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03 Dec 2021

Twitter users suddenly losing followers, here's why

Twitter has begun reinstating its followers, although the platform has conducted a clean-up operation to remove bots and dormant accounts. Twitter is recognised for cleaning up accounts to make them secure and to remove spam and bots. Twitter has announced that it will not allow users to distribute private individuals' media files, such as photographs or videos, without their authorization.

08 Oct 2021

Twitter testing prompts to warn users before potentially intense conversation

In one example, there's a prompt dropped right into a conversation in progress that says "conversations like this can be intense", reports The Verge.

28 Aug 2021

Twitter down? Users complain about massive outage in THIS region

Users complained about the outage and they were quite frustrated for some time. Acknowledging the error, Twitter said that they have managed to correct the fault. Twitter was already down for a while on August 27.

17 Aug 2021

Twitter down? Some users complain about outage, reports Downdetector

As per the Downdetector, the services are down and complaints started coming in from 1.15 pm. Almost around 52 percent of users reported to be facing issues logging in to their accounts. Twitter outage has further been reported in several countries which includes US, UK, Australia and Japan.

21 May 2021

Now Twitter users can get their account verified: Check the process

To be specific, one needs to inform Twitter on the eligible category that matches the profile, information to be verified and the next step will be to submit the request. For now, there are six categories under which profiles can fall for verification which include Government officials and institutions, Companies, brands and organisations, news journalism and organisations, Entertainment, Sports and gaming, Activists, organisers, and other influential individuals. Twitter will send a mail to that user and it will inform that users the process can take a few weeks depending on how many verification requests are currently in queue.

21 May 2021

Government objects to Twitter's 'manipulated media' tag on toolkit tweets

The investigation will determine the veracity of the content and not Twitter, it has asserted while asking the microblogging platform not to interfere in the investigation process. In its communication to Twitter, the ministry has stated that a complaint has already been made by one of the concerned parties before the local law enforcement agency questioning the veracity of the toolkit and the same is under investigation. Twitter has unilaterally drawn a conclusion in this matter and arbitrarily tagged it as 'manipulated media', government sources said.

07 May 2021

Twitter rolls out new feature: Here’s how it will reward good tweets

As per Twitter, it is currently rolling out to a limited group of "creators, journalists, experts, and nonprofits." Users will know the feature is available to them when they receive a prompt from the company. A Twitter user looking to send a tip will click one of those services and be taken to the selected app to make their payment.

04 May 2021

Twitter acquires news startup Scroll in push for subscriptions

Twitter has been working to offer new types of content on its social media site, including audio and long-form content, after previously acquiring newsletter platform Revue. Scroll allows users to subscribe and read news articles from publishers including Insider, BuzzFeed and USA Today without ads. The deal will help Twitter build a subscription feature, such as letting users access premium features from news outlets or a writer`s Revue newsletter, Twitter added.

25 Apr 2021

Got an email from Twitter? You don’t have to confirm your Twitter account

On its support page, Twitter has confirmed that the emails were genuinely sent by the company but this is not some phishing attack or scam. However, it confirmed that the company accidentally sent that email to users. So don’t panic and do whatever the company has asked you to, i.e., just ignore the email that was sent by Twitter.

17 Apr 2021

Twitter services down for users, says “working on fixing a problem”

More than 40,000 users seem to have reported issues with the social media platform on Friday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.

05 Apr 2021

Want to turn on the Dark Mode feature on Twitter? Here’s how to do it

Twitter also has a dark theme that is not very easily accessible and there are different ways and means to turn it on based on the usage of the app. Google and Apple also have the Dark Mode feature.

05 Mar 2021

Twitter working on a new ‘Undo’ feature for tweets

Spotted by noted leaker Jane Manchun Wong, the feature will allow users to un-send a tweet for a brief period of time after it is posted. Primarily, it means users can get rid of a tweet with a spelling error or repeated word, which are common with the fast-paced nature of the platform and during live events. Twitter users will have a brief window in which they can “cancel” the sending of their tweet before it is posted.

28 Feb 2021

What is Spaces feature? Twitter starts testing it on Android after iOS

Some of the Twitter users spotted by being on the app’s latest beta version and similar to iOS devices, a user can only join a room but won’t be able to start one by himself. Some users have pointed out that Android users on Twitter, signing up for the app’s latest alpha or beta versions and then uninstalling and reinstalling the Twitter app will enable the feature. The Spaces feature for Android might give Clubhouse app a run for their money when it gets officially tested and the latter is yet to announce a release date and is still working on its Android app.

16 Aug 2019

Twitter leads $100mn funding in vernacular chat app ShareChat

Founded by three IIT-Kanpur graduates, the Bengaluru-based start-up is today valued at over $600 million. ShareChat offers its services in the following languages -- Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Odia, Kannada, Assamese, Haryanvi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri.

14 Aug 2019

Twitter to soon let users follow topics

Topics will be curated by Twitter, with individual tweets being identified through machine learning, and for now, only sports-related interests can be followed.

18 Jul 2019

Twitter unveils 'Hide Replies' feature, global roll-out soon

If your Twitter followers still want to see the hidden replies, they can press the icon and view those.

16 Jul 2019

New Twitter desktop look is 'garbage', 'terrible', cry users

The new look, gradually being rolled out globally which has reached India, has even removed the profile with photo option on top left -- a must for any social media platform to let users know whom they are chatting with -- and buried that under a slug called "Profile".

16 Jul 2019

Twitter rolling out new desktop look, users unhappy

The new version comes with an expanded Direct Messages section and the ability to let users switch between accounts faster and directly from the side navigation. It comes with new dark themes -- Dim and Lights Out.

12 Jul 2019

Twitter suffers second service disruption in more than one week

Twitter has been undergoing some problems since 2:46 p.m. EDT and more users were alerted with a message saying "something is technically wrong" when they tried to log on.

07 May 2019

Twitter now lets you re-tweet with GIFS, images

Available for both Android as well as iOS users, the feature was announced on the micro-blogging site itself late on Monday.

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