Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter says bug may have exposed some direct messages to third-party developers | TechCrunch

Twitter said that a “bug” sent user’s private direct messages to third-party developers “who were not authorized to receive them.” The social media giant began warning users Friday of the possible exposure with a message in the app. “The issue

Science & Technology | Social Media

Social media hearing takeaways: Mea culpa from Facebook, Twitter as lawmakers call for regulation

Leaders of the nation's largest social media companies were grilled by lawmakers over their plan to keep foreign actors from their platforms.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter brings Bookmarks to the web with a new design, now in testing | TechCrunch

Twitter is testing a new experience for web users, the company announced in a tweet on Thursday. A small number of Twitter users will see the updated version of Twitter for web, which will include access to Twitter’s Bookmarks feature, and scrolling thr

Science & Technology | Technology

10 things in tech you need to know today

Facebook will say that it was "too slow" to act on Russian interference, The FCC boss who repealed net neutrality says Google, Facebook and Twitter might need "transparency obligations," and Google posted its testimony for the congressional hearing today,

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter tested a list of suggested people to unfollow

Amid claims of liberal bias from the president of the United States

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook has removed all cross-posted tweets

Facebook users are complaining the company has removed the cross-posted tweets they had published to their profiles as Facebook updates. The posts’ removal took place following the recent API change that prevented Twitter users from continuing to a

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter suspends more accounts for 'coordinated manipulation'

Twitter's long been under fire for its approach to bots and extremist accounts, but now it appears to be taking a more proactive stance towards its community gu...

Politics | Politics

Twitter: Saying Dana Loesch’s kids need to be murdered does not violate rules

'I wish Twitter just treated all users consistently'

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

The Onion Mocks Meghan McCain Over Father’s Health. Twitter Explodes. | Daily Wire

The left-leaning satire website "The Onion" faced intense backlash on social media after they published a story mocking Meghan McCain over her father's health — on the same day the McCain family announced that the U.S. Senator would no longer

The Onion used to be great. Now it's owned by Univision. Really. And, surprise, now they're primary goal is to push the leftist agenda.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Trump accuses social media firms of 'silencing millions' | Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump accused social media companies on Friday of silencing "millions of people" in an act of censorship, but without offering evidence to support the claim.

News | The News

WATCH: Twitter CEO Makes Stunning Admission Of Bias During CNN Interview

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted during an interview with CNN reporter Brian Stelter that Twitter has a "left-leaning" bias, suggested that they do "shadow ban" people, and said that he has not done enough to implement his own "personal objectives" at Twi

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter's Dorsey: I Want To Reduce 'Echo Chambers' By Controlling What You See | Daily Wire

In an interview with The Washington Post this week, Twitter head Jack Dorsey talked about the supposed issues facing Twitter.

At Moptu we will never, ever, no matter what, attempt to tell you what you should see. We believe that your best sources of news come from your friends, family, and the people that you trust. However, we also give each user the chance to remove him/herself from the echo chamber by exploring the "topics" pages which have articles representing every single viewpoint of our users.

News | The News

UNFAKE THE NEWS: Twitter Shadow Bans Conservatives, But Blames Their Algorithm | The Daily Caller

Twitter recently changed their algorithm and it led to the "shadow banning" of many prominent Republican figures.

Politics | Politics

James Woods Clears Hurdle in Effort to Unmask Twitter User - NYTimes.com

News | News

Josh Namm on Twitter

“@MiakaKuroishi @RealJamesWoods @Twitter @jack Im the co-founder of https://t.co/DEbPD9PZuZ. We’re the only platform designed specifically to share, discuss & discover articles. We’re not trying to compete with Twitter (any more than IG or Pinte

Politics | Politics

BOOM! Devin Nunes: We Are Looking at "Legal Remedies" to Deal with Twitter Censoring Conservatives (VIDEO)

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee joined Maria Bartiromo today on Sunday Morning Futures. During their discussion the topic of Twitter censorship of conservatives, also known as shadow-banning, came up. A recent study b

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform | TechCrunch

Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform. It’s all part of the company’s continuing long game for social relevance. Despite the fact that it lost 1

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Simplest Way to Hide Old Facebook and Twitter Posts | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

News | The News

BOMBSHELL: Liberal Publication Says Twitter Is Censoring Republicans | Daily Wire

Twitter is censoring prominent Republicans and conservatives in the media with a technique known as "shadow banning" that limits how many people are able to see content from the affected accounts, according to a report from a liberal publication

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter bots are running amok with your public Venmo data

Here's another reason why you might want to double-check your privacy settings: transactions you may have thought were private could be on Twitter right now

Science & Technology | Social Media

In Twitter Purge, Top Accounts Lose Millions of Followers

Some popular figures — including Barack Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Ashton Kutcher — lost a million or more in the crackdown.

Science & Technology | Social Media

What Is Local Twitter? - The Atlantic

“Local Twitter” is a booming network of basic, young suburbanites across the country.

News | The News

'No policy, just HOSTILITY'! #WalkAway tag proves Democrats are in SERIOUS trouble and it's GLORIOUS

It just keeps getting worse for the Democrats.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Twitter Made The Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback

A bird emerges from the ashes.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter stock is at a three-year high. What is going on? - Recode

Unlike years past, people aren’t just buying Twitter because they think the company will be acquired.

News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism

Why won’t Twitter suspend Iran’s Supreme Leader after threatening tweet

World leaders weigh in on the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s controversial tweet, which supposedly does not violate Twitter’s policies.

I get their rationale, but attempting to incite genocide should be banned. How is that not obvious? Both Twitter and Facebook, BOTH generally look the other way when it comes to anti-Jewish or anti-Israel rhetoric. You know who doesn't (and NEVER will)? Moptu.

Business & Finance | Business

Twitter to raise $1 billion in debt as stock price surge signals investor confidence

While Facebook is embroiled in controversy after controversy and Snap faces questions about its traction and viability, long-maligned Twitter is suddenly feeling the warm fuzzies from investors. Th…

Science & Technology | Social Media

The do's and don’ts of hashtags

How to grow your reach and engagement with hashtags.

These are some good basic guidelines. Although, I don't think that one or two hashtags are the "sweet spot" anymore. Let's be honest, that idea came from Twitter's 140 character limit and not from some desire to be polite. There is no reason to limit it to two or three on Moptu or Instagram, so why should it still be the case for Twitter?

Science & Technology | Technology

Tweetbot 3 arrives with a new look...and a reprieve from Twitter's API changes

One of the more popular desktop clients for Twitter, Tweetbot, is today

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Social Media Actually Boosts Efficiency in an Office Environment – Adweek

Employees who take quick breaks can decrease stress and increase morale.

I've always known that social media at work can increase productivity for some people. The mental breaks can be invaluable, I personally used to like feeling connected to the outside while I was at work, it helped keep work in perspective which, possibly counter-intuitively, kept me more motivated, and multi-tasking has always helped keep me focused.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter has an unlaunched ‘Secret’ encrypted messages feature

Buried inside Twitter’s Android app is a “Secret conversation” option that if launched would allow users to send encrypted direct messages. The feature could make Twitter a better home for sensitive communications that often end up on en

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter says all 336 million users should change their passwords

Twitter says account passwords were not hacked but users should still change them to be safe.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter Is Pushing More News Links In The Home Timeline

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the new Twitter feature to BuzzFeed News. Twitter's aggressive move into news continues.

This further provides proof of concept for Moptu. Are we as deluxe as Twitter/Facebook/Instagram? No. But we ARE the only social platform designed specifically to share links to news (in the broadest definition including the traditional one). We are also the only social network, with our numbers, designed and run by just two people. If you're an investor, contact me so that we can work to fulfill Moptu's potential! joshn@moptu.com

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

Your Social Media Strategy Isn't Working Because You Don't Know the Difference Between These 2 Terms | Inc.com

Getting mediocre social media results? It's probably because you're mixing up these two important definitions.

Science & Technology | Social Media

10 Social Media Usage Statistics You Should Know (and What They Mean for Your Marketing Strategy)

We sifted through mountains of data on social media trends to bring you the social media usage statistics that mean the most for your marketing strategy.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Report: Social media use is increasing despite privacy fears

New report shows Facebook users are getting older, Instagram is one the rise, and provides an in-depth look at Twitter users.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter Is Developing a Subscription Plan That Promotes Your Tweets Automatically | Fortune

Twitter is testing a subscription plan that automatically promotes tweets in order reach to more users and grow follower bases

Politics | Petitions

Please Sign The Petition: Get Hamas Off Twitter | CIJA

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is a non-partisan organization that serves as the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada.

"Hamas regularly attacks and incites violence against Israelis. The result? Hamas openly and proudly claims responsibility for the murder of more than 1,300 Israeli victims. Disturbingly, Hamas has been allowed to use Twitter to advance its violent and hateful agenda. "

News | The News

Fake news spreads faster than true news on Twitter—thanks to people, not bots | Science | AAAS

Tweets containing falsehoods were 70% more likely to be retweeted than truthful tweets

News | Abortion

Conservatives LIGHT UP Planned Parenthood of KY and IN over men with a uterus hot take – twitchy.com

#ThisIsHowYouGotTrump

News | Abortion

Planned Parenthood Affiliate Tweets About Transgenders: 'Some Men Have A Uterus.' | Daily Wire

Planned Parenthood has been experiencing something of a business downturn; prenatal care (which they don't really do much of) is down a whopping 75%, and

I guess that when you want something untrue to be true, repeating it over and over again makes you feel better.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff

Woman takes mirror selfie, accidentally creates bizarre optical illusion

A woman's mirror selfie has gone viral on Twitter after it created a weird optical illusion.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter’s 280 character limit increased engagement without increasing the average tweet length – BGR

After some initial testing, Twitter late last year officially upped the character limit on tweets from 140 characters to 280. In one fell swoop, Twitter changed the most defining feature of the service: brevity.

Science & Technology | Social Media

AI could make trolls think twice before retweeting offensive content | VentureBeat

While hate speech in the U.S. dates back to the country’s earliest days, the rise of social media has thrust hateful keyboard warriors into the spotlight. Many social media platforms have attempted to counter hate speech using AI-driven tactics, but the

News | The News

YAAAS! Dana Loesch LIGHTS Oprah UP with her own ‘truth’ (and blasts powerful women in Hollywood) – twitchy.com

Oprah can keep her 'truth,' thanks.

Dana Loesch is usually pretty brilliant.

Science & Technology | Social Media

What is the best time to post social media?

Different platforms have different user patterns. See this guide for the peak engagement hours for each of the major social media outlets.

These are good tips for starting off a social campaign.

Politics | From the HuffPost

Roy Moore Believes America Was Great During Slavery. Twitter Users Detonate. | HuffPost

"Families were united" then, the Senate candidate actually told an African-American person.

Could this man be more disgusting?

Science & Technology | Social Media

Beware of Relying on Fake Social Media Followers. Ever Heard of 'Shadowbanning'?

It's scarily easy to grow your numbers rapidly if you're willing to resort to fake traffic. But if you do, brace yourself for the consequences.

News | In The News

How Russian trolls lie their way to top of Facebook, Twitter - CNET

Propaganda campaigns are more than fake news. Trolls have learned to game social media algorithms and create their artificial viral moments.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter is doubling the length of tweets to 280 characters for some people

The famous Twitter character limit is being expanded from 140 characters to 280 characters.

Science & Technology | Social Media

More Americans are getting news from social media than ever before - Recode

More Americans than ever are getting news from social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and even Snapchat.

More than half of Americans over 50 now get their news from social media, it's obvious that social media will both be influencing news and be a major source of news in the future. This is why I love Moptwo. It distills the news for me without all of the nonsense that I see on every other social media site. If there is nonsense here, it is in the form of an article (and therefore has some kind of value), not random musings, knee-jerk thoughts, or pictures of things that may be important to the person posting it, but not to me. This goes way beyond a strict definition of "news." It's about information. I like information even more when it challenges me and adds to my sphere of resources. I can find that here because I see articles every day that I would never have seen otherwise, and because I follow people who read about similar subjects and interests. The UX is a little wobbly, and it's not completely obvious at first how Moptwo works (like every other social media platform I have ever used), but it is far more efficient if you are looking a social media platform designed specifically for news.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How I Achieved a 48% Success Rate Using Twitter for Link Building

The gripes among link builders are plentiful, but they’re also deserved. There’s the pitifully low success rate. The hours logged crafting personalized outreach. The potential brand damage from a…

Science & Technology | Social Media

Your Social Media Strategy Isn't Complete Without These 21 Tactics

You’re ready to take social media to the next level. But if you aren’t building the traction you hoped for, there’s usually a reason. Just like any industry, there are a set of crucially important tactics every successful social media strategy needs

Science & Technology | Social Media

Want to Take Full Advantage of Social Media? Stop Thinking of it as One Big Sales Pitch | Inc.com

In order to truly flourish on social media, you should begin thinking of it more like a conference and less like a cold call.

News | The News

BINGO! Women’s March ‘happy birthday to…’ earns slam-tastic response from Katie Pavlich – twitchy.com

"Women's March" keeps exposing what they're REALLY all about.

Pavlich is 1000% correct. The last thing that the "Women's March" was about, or anything on the far left is about, is women's rights.

Science & Technology | Social Media

There Is a Best Time to Publish on Social Media and You Can Determine When It Is

You work hard to post good content. Don't let it be overlooked because of poor timing.

Politics | Other Politics

Inside The Chaotic Battle To Be The Top Reply To A Trump Tweet

The area below the president’s tweets is the most valuable real estate on the internet.

Business & Finance | Business

Ballmer explains why he invested in Twitter | TechCrunch

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at Code Conference on Tuesday and talked about why he took a large position in Twitter. “There’s a real..

Science & Technology | Social Media

9 easy ways to explain what you actually do as a social media professional

Quick quiz for social media marketers: Raise your hand if you’ve ever been asked, “So, you get paid to go on Facebook?” “We're hunting for awesome startups” Run an early-stage company? We're inviting 250 to exhibit at TNW Conference and pitch on

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Much Time Do People Spend on Social Media? [Infographic]

People apparently spend more time on social media than they spend on eating and drinking. See where consumers are spending their hours—and days and years—on each social media platform.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How to Avoid Unwanted Communications on Social Media

That recent tech innovation known as the internet has made keeping in touch with family and friends easier than ever—but it might also have brought you some unwelcome attention from people you’d rather not keep up correspondence with. If you want to m

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Never Mind The Russians, Meet The Bot King Who Helps Trump Win Twitter

"It's All Us, Not Russians. And We're Not Going To Stop"

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Inside Twitter’s Obsessive Quest To Ditch The Egg | Co.Design

An icon that came to represent Twitter’s dark side is giving way to one designed not to turn anyone off, without looking like something you’d want to stick with.

Miscellaneous | Social Media

I studied how journalists used Twitter for two years. Here’s what I learned

Twitter reflects the good, the bad and just plain ugly reality of social media these days. For academics, journalists and voters, there’s never been a more crucial time to talk about the impact the…

Sports | NBA

Devin Booker dropped 70 and NBA Twitter lost its mind

All eyes were on Devin Booker’s 70-point game against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, and NBA players across Twitter made sure to send props to the Phoenix Suns phenom.

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Word up! This is the story behind The New York Times’ most famous tweet (which is 10 years old today)

"Once a month or so, that damn tweet would resurface."

Miscellaneous | Social Media

UGH: The Average Person Is Going To Spend Five Years Of Their Life On Social Media

Well this is depressing.

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Reddit plans a profile page redesign reminiscent of Facebook and Twitter (updated)

Reddit has been trying to make its site more accessible to a wider pool of users, and today the company is planning to show off one of the ways it plans to do..

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Social Media is No Longer a Safe Place

Science & Technology | Social Media

User Demographics of the Top 7 Social Networks | Marketing Infographic

Social media audience demographics can vary widely by social platform. Check out this highly useful infographic to see which user groups spend time on which social networks and do what there.

Moptwo wants to add significantly to that 37%. That may seem unlikely at this point, but we are about to unveil major new design, branding and overall experience upgrades. Keep an eye on us!

Politics | Other Politics

Stephen Colbert Has An Ingenious Plan To Keep Donald Trump Off Twitter | The Huffington Post

But will it work?

Politics | Politics

Conway: 'I don’t know who' had access to Twitter account | TheHill

White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Tuesday that she does not know who was operating her Twitter account when it was used to retweet a white nationalist.

I say this as a political scientist, not from any particular ideological perspective: this needs to stop. She is obviously lying. On the one hand, "people make mistakes," but on the other hand she doesn't know "who has access" to her Twitter. So which is it? She is an obvious liar and it's bad for the administration, which means, one way or the other, it is bad for the country. She is still operating as a campaign operative, not as a member of the government. It's pretty repulsive.

Business & Finance | Business

How To Do Twitter Marketing in 10 Minutes a Day

If you’re low on time, here’s a plan for getting all your tweeting done in 10 minutes a day.

Science & Technology | Social Media

What The "Rogue" EPA, NPS and NASA Twitter Accounts Teach Us About The Future Of Social

The intense popularity of these new “rogue” Twitter accounts presents unique challenges for the future of how government communicates with its citizens

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter just isn't enough. President Trump takes to Snapchat.

It's official. Donald Trump has taken on some very crucial

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Why We Can't Fix Twitter

Social media is broken. When will we realize that we're the problem?

Politics | Politics

Political reporter says a malicious tweet sent to him caused an epileptic seizure | Technology | The Guardian

Kurt Eichenwald, who has epilepsy and is an outspoken Trump critic, called on Twitter to identify person responsible for a tweet he says led to personal injury

Politics | PC Culture

Twitter 'verifies' Muslim Brotherhood while expelling conservatives | TheHill

OPINION | That blue check mark matters socially, politically.

Science & Technology | Tech

Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid | TechCrunch

Twitter continues to inch its way to a sale process, and the latest developments come in the form of alleged bids from potential buyers. Today CNBC is..

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Complete History of Social Media | The Daily Dot

The origins of social media date back further than you might expect.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter responds to BuzzFeed harassment story by covering its ears | VentureBeat | Social | by Harrison Weber

Twitter says it’s working on it.

Visual Arts | Visual Arts

Twitter highlights female artists and their awesome illustrations · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club

#visiblewomen is a Twitter tag dedicated to bringing attention to the massive number of female artists in the field of comics, character design, and concept art.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Social Media Gets More Love, But Facebook and Twitter Don't Get More Likes - NBC News

Americans are spending more and more time on social media, but are increasingly dissatisfied with the experience, a new survey shows.

Science & Technology | Tech

Twitter Is Running Out of Time to Get Real About Fighting Abuse | WIRED

Some say Twitter is out of excuses in its failure to fully address abuse. That’s a shame—because no other network has the same cultural currency as Twitter.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter throttled in Turkey amid attempted coup

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are reportedly blocked in Turkey amid talk of an attempted coup.