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Unveiling of BN manifesto trends on Twitter

Tweet · Share. #PRU14 and #ManifestoBN are the top trending hashtags on Twitter in Malaysia today, according to Tweeplers.com. … The rank of trending hashtags on Twitter from Malaysia is based on the number of tweets per 1,000 tweets coming from Malaysia in the timespan of the last 135 minutes. …

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#BreakingMyTwitter: Twitter is disabling a core functionality of third-party apps

Third-party Twitter clients such as Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Tweetings have an impending problem on their hands: Their apps could cease to properly function this summer. After June 19, Twitter is eliminating a core functionality called “streaming services.” This feature is what has allowed these … Read More

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Twitter collaborates with US researchers to curb online abuse

"We proposed this idea to Twitter and designed an experiment to evaluate it. This project also pioneers an open, evidence-based approach to improving people's experiences online, while protecting their privacy," said Susan Benesch, Faculty Associate at Harvard University and J. Nathan Matias, … Read More

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Twitter to Better Publicise Rules in New Test to Combat Online Abuse

Aiming to tackle abuse and hate trolls, Twitter has teamed up with two researchers from Harvard and Princeton Universities to study online abuse. In an experiment that began on Friday, Twitter will publicise its rules to users to test whether this would improve civility, the researchers wrote on Medium. Read …

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Peanut butter and pickle sandwich divides opinion on Twitter

Family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation hold a very special place in the heart. However, there are those who believe that one particular sandwich recipe has taken home cooking traditions a step too far. People have been sharing their strong opinions on the … Read More

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Twitter Is Really Feeling Drake’s New Single “Nice For What”

Over the past few weeks, Drake has been hinting that new music was on the way. From the numerous photos he shared working in the studio to literally announcing a Murda Beatz-produced single on an Instagram Live comment a couple weeks ago, the 6 God has been alluding that new …

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Twitter delays API change that could break Tweetbot, Twitterific, etc.

This morning, the developers of third-party Twitter clients Tweetbot, Twitterific, Tweetings and Talon banded together to highlight upcoming API changes that could potentially break the way their apps work. As you might expect, their collective user base — a base largely made up of folks who need more … Read More

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Twitter will publicize rules around abuse to test if behavior changes

As part of Twitter's efforts to rid its platform of abuse and hate, the company is teaming up with researchers Susan Benesch, a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and J. Nathan Matias, a post-doc research associate at Princeton University, to study … …

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The Market Is Correct to Punish Twitter Inc Stock for Facebook’s Misdeeds

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has found itself victimized by the scandal surrounding archrival Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB). The Cambridge Analytica scandal has hit the entire social media space hard. Interestingly, Twitter stock took a more significant tumble in percentage terms than did Facebook. Read More

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Twitter poised to kill all third-party apps like Plume and Talon

Twitter posted on its developer's blog that it will be instituting a new rule that will render most third-party Twitter apps useless. The rule is that third-party apps can't have feeds that automatically refresh and can't push notifications. Twitter has tried to slowly kill off third-party Twitter apps for years, …