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Twitter alternative Mastodon gains maximum traction after Musk takeover
"Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool," Eugen Rochko, Founder and CEO of Mastodon, said in a post on the platform. According to him, the platform had 381,113 active users on October 28.
Elon Musk ends remote work at Twitter, tells staff 'difficult times ahead'
Elon Musk warned that a weaker economic environment in the US would mean difficulties for Twitter and there was "no way to sugarcoat the message" about these challenges. He also reportedly told employees that they should be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours a week.
Twitter will add granular details to verified badges: Elon Musk
After abruptly killing the gray 'Official' badge for government accounts, Musk said that the company will now add organisational affiliation and ID verification to verified accounts with Blue badges.
Elon Musk abruptly kills gray 'Official' badge within hours
Twitter earlier started giving gray badges to government officials and public figures globally, including in India, but later reversed the change. "I just killed it," Musk tweeted to a user. "Blue check will be the great leveller," he added. Musk said that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.
Twitter will roll out gray 'Official' badge for prominent accounts, public figures
Esther Crawford, head of the new Twitter Blue service, said that select accounts related to governments, companies or public figures will get a gray "Official" check mark to separate them from other users. "A lot of folks have asked about how you'll be able to distinguish between @TwitterBlue subscribers with blue check marks and accounts that are verified as official, which is why we're introducing the "Official" label to select accounts when we launch," she said in a tweet.
Twitter tells advertisers its user growth at all-time high under Elon Musk
According to a company document obtained by The Verge, Twitter's monetisable daily user (mDAU) growth has accelerated to more than 20 per cent after Musk takeover.
Elon Musk's Indian-origin adviser defends $8 for Blue with verification
On Monday, Krishnan reacted on Twitter to the claim that verification will not solve impersonation but cause more problems. "Using a CC/mobile checkout dramatically increases friction. And everyone caught impersonating will lose their money," Krishnan tweeted.
Elon Musk suspends comic Kathy Griffin's account for impersonation
A screenshot of Kathy Griffin's viral tweet read: "After much-spirited discussion with the females in my life. I have decided that voting blue for their choice is only right," asking voters to support Democratic candidates in the US midterm election on November 8.
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw condemns Twitter layoffs in India
Vaishnaw's reaction, first reported by Business Standard, came as Musk fired about half of Twitter's workforce globally, including nearly 150-180 employees in India. "We condemn the way Twitter has sacked employees in India," said Vaishnaw, adding that the employees "should have given the employees a fair time for transition".
Elon Musk announces permanent ban for impersonation on Twitter
In a series of tweets, the new Twitter CEO said that the platform will not even warn such users, like in the previous past, and will suspend the account immediately. "Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying 'parody' will be permanently suspended," said Musk.
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