twitter Elon Musk Transforms Twitter Into X to Build 'Everything App' Twitter officially rebrands as X as Elon Musk pursues his vision of a multifunctional super-app similar to WeChat. The platform now aims to handle comprehensive communications and entire financial transactions for its users.
twitter Elon Musk Replaces Twitter's Iconic Bird Logo With X Twitter officially rebrands to "X" as Elon Musk drops the platform's famous bird logo. The sweeping change marks the latest major shift since his $44 billion takeover.
meta Meta's Threads App Experiences Rapid Drop in User Engagement A new report reveals that Meta's newly launched Twitter rival, Threads, suffers from a significant decline in daily active users and engagement metrics just weeks after its explosive debut.
meta Meta's Threads App Becomes Fastest to Reach 100 Million Sign-Ups Meta's new Threads app reaches 100 million sign-ups in just five days, easily breaking ChatGPT's previous record. The rapid growth highlights the power of Instagram's network effects, though actual user engagement remains untested.
meta Threads Reaches 100 Million Users as Twitter Web Traffic Drops Meta's new text-based app Threads surpasses 100 million sign-ups in just five days, causing a noticeable decline in Twitter's web traffic.
threads Meta's Threads App Becomes Fastest-Growing Platform in History Meta's new Threads app officially surpasses 100 million sign-ups in just five days, easily breaking ChatGPT's previous record. However, the platform still faces questions about actual user engagement and its unique approach to content moderation.
threads Meta's Threads App Reaches 400 Million Monthly Active Users Threads, the text-based social networking platform owned by Meta Platforms, currently boasts 400 million monthly active users. Launched in July 2023, the service operates across web, Android, and iOS in over 100 countries.
twitter Twitter Imposes Temporary Rate Limits to Combat AI Scraping and Bots Twitter restricts how many posts users can view daily in an effort to block data scraping and eliminate bad actors. The sudden limits cause widespread frustration just as Meta prepares to launch its Threads app.
twitter Elon Musk Imposes Tweet Reading Limits to Combat Data Scraping Twitter restricts how many tweets users can read daily as Elon Musk targets aggressive data-scraping bots. The sudden limits cause widespread outages and frustrate regular users across the platform.
twitter Twitter Imposes Temporary Daily Reading Limits Amid Widespread Outage Elon Musk introduces strict daily reading limits on Twitter to combat data scraping, triggering thousands of user error reports. Verified accounts can now view 10,000 posts per day, while unverified users face much lower thresholds.
reddit Reddit Forces Protesting Moderators to Reopen Private Subreddits Reddit issues final warnings to moderators who keep their communities private, demanding they reopen or face unspecified consequences. The platform makes it clear that ongoing protests cannot continue to lock out millions of users.
reddit Extended Reddit Protests Force Platform to Reconsider Ad Revenue Strategy Ongoing demonstrations on Reddit create uncertainty for the platform's advertising income as media buyers predict a shift toward alternative revenue models. The prolonged backlash leaves Reddit at a critical financial crossroads.
reddit Thousands of Subreddits Remain Dark Amid Ongoing API Pricing Dispute A massive moderator protest continues to impact Reddit as thousands of communities stay private over new API pricing that threatens third-party apps. Reddit defends the changes as a necessary step to stop subsidizing commercial data usage.
reddit Reddit Forces Protest Communities to Reopen Amid Ongoing Blackout Tensions Reddit threatens to remove moderators and reopen subreddits by force as protests against new API pricing continue. While many large communities have reluctantly reopened, several major subreddits remain private and CEO Steve Huffman considers letting users vote out protest leaders.
reddit Reddit CEO Plans Rule Changes to Oust Protest Organizers Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticizes volunteer moderators leading a massive site blackout, comparing them to a "landed gentry" and proposing new voting rules to remove them.