Before Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter in early 2021, his mantra seemed clear: occupy as much of the Internet as possible by tweeting about everything, all the time. Whatever the topic, the important thing was to tweet about Donald Trump. The former president of the United States couldn’t help but give his opinion, create slang or simply hammer home his vision of society.

Musk added that he hoped to complete an organizational restructuring this week.

Check your phone. Are there any unanswered texts, snaps or direct messages that you’re ignoring? Should you reply? Or should you ghost the person who sent them? Ghosting happens when someone cuts off all online communication with someone else, and without an explanation. Instead, like a ghost, they just vanish. The phenomenon is common on social media and dating sites, but with the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic – forcing more people together online – it happens now more than ever.

A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature.

Twitter is going to Hell in a handbasket. Wait no — that’s a dumpster. Oh look, it’s full of money. Aaannnnd it’s on fire. Apparently, things at the birdsite aren’t going so great. Actually, the so-called “microphone of the masses” is in pretty bad shape. Bad enough that genius-billionaire investor Elon Musk is reportedly telling his staff (more of whom he says he intends to lay off) that bankruptcy is now on the table.

Instances of racial slurs have soared on Twitter since Elon Musk purchased the influential platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activity, a digital civil rights group reported Thursday.

Escaping the platform's addictive grasp means first overhauling our relationship to our devices.

Twitter’s solution to breaking its own verification system is beginning to roll out. Several celebrity and publisher accounts now have a gray “official” checkmark — in addition to the blue verified badge. News outlets, including Reuters, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, are now double-badged, in addition to public figures, politicians, and other official brand accounts. Our @Verge handle is one of the accounts marked official, as of this writing, while Twitter’s reluctant new owner, Elon Musk, is not.

If Friday brought massive layoffs to Twitter, Monday brought fresh evidence that the company will never be the same. Elon Musk has discussed putting the entire site behind a paywall, Platformer has learned. Meanwhile, the company is scrambling to lure back employees who it laid off mere hours ago, and some workers say the economics behind its soon-to-relaunch Twitter Blue subscription could actually lose the company money.

Twitter has been good to me. It’s a direct line to readers, a shared workspace for writers and creators, an audience that gets my snark – it’s also part of my professional origin story. But the bird is hurting, and that hurts to see.

I’m seeing some wild statements about Mastodon on Twitter, like how there’s nobody on Mastodon, it’s too hard to use, etc. I haven’t found that to be true. Is there a learning curve? Yes. Are there LOTS of people who are willing to help you flatten that learning curve? Yes. Are there as many people on Mastodon as Twitter? No. Are there literally thousands of communities talking about everything under the sun and moving information all over the place? Yes.

Two weeks ago, news broke that rapper Kanye West—now known as Ye—was planning on buying the right-wing social media site Parler after he was temporarily booted from Instagram and Twitter over antisemitic posts. Despite West moving to the “free speech” site, however, he still isn’t free from censors, as Parler slapped a West post with a content warning on Friday afternoon.

Cheerios and Lucky Charms cereal company joins General Motors Co and Audi among others in pulling money from the platform

Young voters turned out in big numbers for the US presidential contest in 2020. But will they be as motivated to cast their ballots in the midterm elections on 8 November? From TikTok influencers to 20-something candidates, Gen Z is already focused on getting out the vote.

TikTok’s updated privacy policy fails to address the most contentious issue in handling user data. The wildly popular short form video app said its staff in several countries around the world—including, most controversially, China—can access user data from the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland starting Dec. 2, as per the Guardian.

The change it hinted at in September has rolled out.

The right-wing social network faces two federal investigations and an uncertain financial future. But it has still managed to outpace its rivals.

Even before Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, there was speculation and concerns about how the SpaceX and Tesla CEO would transform the social network. Musk, who took over Twitter following months of wrangling on October 27, has often expressed his desire to turn the platform into a "digital town square" where free speech and content are not strictly moderated.

Who would pay for Twitter?