Hate speech down significantly on Twitter: Elon Musk
"Hate speech impressions down by one-third from pre-spike levels. Congrats to Twitter team!" Musk tweeted. "I have half a mind to wag my finger at the 1500 accounts that caused the spike, but I shall forebear." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post. While one user commented, "Source? Ummm Twitter! They are the subject matter experts of their own data", another asked: "Who determines what is hate speech?"
Former FTX CEO has no stake in Twitter as a private company: Musk
Semafor publication first reported that Sam Bankman-Fried owned a stake in Musk's Twitter. "Two weeks after clinching a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, he (Musk) texted Bankman-Fried just after midnight and invited him to roll the $100 million stake he had owned for a few months into a privately held Twitter," claimed the publication.
Elon Musk may put you in Twitter jail for violations
A Twitter follower shared a suggestion for Musk to improve the micro-blogging site by putting users in "Twitter jail". "Twit suggestion 2: Twitter Jail! Share both the reason for ban, number of violations, as well as when account will be freed," the user posted.
Musk replied: "Agreed".
Wasn't Twitter supposed to die by now or something, asks Elon Musk
Despite too much criticism from several quarters, Musk said Twitter is where the "opinion leaders are". "Wasn't Twitter supposed to die by now or something?" Musk tweeted to his more than 118 million followers. "Maybe we've gone to heaven/hell and don't know it," he chuckled.
Musk blames 'activists' for his Twitter moderation council lie
"A large coalition of political/social activist groups agreed not to try to kill Twitter by starving us of advertising revenue if I agreed to this condition," he said in a tweet. "They broke the deal." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post. While one user said "leftists always break their deals. Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post.
Twitter adds 1.6 million daily active users in 1 week: Elon Musk
Elon Musk tweeted: "Twitter added 1.6M daily active users this past week, another all-time high." Popular YouTube content creator Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast commented on Musk's post, "I wonder what YouTube's daily actives is". "Let's see what happens when Twitter offers good video with higher compensation for creators," Musk replied.
Twitter alternative Hive sees surge in new users
Due to the ongoing deterioration of the situation at Twitter, Hive is currently ranked among the top 20 in the US App Store, reports TechCrunch. Founded in 2019 by Kassandra Pop, Hive is not a Twitter clone but a Generation Z-focused social platform which combines ideas from many other social-media applications, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even MySpace.
Musk greets Indian followers with Namaste, Twitter in splits
"I am having a great time. Namaste," tweeted Musk, as he understands that India is a key market for Twitter and several Indian-origin sofitware engineers are working at the company. He also said that he is holding off the relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. "Will probably use different colour check for organizations than individuals," said Musk.
My firstborn child died in my arms, I felt his last heartbeat: Elon Musk
A jury in the US state of Connecticut last month ordered Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The families sued Jones after he claimed the shooting on December 14, 2012, at the school in Newton, Connecticut, was a hoax staged by US authorities to impose gun control measures. Amid calls by his followers to reinstate Jones like former US President Donald Trump, Musk said: "My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat".
Elon Musk to speed up Twitter upload time, video top priority
Twitter account, "Tesla Owners Silicon Valley", which is an official Tesla recognised club, on Monday tweeted in which it asked Musk "to make Twitter live video better". "Can we make twitter live video better with multiple people at once? Right now it's only one person and other people are audio," it tweeted. To which Musk replied: "Yes, major focus on video overall." Tesla Owners Silicon Valley further tweeted: "How are you going to make the app faster."
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