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Silicon Valley real estate

Digiday Podcast at Cannes: From center stage to closed doors, inside X's quiet Cannes strategy

X's retreat from public engagement at Cannes Lions marks a significant shift in its advertising strategy and relationship with marketers.

fromsfist.com

Twitter Bird Logo Blown Up In the Desert as Marketing Stunt By Classifieds Site

Ditchit exploded a Twitter bird sign as a misguided marketing stunt to promote their brand's message of free expression.

#social-media

fromSlate Magazine

Social media marketing

I've Figured Out Why Bluesky Is Such a Sad Place to Hang Out

Instagram didn't need a 'fail whale.'

Instagram managed effectively without dependency on Meta, contrary to claims that it required acquisition for improvements.

Humor

Women On Twitter Are Absolutely Killing It This Week With These 13 Hilarious Posts

fromSlate Magazine

Social media marketing

I've Figured Out Why Bluesky Is Such a Sad Place to Hang Out

Instagram didn't need a 'fail whale.'

Instagram managed effectively without dependency on Meta, contrary to claims that it required acquisition for improvements.

Humor

Women On Twitter Are Absolutely Killing It This Week With These 13 Hilarious Posts

Marketing tech

Elon Musk Has Plan To Make X Profitable: The Secret Ingredient Is Trump Administration Threats! - Above the Law

Social media marketing

I knew Trump and Musk would break up. I didn't know they'd do it on their own social media networks.

Cryptocurrency

X is down

fromTheregister

London startup

Musk's X revenues crashed in the UK in 2023

London startup

fromwww.theguardian.com

Silicon Valley real estate

X's UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk's takeover

X's UK revenues and profits plunged after Musk's takeover, driven by reduced advertising spending and brand safety issues.

fromTechCrunch

The xAI-X merger is a good deal - if you're betting on Musk's empire | TechCrunch

Musk's acquisition of X by xAI reflects a strategic vision for integrating AI and social media, despite skepticism.

fromAbove the Law

Marketing tech

Elon Musk Has Plan To Make X Profitable: The Secret Ingredient Is Trump Administration Threats! - Above the Law

I knew Trump and Musk would break up. I didn't know they'd do it on their own social media networks.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are publicly feuding on rival social media platforms, emphasizing their immense influence and the unique dynamics of social media ownership.

Cryptocurrency

X is down

London startup

fromTheregister

Musk's X revenues crashed in the UK in 2023

X's revenues in the UK fell by two-thirds, reflecting a turbulent period for the platform post-Elon Musk's acquisition.

Advertising revenue decline was attributed to concerns over brand safety and content moderation issues.

London startup

fromwww.theguardian.com

X's UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk's takeover

X's UK revenues and profits plunged after Musk's takeover, driven by reduced advertising spending and brand safety issues.

fromTechCrunch

Silicon Valley real estate

The xAI-X merger is a good deal - if you're betting on Musk's empire | TechCrunch

more#elon-musk

#bluesky

Bluesky started out at Twitter. Now it's a Twitter rival. CEO Jay Graber explains what happened.

Bluesky has grown rapidly, attracting users largely due to dissatisfaction with Twitter and other platforms.

fromSocial Media Today

Social media marketing

Bluesky Adds Verification Checkmarks for Approved Users

Bluesky started out at Twitter. Now it's a Twitter rival. CEO Jay Graber explains what happened.

Bluesky has grown rapidly, attracting users largely due to dissatisfaction with Twitter and other platforms.

fromSocial Media Today

Social media marketing

Bluesky Adds Verification Checkmarks for Approved Users

Cryptocurrency

X's new DM feature, XChat, is rolling out in beta | TechCrunch

fromMashable

Mobile UX

Report: X's DM feature is getting rebranded as 'XChat'

fromTechCrunch

Cryptocurrency

X's new DM feature, XChat, is rolling out in beta | TechCrunch

Mobile UX

fromMashable

Report: X's DM feature is getting rebranded as 'XChat'

Elon Musk plans to replace Twitter's Direct Messages with a new feature called XChat.

XChat will compete with WhatsApp, featuring encrypted messaging and more.

Existing DM tab on Twitter will be entirely removed to make way for XChat.

Discussions among employees suggest that the launch of XChat is imminent.

Twitter's Great Migration: From Ruby on Rails to Scala-A Scaling Masterclass

Twitter evolved from a small Ruby on Rails application to a massive platform, mastering architecture to manage unprecedented internet-scale traffic.

#work-emails

Humor

"Moving Forward = Don't Try Me Again": 28 Hilarious Tweets About Work Emails That Have Me Cackling Like A Hyena

Humor

"Moving Forward = Don't Try Me Again": 32 Hilarious Tweets About Work Emails That Have Me Cackling Like A Hyena

Humor

"Moving Forward = Don't Try Me Again": 28 Hilarious Tweets About Work Emails That Have Me Cackling Like A Hyena

fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

Humor

"Moving Forward = Don't Try Me Again": 32 Hilarious Tweets About Work Emails That Have Me Cackling Like A Hyena

more#work-emails

DC Woman Arrested for Allegedly Spitting on Ed Martin - Washingtonian

Emily Gabriella Sommer was arrested for assaulting a US government official by spitting on Ed Martin during an interview.

fromVulture

Bob Dylan Should Cover 'The Seeker' Next

Bob Dylan has been entertaining fans with new covers and humorous interactions during his ongoing tour.

fromHackernoon

2 years ago

The HackerNoon Newsletter: There's No TensorFlow Without Tensors (5/19/2025) | HackerNoon

Twitter is throttling links to Patreon and WhatsApp, impacting traffic.

A new AI model, Chameleon, enhances the integration of text and images, surpassing existing models.

TensorFlow fundamentals are essential for understanding modern AI applications.

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

fromHackernoon

5 years ago

Is Twitter Throttling Patreon Links? Yep | HackerNoon

Twitter is throttling links to Patreon, WhatsApp, and Messenger, causing significant delays and impacting users' ability to engage new supporters.

Is it important to implement AMP and make your website PWA-ready?

AMP support has been discontinued in several apps, including Twitter, which now shows non-AMP pages.

Google moved away from prioritizing AMP in favor of broader page experience metrics.

#free-speech

fromApaonline

philosophy

Musk's Town Square Is Built on Sand

fromslate.com

Intellectual property law

Heartbreaking: Elon Musk Just Made a Great Point About Free Speech

philosophy

fromApaonline

Musk's Town Square Is Built on Sand

Elon Musk's approach to Twitter emphasizes unrestricted free speech, raising concerns about increased toxicity and misinformation in the digital public sphere.

fromslate.com

Intellectual property law

Heartbreaking: Elon Musk Just Made a Great Point About Free Speech

more#free-speech

An internal Meta planning deck reveals its early strategy for Threads, code-named Project 92

Meta's Threads platform intends to fill the gap created by Twitter's instability by offering a more engaging digital conversation space.

Twitter chose to focus on a different use case from Facebook.

Twitter emphasizes public conversations over personal networking, unlike Facebook.

fromArs Technica

Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account

"Lololol your support for Premium is essentially non-existent," a subscriber with more than 200,000 followers wrote, while another quipped 'Okay, so no more support? lol.'

Mental health