As if Twitter wasn’t noisy enough, it soon will let certain users post audio tweets. The new feature, which Twitter is testing exclusively on iOS devices, will let users talk for up to 140 seconds.
Twitter says the voice tweets will “add a more human touch” to the service.
Do you ever find that websites sometimes refuse to load in Safari on your Mac, no matter how long you wait? The problem has been plaguing Twitter users in recent months, and can occur with other sites, too.
Fortunately, there’s an easy fix.
Days after Twitter labeled a Tweet by President Trump as false, Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to overturn liability protections for social media services.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the president’s most powerful political opponent, called the move “a desperate distraction” on the day U.S. deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic reached 100,000.
Twitter is expanding testing of a new feature that lets users specify exactly who can reply to their tweets. The new conversation settings, which Twitter said Wednesday it is rolling out to a small percentage of users, lets people limit replies to people they follow or to certain individuals.
It’s Twitter’s latest attempt to tame toxic conversations on the free-wheeling platform. (As you might expect, not everyone is thrilled with the concept.)
Who retweeted your tweet with a comment? Now on the iOS app for iPhone and iPad, users can find out more easily and quickly all in one place with a simple tap.
Twitter announced Tuesday it has started testing a new way threaded conversation layout meant to make it easier for its users to see who is communicating to whom.
The new layout – being tested on Twitter’s iOS app and via the web – is meant to help users keep better track of long threads and people responding to sub-tweets coming off an original thread.
Twitter will soon test a new feature designed to discourage people from using “offensive or hurtful language” in their replies, the company said Tuesday.
It’s now easier than ever to keep track of what’s happening on Twitter in real-time, thanks to instant timeline streaming. The feature is available now in the official Twitter client for Mac.
Say what you will about celebrity influencers. They are using social media to tell millions of followers to stay home and “wash your hands.”
Taking a break from vanity and self-branding (well, sort of), influencers have answered the call by the United Nations to use their platforms to promote public health messages to help contain the spread of COVID-19.
Apple CEO Tim Cook took to Twitter this morning to praise health care workers fighting on the frontlines to stop the spread of COVID-19.
This is what Cook had to say:
