Tag: twitter
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Bring back the Vine?
What was Vine? Vine was a social network that made it possible to record and share videos with a maximum duration of six seconds. The recordings could be made either continuously or at intervals using a smartphone or tablet. Interval recordings were particularly popular, with many Vine videos resembling animated GIFs. Vine was short for…
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THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO by Marc Andreessen
We document here the “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” that Marc Andreessen published in a thread on X: “You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.” — Walker Percy “Our species is 300,000…
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People: Linda Yaccarino
Linda Yaccarino is a veteran of NBCUniversal and has been with the organization since 2011. She joined NBCUniversal in November 2011 as president of Cable Entertainment & Digital Advertising Sales and was promoted to chair of Advertising & Client Partnerships a year later. In her role as chair of Advertising & Client Partnerships, Yaccarino is…
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Why was Mastodon blocked on twitter? And why I think this is wrong
The official account of Mastodon – @joinmastodon – has been blocked on twitter. The reason is likely to be that the Mastodon account tweeted a link to @ElonJet on Mastodon, which could be considered a violation of the new twitter policy against sharing live locations. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account @ElonJet and the background…
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Filed: a native internet protocol for social media – by Jack Dorsey
There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified. I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead: Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.…
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Roses Are Red – Shadowban Meme
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, I PUT A SHADOWBAN ON YOU! (Vijaya Gadde, former Twitter Official)
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Roses Are Red – Vijaya Gadde Free Speech Meme
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, I TOOK FREE SPEECH AWAY FROM YOU! (Vijaya Gadde, former Twitter Official)
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What does FAFO stand for?
The abbreviation FAFO usually stands for “Fuck around and find out”, which in most cases can be loosely translated as “Stress around and find out”. Ye (fka Kayne West): Can I make anti-Semitic comments and worship Hitler? Or will I be banned on twitter if I do? Elon: FAFO! Elon: Is Tim Cook going to…
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Will the bird protect our children?
France is committed to protecting children on the Internet. In a twitter thread, Emmanuel Macron writes: We need to better protect our children on social networks and the Internet ! To protect our children on the Internet, we need to better verify user age, better detect and stop sexual predators, and better identify and address…
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Impersonation on twitter
New twitter rules regarding Impersination: Profile modifications If your account is potentially confusing in terms of its affiliation, we may require you to edit the content on your profile. If you violate this policy again after your first warning, your account will be permanently suspended. Temporary account suspension If we believe you may be in…