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Apr09

Twitter drastically cuts down on the number of accounts you can follow daily

Posted by Ola Ric on Apr 9, 2019

Twitter drastically cuts down on the number of accounts you can follow daily

Twitter has announced plans to cut down on the number of people you can follow on its platform per day. The social media giant announced the latest change in a tweet on Monday in a move that could help slow down the growth of spam on its platform. Going forward, you will only be able to follow 400 Twitter users per day—a difference of 600 from the usual 1,000 before the announcement. Twitter said this helps to fight against spam, which it claims violates its privacy policy. This will cause several companies to rethink their plans, especially when it comes to allowing users/customers to follow a larger number of users with the help of tools. Some companies/individuals make use of bots to help customers grow their user base as against Twitter’s policy on privacy. Twitter’s effort is quite encouraging, but it is still absurd to think that the company decided to peg the number at 400. 400 for me is still a high figure—it is pretty abnormal for a normal account to be having 400 followers per day. What I am saying is that Twitter should seriously consider lowering that number when next they want to deal with spam on its platform. Follow, unfollow, follow, unfollow. Who does that? Spammers. So we’re changing the number of accounts you can follow each day from 1,000 to 400. Don’t worry, you’ll be just fine. — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 8, 2019 Last month, Twitter confirmed per TechCrunch that it was working on a new “Hide Tweet” feature that will give users another option to protect their conversations. The feature was first spotted in a Twitter code, and is available from a list of moderation choices that appear when the “Share” button on a tweet is clicked. The “Hide Tweet” feature works as an alternative to muting or blocking a user; though it still gives you the option to control a conversation. The option to hide tweet was first spotted by reliable reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong. The option according to Wong, also gives you the chance to show the hidden tweets. More than anything else, the real reason why Twitter is working on this feature is so that your conversations can be protected. Twitter Senior PM Michelle Yasmeen Haq in a series of post, explained more: “We often hear from heavy...

Apr04

Twitter adds in-app appeal for reported tweets

Posted by Francis Rey on Apr 4, 2019

Twitter adds in-app appeal for reported tweets

Twitter has added an in-app appeal for reported tweets. “We move quickly to enforce our rules, but sometimes we don’t have the full context and can make mistakes,” the company tweeted. Sometimes Twitter users report other users with malicious intent. And sometimes a reader can misunderstand the context of a tweet. For faster appeals, the company rolled out an option to do it within its mobile app. This was only available through an online form before the update. The flow starts with Twitter informing the user if he or she has a reported tweet. And the notification contains the community guideline allegedly violated by the user. To clarify further, Twitter will include links to documents pertaining to the rule you violated. Then, you can opt to delete the tweet or make an appeal by selecting Start. The first option is to remove the tweet and restore access to your account. This is the quicker and most common response. If reported, most users react quickly to delete the tweet in question and move forward. If you think you were taken out of context and want to fight for your tweet, you either have to go fill in the online form submit an appeal through the mobile app. Tap on the in-app appeal link. In the next screen, you get a screenshot of the tweet in question. And it has a description of the rule allegedly violated. Tap Next and you will arrive to the appeal screen. Then, you can submit your explanation for the tweet. Twitter says that the in-app appeal is faster to process for the company’s moderators. And users can regain access to their accounts 60 percent faster than before. Regaining access has been an indefinite waiting game. A former Facebook moderator blogged that sometimes users get upset with how long moderators are handling their appeals. Your appeal might not be as significant as the other thousands of appeals received by the hour. “In the face of the actual reportable issues that come in at the rate of 250k per hour, I really don’t care if things offend you – what I care about is the fact that after 5 hours of reading through your butthurt sob stories, I find the 7 year old girl who, too scared to tell an authority, has figured...

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Apr09

Twitter drastically cuts down on the number of accounts you can follow daily

Posted By Ola Ric on Apr 9, 2019

Apr04

Twitter adds in-app appeal for reported tweets

Posted By Francis Rey on Apr 4, 2019

Mar29

Twitter rolls out “lights out” darker mode that saves your battery

Posted By Ola Ric on Mar 29, 2019

One of the many features heavily requested for by users the last time they had the opportunity to dialogue with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was a darker mode. The microblogging company has delivered on that promise and has launched a darker mode called “lights outs.” Lights out was launched on Thursday by Twitter on iOS with no exact words or date when it will be available on Android. The battery saving feature was announced via the...

Mar08

Twitter users can now flag specific type of information when reporting tweets

Posted By Ola Ric on Mar 8, 2019

Twitter is adding new options to its reporting process for tweets that share personal information, adding much more specific fields that users can highlight when submitting reports. The reporting process for tweets that share personal information has been expanded to now give you the chance to add more specific fields that can be highlighted when submitting your reports. An additional menu that allows you to specify whether the tweet...

Mar07

Twitter’s “Timing is Everything” will let publishers know when best to engage audiences

Posted By Ola Ric on Mar 7, 2019

Knowing when to publish your content online is one of the most difficult things to do—and these days, guessing is not good enough. The major challenge for most publishers is the fact that people all over the world come online at different time of the day. So, how do you publish your work to target specific audiences? This has been a major challenge—not even with the number of online scheduling tools available these days. Perhaps, a...

Mar02

EU demands more action on disinformation from Google, Facebook and Twitter

Posted By Ola Ric on Mar 2, 2019

The European Union wants Google, Facebook and Twitter to do more in terms of curbing disinformation. The call came via a report published by the EU where it asked for more information to monitor the progress made especially “on the scrutiny of ad placement, transparency of political advertising, closure of fake accounts and marking systems for automated bots.” All three [Facebook, Twitter and Google] had signed a Code of Practice to...

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Twitter drastically cuts down on the number of accounts you can follow daily

Twitter adds in-app appeal for reported tweets

Twitter drastically cuts down on the number of accounts you can follow daily

Twitter adds in-app appeal for reported tweets

Twitter rolls out “lights out” darker mode that saves your battery

Twitter users can now flag specific type of information when reporting tweets

Twitter’s “Timing is Everything” will let publishers know when best to engage audiences

EU demands more action on disinformation from Google, Facebook and Twitter

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