Coinbase Hires Facebook, Twitter Vet As Communications VP
She previously held high-level communications roles at Facebook and Twitter. "Incredibly grateful and excited to join Coinbase as the company's Vice President of Communications," Horwitz wrote on LinkedIn. "An amazing company with a terrific story to tell. Time to get to work." Horwitz told Recode that … Read More
Twitter users hit by ‘over capacity’ problem and immediately post complaints on, erm, Twitter
Twitter users around the world complained they were unable to post comments on the site on Monday evening, provoking a wave of angry and humorous complaints published – where else? – on Twitter. For long-term users the outage brought back memories of the service's early days, when server … Read More
Twitter briefly shut down @Bitcoin, sparking wild conspiracy theories
Twitter suspended the @Bitcoin Twitter account, which is run by an anonymous user, over the weekend. The account was briefly taken over by a user who claimed to be Turkish, then a user who claimed to be Russian, before apparently being restored to its previous owner Monday afternoon. “We do …
Twitter says Goodbye to @Bitcoin
After banning all adverts relating to cryptocurrencies in March, Twitter has now singled out the bitcoin-bashing handle @Bitcoin and delivered a suspension. The handle, thought to be the property of Roger Ver and notorious for its flagrant promotion of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), was suspended on Sunday, … Read More
Facebook and Twitter are opening up a bit to academic researchers, so platforms “can make better …
Facebook announced on Monday, ahead of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearance before Congress on Wednesday, that it plans to give a limited group of soon-to-be determined academics some access to Facebook data as needed, with a research emphasis on how Facebook influences elections in … Read More
Senators urge Google, Twitter to be transparent about political ads
The two senators, in letters Monday to Alphabet, Google's parent company, and Twitter, urged those companies to also be more transparent and accountable when it comes to political ads. They want Alphabet and Twitter to implement the provisions in the Honest Ads Act, which would require online … Read More
Disney’s Deleted ‘Dead Inside’ Pinocchio Meme Sparks Hilarious Twitter Reactions
The official Disney Twitter account tweeting an existential meme featuring the iconic Pinocchio is bizarre; Disney deleting the tweet from its account more than 15 hours later is even weirder. The tweet featured a pre-brough-to-life Pinocchio lifelessly staring into the distance, with the text reading: “When … Read More
Twitter Inc Stock Still Doesn’t Look Quite Cheap Enough
I passed on Twitter stock even below $20 last year, and it would double between late October and early March. The gains made some sense, even if I argued back in February that the run past $30 was way too far. Twitter did post a strong third quarter report in …
Study says Twitter bots share 66 percent of links to popular websites
The Pew Research Center has just released a report detailing the role Twitter bots play in spreading links from popular websites. Researchers analyzed around 1.2 million tweets posted by 140,545 accounts between July 27th and September 11th, 2017 that shared links to 2,315 popular websites. Read More
Two-thirds of links on Twitter come from bots. The good news? They’re mostly bland.
A new study has determined that on Twitter, at least, two-thirds of all links shared on the platform are done so by automated tweets powered by bots. The Pew Research Center studied over a million English-language tweets posted over a 47-day period in 2017 to determine the nature of Twitter's … …