Insight about X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The former news social media mainstay once described as "microblogging", and now better known as "that hell site", is in the midst of some dramatic changes. .
aggregation
Twitter is revamping its custom timelines [https://blog.twitter.com/2016/coming-soon-an-improved-embedded-timeline] Twitter is making some changes to its embeddable custom timelines, a useful curation-and-publication tool: > As a result, the new timeline has a clean, modern design that blends seamlessly into any page on your site. Itās fully
active users
Is Twitter use in freefall? [http://uk.businessinsider.com/tweets-on-twitter-is-in-serious-decline-2016-2?r=US&IR=T] One developer has used the API to find Tweet volumes: > Tweets per day reached a peak in August 2014 of 661 million, our source says. That 30-day sampling period included the World Cup final.
asymetric follow
Twitter has a tin ear [http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/01/more-on-twitters-tin-ear/424923/] > This is the nine-zillionth reminder of the reality that new communications technology doesnāt change old realities of human nature, or increase the number of hours in a day, or change the supply-demand imbalances in
Social Media
The Twitter weāve lost [https://www.imperica.com/en/viewpoint/twitters-pantomime-jon-bounds] > This era, is sadly over. Could the now deputy leader of the Labour Party play Barron Tweetup today? The swashbuckling, experimental era of any new medium is not destined to last. But that doesnāt mean we
multimedia
The old days of Twitter just being 140 characters pushed through SMS are very long gone. Another step towards making it a channel for rich media experiences hit last night, with news that Twitter will no longer be cropping photos in Tweets [https://blog.twitter.com/2015/a-new-look-for-your-twittercom-photos] when you
interhacktives
Pretty much since I started teaching at City, Iāve ended up bantering with my students on Twitter. Hereās some examples: Sometimes they just want brownie points When youāre tagged on Twitter just so the student earns praiseā¦ > @TalFox [https://twitter.com/_TalFox_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]
Mark Little
Smart move by Twitter [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/10/twitter-hires-storyful-founder-for-senior-international-role] : > Mark Little, the founder of News Corp owned social news agency Storyful, has been hired as a senior executive across Twitterās international operation. Few people have been as successful in recognising the potential of combining
culture change
How Twitter went bad [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/conversation-smoosh-twitter-decay/412867/] : > In other words, on Twitter, people say things that they think of as ephemeral and chatty. Their utterances are then treated as unequivocal political statements by people outside the conversation. Because thereās a kind
culture change
Emily Bell on the consequences of replacing Twitterās stars [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/08/twitter-heart-wrong-beat] ā āfavouritesā ā with hearts ā ālikesā: > I found myself not bookmarking, as I would have done a day earlier, a horrifying image retweeted by journalists depicting men using phones to film a
digital diet
Well, that was a lovely way to spend a long, long weekend. Yes, we went camping with a three year old and a three month old and, while it did have its challenges, it was basically lovely. And, despite my initial discomfort, it was rendered even more lovely by being
messaging
A significant move from Twitter [http://www.imore.com/twitter-remove-140-character-limit-dms-july]: > Currently, users have a 140 character limit for both tweets and direct messages, but in July Twitter will be removing that limitation from direct messages. The company has announced the new change, along with an updated API for developers.
social media management
Tweetdeck tries to save you from posting to the wrong account. This might save people's jobsā¦