\nElon Musk\u2019s Twitter: Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification<\/br>
\n2023-04-11 22:07:30<\/br><\/p>\n
Welcome to Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter, where the rules are made up<\/a> and the check marks<\/a> don\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is just my strong, intuitive sense that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization,\u201d Musk said<\/a> at a TED conference on the day he made his offer. \u201cI don\u2019t care about the economics at all.\u201d<\/p>\n Even for one of the richest men in the world, $44 billion is a lot of money to cough up to buy a middling social platform. Despite his fervent declarations about expanding \u201cthe scope and scale of consciousness\u201d through public discourse, the billionaire got cold feet. A month later in May, he tried to kill the deal<\/a>, claiming that Twitter had more bots than its public filings let on. After a truly chaotic legal discovery process, which even included some embarrassing texts<\/a>, Musk was forced to seal the deal<\/a>. By October, the platform was his.<\/p>\n Since Musk bought Twitter and took the company private, the news around the microblogging platform has been a whirlwind, rife with verification chaos, API access shakeups, ban reversals and staggering layoffs. If you\u2019re just catching up, here\u2019s a complete timeline of what\u2019s going down at the bird app.<\/p>\n The\u00a0lawsuit<\/a>, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, alleged that Twitter has to pay more than $1 million to the former executives for legal bills they incurred while at the company to respond to requests by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n Numerous Twitter users are reporting a bug on April 10 in which Circle tweets\u00a0are surfacing on the algorithmically generated\u00a0For You<\/a>\u00a0timeline. That means that your supposedly private posts might breach containment to reach an unintended audience, which could quickly spark some uncomfortable situations.<\/p>\n TechCrunch has spoken to multiple users who have also experienced this glitch firsthand;\u00a0many<\/a>\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0have<\/a>\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0the glitch in their tweets. Most often, it seems that Circle tweets are being surfaced in the For You timeline to users who follow the poster, but are not in their Circle. Others have reported that their Circle tweets are reaching even further than those who follow them.<\/p>\n The Elon Musk-owned platform has resumed surfacing accounts of Vladimir Putin and the Russian Embassy in search results. A former Twitter employee told the publication that this move is likely because of a policy change.<\/p>\n Twitter is censoring Substack links by making the posts impossible to reply to, like or retweet. While quote-tweeting works, simply pressing the retweet button surfaces an error message: \u201cSome actions on this Tweet have been disabled by Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n You didn\u2019t hear this from us, but if you link to a Substack via a redirected URL, it seems to post without restrictions.<\/p>\n Twitter is rolling out additional features for Blue subscribers including showing 50% of ads in their timeline compared to non-paid users and a visibility boost in search.<\/p>\n \u201cAs you scroll, you will see approximately twice as many organic or non-promoted Tweets placed in between promoted Tweets or ads. There may be times when there are more or fewer non-promoted Tweets between promoted Tweets,\u201d Twitter\u2019s description of the feature says.<\/p>\n While Twitter is claiming to reduce ads on paid subscribers\u2019 feeds, it is hard to prove if they are actually seeing fewer ads apart from anecdotal experiences.<\/p>\n NPR\u2019s Twitter account on the platform now comes with a tag denoting it as \u201cUS state-affiliated media.\u201d But NPR doesn\u2019t meet Twitter\u2019s own definition for a state-affiliated account:<\/p>\n State-affiliated media is defined as outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and\/or control over production and distribution\u2026<\/p>\n State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK for example, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GET REKT @NPR<\/a><\/p>\n Nicely done, @elonmusk<\/a> \ud83e\udd23 pic.twitter.com\/jvX15QWSf5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Musk had claimed that starting on April 1, blue checkmarks that previously indicated that an account was legitimate, verified and notable would be maintained only for those who have a subscription to Twitter Blue. The change would be part of a wider push for Twitter to gate previously free features, and bundle new ones, under the $8 per month Twitter Blue subscription, which costs $11 on iOS and Android devices.<\/p>\n As numerous celebrities<\/a> and businesses spoke out to say they wouldn\u2019t pay the $8 fee, it appeared that removing so many blue checks would be easier said than done. Instead, Twitter merely updated the text<\/a> accompanying a blue check to make it unclear whether someone was verified for being notable, or for paying for Twitter Blue. In an ultimate act of pettiness, Twitter removed The New York Times\u2019 verification check when the news giant said it wouldn\u2019t pay for verification.<\/p>\n Based on early returns, the revamped Twitter Blue has yet to contribute significantly to Twitter\u2019s bottom line<\/a>, with just $11 million generated from mobile signups in its first three months.<\/p>\n The three API tiers include a free level meant for content posting bots, a $100\/month basic level and a costly enterprise level. Subscribing to any level gets access to the Ads API at no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Twitter mentioned that over the next 30 days, the company will discontinue old access levels, including Standard (for v1.1), Essential and Elevated (for v2), and Premium.<\/span><\/p>\n Developers remain unhappy<\/span><\/a> with Twitter\u2019s new API structure.<\/span><\/p>\n Introducing a new form of Free (v2) access for write-only use cases and those testing the Twitter API with 1,500 Tweets\/month at the app level, media upload endpoints, and Login with Twitter.<\/p>\n Get started: https:\/\/t.co\/CqCRD3vbE5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Musk justified the move by saying this was the \u201conly realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over.\u201d<\/p>\n Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations.<\/p>\n The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.<\/p>\n Voting in polls will require verification for same reason.<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Twitter decreases the wait to purchase Twitter Blue for newly created Twitter accounts from 90 days to 30 days.<\/p>\n \u201cNew subscriptions to Twitter Blue are available globally on web, iOS, or Android. Not all features are available on all platforms. Newly created Twitter accounts will not be able to subscribe to Twitter Blue for 30 days. We may also impose waiting periods for new accounts in the future at our discretion, and without notice,\u201d the Twitter Blue page reads.<\/p>\n Twitter announced that the removal of legacy blue checkmarks will begin April 1 for users that are not subscribed to Twitter Blue.<\/p>\n Elon tweeted back in December<\/a> that the company will remove legacy checkmarks \u201cin a few months.\u201d After that, users with legacy blue checks had been seeing a pop-up when they clicked on their checkmark, which read, \u201cThis is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable<\/a>.\u201d But once Twitter botched this removal of checkmarks, they changed the copy again \u2014 as of now, users cannot distinguish whether someone has a checkmark<\/a> because they paid, or because they were deemed notable.<\/p>\n On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here: https:\/\/t.co\/gzpCcwOpLp<\/a><\/p>\n Organizations can sign up for https:\/\/t.co\/RlN5BbuGA3<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Verified (@verified) March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Twitter\u2019s Tor service<\/a>, a version of the site that could be accessed even in countries where the social network is banned, has gone dark after the company failed to renew its certificate, which expired on March 6.<\/p>\n Pavel Zoneff, director of strategic communications at the Tor Project, told TechCrunch that the site \u201cis no longer available seemingly with no plans to renew.\u201d<\/p>\n This expansion makes the social network\u2019s subscription service available in more than 35 countries across the world.<\/p>\n These countries include Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus.<\/p>\n Twitter laid off more than 200 employees in its fourth round of cuts, including loyalist Esther Crawford \u2014 the chief executive of Twitter payments who oversaw the company\u2019s Twitter Blue verification subscription.<\/p>\n Twitter\u2019s staff is down from about 7,500 employees to less than 2,000 since Musk.<\/p>\n Lots of speculation among ex employees that Musk must be about to install a whole new regime and that\u2019s why he is cleaning house. Otherwise the cuts don\u2019t make sense. \u201cHard to keep the lights on with the people who are still left,\u201d one ex manager told me.<\/p>\n \u2014 Alex Heath (@alexeheath) February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n One of the numerous rounds of cuts eliminated the platform\u2019s entire accessibility team. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) called on Elon Musk to bring the accessibility team back in an open letter<\/a>. Markey requested a response by March 17.<\/p>\n After updating its ad policy<\/a> on February 15, Twitter became the first social media app in the U.S. to allow cannabis advertising. Cannabis ads will run on Twitter in U.S. states where cannabis is legal and in Canada.<\/p>\n The initial date set to cut free access to Twitter\u2019s API was February 9, which was then extended to February 13. Now, the social network has delayed the shutdown again, this time with no date set.<\/p>\n There has been an immense amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming changes with Twitter API. As part of our efforts to create an optimal experience for the developer community, we will be delaying the launch of our new API platform by a few more days.<\/p>\n More information to follow\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The delay jeopardizes the plans of developers and startups building tools around the Twitter API as they wouldn\u2019t have any clarity on future spending and budget allocation on the developer platform.<\/p>\n The company originally planned to shut down free access to its API on February 9. Now it has extended this deadline to February 13. Twitter said that it will charge $100 per month for the basic tier of API. This will get developers access to a \u201clow level of API usage,\u201d as well as the Ads API.<\/p>\n We have been busy with some updates to the Twitter API so you can continue to build and innovate with us.<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to announce an extension of the current free Twitter API access through February 13. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re shipping then \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n When developers trying to seek clarity around the new API rules went to the developer forum website<\/a>, they found that the site had been put behind a login<\/a>. The forum was finally accessible four days later on February 13.<\/p>\n Twitter announced the ability to post longer tweets for paid users on February 8. Instead of being limited to 280 characters, paying Blue subscribers can post tweets that are up to 4,000 characters.<\/p>\n While only Twitter Blue subscribers can post long tweets, all users will be able to read them. You will see only the first 280 characters on the timeline, and if you want to read more, you can click on \u201cShow more.\u201d<\/p>\n need more than 280 characters to express yourself?<\/p>\n we know that lots of you do\u2026 and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that.<\/p>\n so we\u2019re introducing longer Tweets! you\u2019re gonna want to check this out. tap this \ud83d\udc49\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Elon Musk announced in a tweet<\/a> on February 3 that the company would soon begin sharing advertising revenue with creators on the platform for the first time. He follows up the announcement with a catch: Eligible users must be signed up for Twitter Blue.<\/p>\n Payouts have yet to reach creators\u2019 wallets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Twitter Blue subscriptions are now available in Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, making it 12 regions in total to which users can subscribe to it as of February 2. On February 8, Twitter Blue extended services further to India, Indonesia and Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n Twitter also announced launching a new Spaces tab with curated stations for live and recorded spaces, along with podcasts. The social network is making podcasts available only to Blue subscribers and \u201csome people on Twitter for iOS and Twitter for Android apps.\u201d<\/p>\n Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version, Twitter said as it looks for more avenues to monetize the platform.<\/p>\n Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A week later and days before the February 9 deadline, Elon Musk said that after getting feedback from developers, Twitter will provide a write-only API for \u201cbots providing good content that is free.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter announced<\/a> February 1 that it is discontinuing CoTweeting, a feature that allowed two users to co-author a tweet. Users will be able to view the set of co-tweets for a month. After that, they will be automatically converted to retweets on the co-author\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n Due to declining ad revenue and advertiser exits<\/a>, Twitter announced on January 25 that it has teamed up with adtech companies DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science (IAS) to tell advertisers if their ad is placed around inappropriate content. The program, available first for U.S.-based advertising campaigns, allows brands to analyze the content adjacent to \u2014 primarily tweets above and below the ad \u2014 all types of ads, including promoted tweets.<\/p>\n The new design displays the bookmark button under the expanded tweet view, making it easier to add a post to your bookmarks.<\/p>\n Before the change, you had to tap on the share button to open the sharing card and then tap on the bookmark option to save a tweet. In addition to the new button, as soon as you tap on the button, you will see a banner at the top of the screen that says \u201cShow all bookmarks.\u201d<\/p>\n The option is currently visible only on the iOS app, but we can expect that Twitter will roll this out to Android and the web soon.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After cutting off prominent app makers<\/a> like Tweetbot and Twitterific, Twitter quietly updated its developer terms to ban third-party clients altogether<\/a> on January 19.<\/p>\n The \u201crestrictions\u201d section of Twitter\u2019s developer agreement<\/a> was updated with a clause prohibiting \u201cuse or access the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product to the Twitter Applications.\u201d Earlier in the week, Twitter said that it was \u201cenforcing long-standing API rules\u201d in disallowing clients access to its platform but didn\u2019t cite which specific rules developers were violating.<\/p>\n As a result, third-party Twitter clients began offloading their apps from App Stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n Users now have a chance to get a discount for $84\/year if they purchase an annual Blue subscription on the web.<\/p>\n Twitter Blue, including the new annual plan, is currently available in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a strange attempt to make money, Twitter is auctioning off surplus office furniture<\/a> (auction is now closed) that it doesn\u2019t need anymore, now that thousands of employees have either left the company<\/a> or been laid off<\/a>. When you\u2019re rapidly losing advertisers and apparently not paying your rent<\/a>, why not go for the hail mary?<\/p>\n The company has tried to pull this stunt previously<\/a>, only to give the option to switch back to a chronological timeline after a lot of backlashes<\/a>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s different this time? The Elon Musk-led company is now showing both algorithmic and chronological feeds side-by-side. Users can switch between them by swiping on their phone screens. Until now, users had to tap on the sparkle icon in the top-right corner to switch between the \u201cHome\u201d and \u201cLatest\u201d timelines. Twitter is justifying its latest change by saying that users can now easily swipe between the renamed \u201cFor You\u201d and \u201cFollowing\u201d timelines.<\/p>\n You can now easily switch between \u201cFor you\u201d and \u201cFollowing\u201d on web. Android coming soon \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n According to social media analyst Matt Navarra, Twitter\u2019s advanced search filters for mobile are coming soon.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what it looks like:<\/p>\n NEW! Twitter Advanced Search feature on iOS is coming soon \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc47 https:\/\/t.co\/ae56yE3JTU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xbQUpQJAlS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The company originally enforced the ban back in 2019<\/a>. At that time, it said that \u201cpolitical message reach should be earned, not bought.\u201d Twitter charted a different path from other social networks like Facebook and Instagram, which allowed political ads.<\/p>\n Twitter\u2019s announcement to lift the political ad ban comes at a time when advertisers have been pulling back spending<\/a> on the platform, and the company has been cutting down its internal revenue projections.<\/a><\/p>\n On December 23, Twitter updated the Twitter Blue page<\/a> declaring that subscribers can now upload 60-minute videos from the web at 1080p resolution and 2GB in file size.<\/p>\n According to posts on Twitter<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a> from a former public policy employee on December 22, Twitter cut half of its public policy team.<\/p>\n Twitter also laid off some engineers in infrastructure via email on December 16. Across all of Twitter, it\u2019s estimated that about 75% of employees have either chosen to leave or have been laid off since Elon Musk took ownership of the company in October.<\/p>\n To access the new feature, users have to just type the dollar symbol followed by the relevant ticker symbol, e.g. \u201c$GOOG\u201d or \u201c$ETH\u201d (minus the quote marks), in the search bar and Twitter will display the current price. This also works without using the $ symbol in some instances, but it\u2019s less consistent and doesn\u2019t always return the stock or crypto prices as requested.<\/p>\n If someone wants to know more details about a stock or cryptocurrency, they can hit the \u201cView on Robinhood\u201d button.<\/p>\n $Cashtags, now with data \ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc40 $SPY<\/a> \ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/XgOK6gf02E<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter Business (@TwitterBusiness) December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A tweet\u2019s View Count will be visible to everyone, not just the owner of the account.<\/p>\n \u201cTwitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video,\u201d Elon Musk wrote in a tweet<\/a>. \u201cShows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90% of Twitter users read, but don\u2019t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.\u201d<\/p>\n Twitter\u2019s product manager Esther Crawford said<\/a> the social media platform is launching a pilot program for Blue for Business with select businesses. The company plans to expand this to more organizations next year.<\/p>\n We\u2019re launching the pilot of Blue for Business so beginning today you\u2019ll start seeing company badges on select profiles. We\u2019ll soon be expanding the program and look forward to having more businesses added in the new year! https:\/\/t.co\/ytnMRO5rcE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Esther Crawford \u2728 (@esthercrawford) December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk\u2019s private jet<\/a>, Twitter also suspended<\/a> its open source competitor Mastodon<\/a> from the service.<\/p>\n Within the same day, Twitter suspended a number of prominent journalists on the platform without warning. \u201cSame doxxing rules apply to \u2018journalists\u2019 as to everyone else,\u201d Elon Musk tweeted in a reply<\/a> about the journalists\u2019 suspensions.<\/p>\n Twitter seemingly had a glitch that allowed banned users to still participate in Twitter Spaces. A group of the banned journalists started a group conversation on Spaces where Musk himself joined in. Shortly after, Twitter pulled its Spaces group audio feature<\/a> temporarily.<\/p>\n Revue, the newsletter platform acquired by Twitter<\/a> in January 2021, sent a message to newsletter writers<\/a> on December 14 declaring, \u201cWe\u2019ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.\u201d Writers had until January 18, 2023 to retrieve their data before everything was deleted.<\/p>\n Twitter dispersed the advisory group consisting of roughly 100 independent researchers and human rights activists from around the world. The council members received an email on Monday, December 12 from Twitter saying that the Trust & Safety Council is \u201cnot the best structure\u201d to get external insights into the company product and policy strategy.<\/p>\n Twitter will remove all legacy blue checkmarks \u201cin a few months,\u201d Elon Musk tweeted on December 12. Before Musk bought Twitter, checkmarks were used to verify individuals and entities as active, authentic and notable accounts of interest.<\/p>\n This past week, many blue checkmark holders have been seeing a pop-up when they click on their blue checkmark that reads, \u201cThis is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.\u201d<\/p>\n Twitter is officially bringing back the Twitter Blue subscription on December 12, starting in five countries before rapidly expanding to others<\/a>. Twitter updated its terms to specify that users will need to verify their phone numbers<\/a> before purchasing the Twitter Blue subscription.<\/p>\n Web sign-ups will cost $8 per month and iOS sign ups will cost $11 per month for \u201caccess to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark,\u201d per a tweet from the company account. Twitter Blue became available on Android<\/a> at the same price as iOS in January 2023.<\/p>\n In addition to the relaunch of Twitter Blue, the company also began rolling out a new offering called Blue for Business<\/a> that adds a gold checkmark to company accounts.<\/p>\n Twitter announced Community Notes, previously known as Birdwatch, are now visible around the world. Community Notes is the social media giant\u2019s crowdsourced fact-checking system.<\/p>\n Moderators who are part of the program can add notes to tweets to add context and users can then vote if they determine the context to be helpful. Prior to this global expansion, Community Notes were only visible to users in the U.S. Twitter added moderators<\/a> from the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in January 2023.<\/p>\n When Twitter launched its new subscription plan with a verification mark on November 9, it charged users $7.99 per month. In an attempt to offset App Store fees, Twitter is charging iOS users $11 for the new subscription plan \u2014 though the Twitter Blue plan is on halt.<\/p>\n The platform\u2019s crowdsourced fact-checking system, Community Notes, are notes written by Twitter users that are appended to tweets to provide further clarification and context.<\/p>\n The Community Notes algorithm change involves scoring notes where contributors explain why a tweet shouldn\u2019t be deemed misleading.<\/p>\n Elon Musk announces that Twitter will tentatively roll out a new multicolored verification system where companies will get a gold checkmark, government officials will get a grey checkmark and the blue checkmark will be dedicated to individuals even if they are not celebrities. That means the blue checkmark will be used with legacy verified accounts and folks who buy Twitter\u2019s proposed $8 per month paid plan<\/a>.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s an ongoing timeline of the notable Twitter updates and changes since Musk\u2019s takeover, starting with the most recent news:<\/h2>\n
April 2023<\/h3>\n
Ex-Twitter CEO and other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter Circle tweets aren\u2019t that private<\/a><\/h3>\n
A year later, Twitter is now resurfacing official Russian accounts in search results<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter won\u2019t let you retweet, like or reply to Substack links<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter Blue subscribers will now be shown \u2018half ads\u2019 on the platform<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter singles NPR out with misleading state-backed media label<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter\u2019s verification changes feel like an accidental April Fools\u2019 joke<\/a><\/h3>\n
March 2023<\/h3>\n
Twitter announces new API tiers; free, basic and enterprise levels<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Elon Musk says Twitter will only show verified accounts on its \u201cFor You\u201d timeline starting April 15<\/a><\/h3>\n
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New Twitter accounts now have to wait only 30 days to purchase Twitter Blue<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter to kill \u2018legacy\u2019 blue checks on April 1<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter\u2019s privacy-preserving Tor service goes dark<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter Blue is now available in more than 20 countries<\/a><\/h3>\n
February 2023<\/h3>\n
Layoffs continue<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter allows cannabis ads in states where it\u2019s legal<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter delays launch of its new API platform\u2026again<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter\u2019s basic tier of its API will cost $100 per month<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter Blue introduces 4,000-character tweets<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Elon Musk claims Twitter will start sharing ad revenue with creators<\/a><\/h3>\n
More monetization pushes: Twitter Blue expands new countries, brings back Spaces curation<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter to end free access to its API<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter discontinues CoTweets<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nJanuary 2023<\/h3>\n
Twitter partners with DoubleVerify and IAS on brand safety initiative<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter rolls out its bookmark feature on iOS<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nTwitter quietly bans third-party clients<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter now offers an annual Blue subscription<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nTwitter HQ furniture auctions<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter makes algorithmic \u201cFor You\u201d timeline the default<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter\u2019s advanced search filters for mobile are said to be coming soon<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter lifts the political ad ban to bolster revenue<\/a><\/h3>\n
December 2022<\/h3>\n
Twitter Blue users can now upload 60-minute videos<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter layoffs continue, impacting employees in public policy, engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter now displays stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter now shows how many people view your tweets<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter Blue for Business now allows companies to identify their employees<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Twitter goes on an account suspension spree, including prominent journalists<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter shuts down Revue, its newsletter platform<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter disperses the Trust & Safety Council<\/a><\/h3>\n
Elon Musk says Twitter will remove all legacy verifications \u2018in a few months\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter Blue relaunches with new verification process, plus Blue for Business<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter rolls out its Community Notes feature globally<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter announces charging $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees<\/a><\/h3>\n
November 2022<\/h3>\n
Twitter\u2019s Community Notes updated to better address \u2018low quality\u2019 contributions<\/a><\/h3>\n
Twitter announces a new multicolored verification system<\/a><\/h3>\n