Twitter has temporarily changed its retweet system. When you try to retweet something, you’ll see the “quote tweet” dialog that asks you to share your own thoughts. Here’s how to send a normal retweet instead. What’s the Difference Between a Retweet and Quote Tweet? What’s the …
Those who use social media frequently, whether it’s Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter, will know that there’s a seemingly large number of people who share articles after only reading the headline. It happens pretty frequently across all social media sites, and back in June, Twitter began …
Twitter appears to be going all-in on audio. Following the debut of audio tweets this past summer, Twitter is reportedly now testing letting users record and send voice messages through direct messages. According to The Verge, Twitter plans to trial a “voice DMs” (voice direct messages) …
Social media is bridging the gap between people, brands, businesses, and they are all coming together, trying to create a whole new world that knows no boundaries when it comes to connections and communication. But it is not just about that. Social media entertains us too! …
In an effort to bring more context and clarity to trending topics, Twitter recently announced it will be adding descriptions and pinned tweets so people can more easily understand why they’re trending. This will hopefully cut down on the always-present deluge of irrelevant tweets asking no …
Read receipts are a Twitter feature that informs the sender if the receiver has read the message. Read receipts are for direct messages (DMs) and not for the Tweets. Twitter enables Read Receipts by default for all users. That is, when you send messages to others, …
Twitter’s been undergoing a bit of a revamp in the past few days. The firm has introduced 280 characters, paused verification after noting that some users abused the system, updated their rules to target abuse and harassment and now, the firm is lifting the character limit …
Twitter has been tackling abuse on its platform recently, with a series of rules aimed at curtailing harassment performed on or via its platform. In an earlier article covering the topic, we noted that Twitter intended to take a look at how it verified public figures. …
Back in September, we have witnessed the criticism that Twitter had to face when it started testing the increased character limit of tweets. Now, the company has announced that it will be raising the character count from 140 to 280 for all users. So why is …