Image: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) (Getty Images) It was just shy of a month ago when Keith Gill, better known as Roaring Kitty, began posting on his Twitter account giving some amateur investors hope that GameStop’s stock would skyrocket in value like it did in 2021. On Friday, Gill had his triumphant return to…
Peter Kafka: You got it all. Lauren Goode: What’s your favorite part of the episode? Peter Kafka: Well, this is a very inside joke. Has anyone here heard of a Cheetah Girl? Anyone? No. Kate Knibbs: Aren’t they like a Disney Channel, yeah. Peter Kafka: Thank you, Kate. We’ve had a long-running debate about whether…
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, experts warned that his proposed changes—including less content moderation and a subscription-based verification system—would lead to an exodus of users and advertisers. A year later, those predictions have largely borne out. Advertising revenue on the platform has declined 55 percent since Musk’s takeover, and the number…
Image: Michele Ursi (Shutterstock) If the ship’s going down, at least the employees all get a piece of the pie. As X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) continues to devalue itself with decisions that are scaring off advertisers and pissing off users, owner Elon Musk is at least willing to offer some stock to…
Image: AdriaVidal (Shutterstock) Threads’s chess match against X, formerly called Twitter, continues with the launch of its polls and GIF features on Thursday. The additions bring to Threads two staples that are widely used on X and are yet another change Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced on the platform in recent weeks. Why Banning TikTok…
Experts say a new advertising format on the platform formerly known as Twitter is misleading for users and could fall foul of FTC rules. Source link
Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Threads may not be the place to go for news, but it now has an edit button. And unlike a certain other social media platform, it didn’t take 16 years to get it. Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter Killer Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted Thursday…
