Twitter Disaster (as of early 2023)
(via https://www.metafilter.com/197963/Who-asked-for-a-new-Twitter-disaster-list-thread-Here-it-is )
- Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends....
- Twitter is so desperate for advertisers that it's offering to match ads up to $250,000
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- Musk’s Twitter Intentionally Suspended Tweetbot, Third-Party Apps, Messages Show
- ‘It’s a nightmare’: Twitter’s New York City janitors protest over sudden layoffs
- I am stumped as to how to stop "you might like" from showing up in my Twitter
- NYT: Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? You’ll Have to Bid More Than $17,000.
- NYT: Elon Musk Goes to Trial Over His 2018 Plan to Take Tesla Private
- Taliban Officials Get 'Verified' Blue Checks on Twitter as They Ban Women From Attending School
- At least two Taliban officials and four prominent supporters in Afghanistan are currently using the checkmarks.
- Twitter's laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, judge rules
- Five ways Elon Musk has changed the platform for users
- "It’s a reminder of the basic city services that use the private social media company to engage with residents on a daily basis — and a sign that internal chaos at Twitter could spell trouble for the governments that have come to rely on it."
- A celebrity photo lawsuit claims Twitter’s copyright process is broken
- WaPo: Congressional investigators found evidence that tech platforms — especially Twitter — failed to heed their own employees’ warnings about violent rhetoric on their platforms and bent their rules to avoid penalizing conservatives, particularly then-president Trump, out of fear of reprisals.
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