 billion, which will include $21 billion of equity and $12.5 billion of margin loans against some of his Tesla Inc shares to finance the transaction. He is chief executive officer of electric vehicle maker Tesla.

    Musk, the world’s richest person according to a tally by Forbes, on April 14 presented a “best and final” cash offer of $43 billion to Twitter’s board of directors, saying the social media company needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech.

    But Twitter failed to respond to his offer and adopted a “poison pill” to thwart him. Musk also is considering a tender offer to buy all company stock from shareholders but has not decided whether to do so, according to the filing on Thursday.

    Musk, Twitter’s second-largest shareholder with a 9.1% stake, has said he could make big changes at the micro-blogging company, where he has a following of more than 80 million users.

    Shares of Twitter rose less than 1% on news of the funding, indicating that the market is still skeptical about the deal.

    Shares of Tesla climbed more than 3% and the value of Musk’s 172.6 million Tesla shares rose by over $5 billion on Thursday following a strong quarterly report. On Wednesday, he qualified for compensation in the form of stock options now worth about $24 billion after Tesla hit profit and revenue performance targets.

    It is unclear whether Musk would sell shares in Tesla to cover the $21 billion equity financing. Musk “may sell, dispose of or transfer” unpledged Tesla stocks at any time, according to a margin loan commitment letter.

    Banks, including Morgan Stanley, have agreed to provide another $13 billion in debt secured against Twitter itself, according to the filing.

    A spokesperson for Twitter acknowledged receipt of Musk’s proposal.

    “As previously announced and communicated to Mr. Musk directly, the board is committed to conducting a careful, comprehensive and deliberate review to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the company and all Twitter stockholders,” the Twitter representative said in a statement.

    Ryan Jacob, chief investment officer at Jacob Asset Management, which holds Twitter shares, said Musk’s latest filing would push Twitter’s board to respond.

    “They had to consider the seriousness of the offer, and this filing may do that,” he said. “It’s going to be hard for them to ignore it.”

    Josh White, assistant professor of finance at Vanderbilt University and a former financial economist for the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the funding would likely “put pressure on Twitter’s board to either find a White Knight, which is unlikely, or negotiate with Musk to obtain a higher value and remove the poison pill.”

    The offer from Musk has drawn private equity interest in participating in a deal for Twitter, Reuters reported this week, citing people familiar with the matter.

    Apollo Global Management Inc is considering ways it can provide financing to any deal and is open to working with Musk or any other bidder, while Thoma Bravo has informed Twitter that it is exploring the possibility of putting together a bid.

    The New York Post said on Thursday that Thoma Bravo was in talks with Musk for a joint deal. Thoma Bravo did not respond to a request for comment.

    Musk has made a number of announcements on the platform, including some that have landed him in hot water with U.S. regulators.

    In 2018, Musk tweeted that he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private for $420 per share – a move that led to millions of dollars in fines and him being forced to step down as chairman of the car company to resolve claims from the U.S. securities regulator that he defrauded investors.

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  • Musk bids $41 billion in cash to buy 100% of Twitter

    Musk bids $41 billion in cash to buy 100% of Twitter

    Just three days ago, when Elon Musk ended up not joining Twitter’s board even with the 9.1% stake in the company that he amassed, one analyst suggested that this was a tactical move on Musk’s part. As a board member, he would have been forced to keep his stake capped at no higher than 14.9% of the social media outfit but if he was not on the board, Musk was free to buy all of Twitter.
    As the richest man in the world with a net worth said to be as high as $273 billion, Musk could buy Twitter without having to finance the transaction via a loan. And sure enough, this morning the Tesla CEO announced that he is offering to buy the company for $41 billion or $54.20 a share (that price includes a ‘420’ reference to marijuana). That is a 38% premium over Twitter’s closing stock price the day before his stake in the company was revealed.
    Musk famously smoked pot while appearing on a Joe Rogan podcast. He is also known for making jokes about cannabis during business discussions, so it is not surprising that he would include a reference to weed in his bid for Twitter.
    “Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it,” the multi-billionaire said. Musk told the Twitter board that this is his last and final offer and that if it is rejected, he would reconsider his investment in the company.
    In a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor, Musk wrote, “Since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
    Twitter has some options. It could try to fend off Musk by putting itself up for sale and try to find a higher bidder. It could reject Musk’s offer which would probably lead to a proxy fight in which shareholders get to vote on the deal. Twitter could also use what is known as a ‘scorched earth’ defense and take action to make the company a less attractive investment for Musk once he buys enough shares to put him over a certain threshold of ownership.
    Reuters says that Wall Street’s lackluster reaction to the offer implies that Musk has a 29% chance to close on the transaction. Tesla shares were also impacted today dropping 2% on the theory that Musk will have to sell some of his holdings in the company in order to pay for the Twitter bid.
    The Tesla CEO considers himself to be a free-speech absolutist and has often criticized Twitter for its policies. He has over 81 million followers which ranks him as one of the most popular figures on the platform.
    This morning, former President Donald Trump, who was banned from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook following the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, said that he will not return to Twitter if the latter is purchased by Musk. During his four years in the White House, Trump used Twitter to make policy announcements.
    The New York Post quotes Trump as saying, “Twitter’s become very boring. They’ve gotten rid of a lot of good voices on Twitter, a lot of their conservative voices. It used to be a war on Twitter, but it was a very interesting war…Mentally, we had some pretty good fights. We would go after the progressives, who I call the un-progressives. We’d be fighting back and forth and it was great stuff.
    Trump added that “friends of mine” have complained that it’s (Twitter) not the same.”
    As of the start of this year, 76.9 million people use Twitter in the United States while nearly 59 million in Japan use the platform.
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  • Tesla and SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk buys a 9.2% stake in Twitter

    Tesla and SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk buys a 9.2% stake in Twitter

    Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has recently acquired a three billion dollar Twitter stake, which equates to about 9.2% of the social media company, or 73,486,938 Twitter shares.

    The news comes from a US securities filing, and according to the BBC, the acquisition, which reportedly happened on March 14, has now resulted in Twitter’s shares jumping up 25% in pre-market trading. With his acquisition, Musk now owns a larger Twitter share than the site’s original co-founder and until recently CEO Jack Dorsey, who currently owns 2.25%.

    Being a regular and prolific Twitter user, Elon Musk’s official profile currently has over 80 million followers. He’s used the platform to not only share his views on current events and update people on what his companies are up to, but to interact with fans, often Tesla users, and has been known to regularly share witty memes.

    This has created an image of being a different and fun, relatable “kind of billionaire,” as opposed to the likes of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

    Notably, the billionaire has used Twitter to share his views on the subject of free speech, and has been critical of social media sites, Twitter included, in regards to it.

    The 50-year-old billionaire’s first breakthrough was through co-founding x.com, which was later renamed to PayPal and sold to eBay for $1.5 billion. Currently Musk is most well-known as the CEO of electric car company Tesla and aerospace manufacturer SpaceX.

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  • Twitter now lets you search your direct messages

    Twitter now lets you search your direct messages

    Good news for all people who like to track their online history to the last letter of the last message. Twitter has rolled out a new feature in its DM search bar, which allows you to search for specific messages using keywords.

    The search option has been present for quite some time but up until now it only allowed users to find a specific person or a group chat. With the latest improvement, Twitter allows people to granulate their searches and find content in their message history.

    We know you’ve been waiting for the option to search your DMs. Now you can use the search bar in your inbox to find specific messages using keywords and names.

    The new feature has been added to the Twitter mobile app – when you type something in the search bar at the top of your inbox, you’ll see additional filtering options – people, groups, or messages. If you chose messages, then the search will return DMs containing that particular keyword.

    This new search option can go way back in time and return results from up to three years in the past. However, it seems that this is the threshold, and older messages won’t appear in the results.

    Twitter keeps on adding interesting new features, last month the company added the option to tip creators with Ethereum, and back in November last year, Twitter started showing previews for Instagram links.

  • Twitter rolls back an update that angered many users

    Twitter rolls back an update that angered many users

    If you were one of the people who were upset by the recent change to Twitter’s timeline and were angry that you couldn’t easily see all of the latest tweets, you canrelax now because Twitter has restored its timeline to what it was before. Yes, Twitter ditched its latest timeline change, which displayed algorithm-based suggestions in your timeline by default. So you no longer have to go to a separate tab to see the most current tweets.

    In a tweet regarding its decision to roll back the change to the timeline, Twitter stated, “We heard you –– some of you always want to see latest Tweets first. We’ve switched the timeline back and removed the tabbed experience for now while we explore other options.”

    Twitter’s reverting to the previous state of the timeline is completely understandable. When Twitter divided chronological and algorithmic tweets into two tabs on its iOS app and announced that the change would be rolled out to the Android and Web versions of the platform soon, many Twitter users lashed out against the change to their timeline.

    According to many Twitter users, the change to their timeline meant that they would no longer be able to see the latest tweets easily. Furthermore, Twitter configured its app to display the algorithm-based suggestions first by default when you open the app. This meant that users had no control over what they would see when they launched Twitter’s app.

    Twitter stated in its tweet that it would “explore other options.” Let’s just hope that Twitter learned its lesson and won’t make the same mistakes again by introducing changes that will upset many of its users.

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  • Twitter working on a ‘Leave Conversation’ option to stop mentions in a thread you no longer care about

    Twitter working on a ‘Leave Conversation’ option to stop mentions in a thread you no longer care about

    Ever had a very annoying conversation on Twitter that you really wanted to forget and were not able to, because of constant tagging and notifications? Well, Twitter seems to be working on a feature that will allow you to just leave a conversation you no longer find productive or fun with a single button.

    We all know that sometimes, a Twitter thread can go on for a long time, and over time, it could get boring and even annoying to keep getting notifications and mentions about it. Reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong has now discovered that Twitter will be working on making your life easier with a new feature called Leave Conversation.

    As you can see from the screenshot the reverse engineer provided, the button to Leave a Conversation will untag your name, stop future mentions on the thread from happening, and you won’t be getting any notifications about the conversation anymore.

    Basically, what it will do is turn the @ mentions of your username to regular text and prevent future notifications for the thread. So far, this feature is still in its testing period and it could be a while for it to be officially released to end-users. The thing is, some of these features that are tested take a long time (or some don’t even make it) for a final release, so keep that in mind.

    The Leave Conversation feature is not the only one the social media giant has been working on to improve the user experience on its app. Recently, we reported on the fact that Twitter has announced a pretty useful feature that allows you to pin Direct Messages.

    With this new feature, you will be able to pin select conversations at the top of your Direct messages, so you don’t have to spend some time scrolling looking for Twitter DMs with your friends or relatives. The cool thing is that the feature will allow you to pin up to six conversations to the top of your Direct Message inbox.

    This useful feature should roll out in waves to Android and iOS users, as well as for users on the web. Another recent feature that Twitter is testing, dubbed Safety Mode, has been in the works for some months and is now expanding to more users for feedback and insights

    The Safety Mode feature basically prevents accounts that send harmful and abusive posts from doing so. You can activate it to block accounts that use potentially harmful language or send repetitive and unwanted replies or mentions to you for seven days.

    Currently, the Safety Mode feature has rolled out to around 50% of users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. On top of that, there will also be proactive Safety Mode prompts for the beta testers. With this feature, Twitter will proactively identify possible harmful posts and replies and prompt you to enable Safety Mode.

    Twitter is not set only on security features though, and some of the features it is working on are just additional options to enhance your experience on the social media platform. One such feature is the possibility to change the playback speeds of a video on Twitter, which is also currently being tested out.

  • Twitter’s latest update is all about Direct Messages

    Twitter’s latest update is all about Direct Messages

    Twitter is making all sorts of changes to its app almost on a weekly basis. Some of them are less important, while others are really useful even though they don’t get under the spotlight too often. After delivering the so-called “Good Bots” labels for all bot developers earlier this week, Twitter announced a much more important feature is making its way to users: the ability to pin Direct Messages.

    It’s a nifty feature that will allow Twitter users to put their conversations via Direct Messages up and center. Not only that, but Twitter lets users pin up to six conversations to stay on top of the Direct Message inbox.

    To pin a DM conversation simply swipe to the side and tap the pin to move the conversation to a new section called “Pinned conversations” that’s visible at the top of the DM inbox.

    According to Twitter, the new feature will be rolled out in waves to Android and iOS users, as well as on the web. If you don’t see it right away, be patient since it’s probably going to take a few days for everyone to have access to the ability to pin their DM conversations.

  • Twitter’s feature for blocking accounts that send harmful or abusive tweets is coming to more people

    Twitter’s feature for blocking accounts that send harmful or abusive tweets is coming to more people

    Twitter is expanding the beta testing of its Safety Mode feature to more of its users. In a tweet, Twitter announced that it is extending Safety Mode, a feature that enables Twitter users to temporarily block accounts that send harmful or abusive tweets, to ‘several new English-speaking markets.’ The goal is, of course, for Twitter to gain more feedback and insights about its Safety Mode feature.

    But which are these ‘several new English-speaking markets?’ Well, Tatiana Britt, a spokesperson from Twitter said that Twitter will make Safety Mode available to around 50% of its users in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. Previously, there were only around 750 beta users in the Safety Mode beta testing program.

    Also, with the beta testing expansion for Safety Mode, Twitter is introducing ‘proactive Safety Mode prompts’ to the beta testers. With this feature, Twitter’s system will ‘proactively identify’ possible ‘harmful or uninvited replies’ and will prompt the user to enable Safety Mode.

    As for the reason behind Twitter’s proactive approach, Britt said, “Since the initial rollout of the Safety Mode beta in September, we’ve learned that some people want help identifying unwelcome interactions. This update further reduces the burden on people dealing with unwelcome interactions.”

    In September 2021, Twitter announced the beginning of Safety Mode’s beta testing program. The goal of Safety Mode is to reduce disruptive interactions on the platform. Users can activate Safety Mode to block accounts that use potentially harmful language or send repetitive and unwanted replies or mentions for seven days.

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  • Twitter is cutting ties with its two-factor authentication message provider

    Twitter is cutting ties with its two-factor authentication message provider

    Twitter is ending its business relationship with the company that sends its two-factor authentication messages to its users. In a disclosure to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Twitter wrote that it is ‘transitioning’ from working with Mitto AG, a tech company based in Zug, Switzerland, and backed up its decision with some reports from the media.

    But why Twitter decided to stop working with Mitto AG? Well, according to some media reports, the reason is that a co-founder of the Swiss firm has been assisting governments in discreetly tracking and monitoring the phones of people to whom the company sends text messages. There were even cases when he obtained the call logs of some individuals.

    A spokesperson for Mitto said in a statement that Mitto AG “does not disclose information about its business partners, through any channel – official or unofficial – full stop. Generally, such agreements are mutual in nature, with both parties agreeing to protect the privacy and integrity of the other.”

    Mitto AG works with telecommunication and software companies to send text messages like sales promotions, appointment reminders, and two-factor authentication codes to people from all over the world. Mitto AG works with companies such as Google, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, and Alibaba. There is yet no word from these firms on whether they will also follow Twitter in terminating their business relationships with Mitto AG.

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