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06 Jun 2009 18:26

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Tech: Most Twitter users are either complete losers or spambots

  • 80% of Twitter users have less than ten followers source
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06 Jun 2009 18:04

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Tech: New status icon for celebrity Twitter users: Verified accounts

  • With due respect to the man and his notable work, Mr. La Russa’s lawsuit was an unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous. Twitter’s Terms of Service are fair and we believe will be upheld in a court that will ultimately dismiss Mr. La Russa’s lawsuit.
  • Twitter co-founder Biz Stone • In response to a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa about a faked account which the site already removed. They will not settle and will fight the case in court if necessary. Stone did take the opportunity, however, to tell people about Twitter’s new verified account program, which will only take a few people at first but over time will expand and include more notable users and, down the road, businesses. Here’s our question. Can you bling the verified account tag? • source
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04 Jun 2009 22:21

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Tech: Time magazine holds Twitter to an unbelievably high standard

Awesome? Sure. Popular? Yes. Useful? You betcha. But world-changing? Uh … we’re not willing to go that far. Yet. It’s no Segway, though. source
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03 Jun 2009 10:31

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Tech: We spend more time on social networks talking to fake girlfriends

  • 83% increase in April from a year ago; we blame Twitter source
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29 May 2009 14:29

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Culture, Tech: Twitter finally gets the kind of animated parody it deserves

  • It’s about time someone decided to parody Twitter in the way it deserves. Best part of the video is when the Failwhale shows up.source
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27 May 2009 22:33

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Tech: Twitter creator Jack Dorsey and his fear of the Fadwhale

  • The buzz is definitely good right now, but it’s also potentially dangerous. It may put us into a fad.
  • Twitter creator Jack Dorsey • On the site’s biggest danger. He says the site works best when people don’t worry about the hype and just use it. We agree. He also talks about what extra services could be added to the site. That’d be awesome. • source
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27 May 2009 11:18

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Culture, Tech: Ashton Kutcher may stop Twittering! OMG OMG!

  • Wow I hope this isn’t true. I really don’t like being sold out. May have to take a twitter hiatus.
  • Ashton Kutcher • In response to news that a Twitter TV show might be in the works. OMG dude! • source
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17 May 2009 12:40

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Tech: The British papers’ approach to gaming Digg: Twitter + old lady

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13 May 2009 18:29

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Politics, Tech: The tale of #twitterfail and how honesty might have helped

  • The problem with the setting was that it didn’t scale and even if we rebuilt it, the feature was blunt. It was confusing and caused a sense of inconsistency. We felt we could do much better.
  • Twitter Creative Director Biz Stone • On the actual reason Twitter removed that @replies feature the other day – functionality was only part of the reason. The real reason is that there was some technical stuff that was slowing down the site. (And as users of the site’s search function, we’ve noticed. Sigh.) Now, everyone’s just a little ticked off and Twitter forgot the lesson that they should know better than anyone else – people complain on Twitter a lot, and honesty is the best policy. • source
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13 May 2009 09:39

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Tech: Twitter apparently took a cue from the Facebook playbook

  • Retweet this if you disagree w Twitter’s decision to hide replies to ppl you don’t follow. #fixreplies
  • A current retweet floating around Twitter • After the announcement that Twitter would hide replies from people you don’t follow yesterday, a decision that seemed arbitrary and caused many people to shake their fists in anger. However, compared to a Facebook dramabomb, this is comparatively nothing. • source
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