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A time for big Twitter decisions
Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of “The Master Switch,” said the changes could undermine the usefulness of Twitter in authoritarian countries.
“I don’t fault them for wanting to run a normal business,” he said. “It does suggest someone or something else needs to take Twitter’s place as a political tool.”
Professor Wu urged the company to use discretion: “Twitter needs to be careful not to be in a position where it’s no longer helpful to a rebellion against oppressive governments. It needs to remain its old self in some circumstances.”
When Twitter Blocks… Continue reading: When Twitter Blocks Tweets, It’s #Outrage – NYTimes.com
On Twitter, nobody knows you’re a bot; also see Twitter Acquires Malware Protection Company
You might have encountered a "Twitter bot" before: an automated program that perhaps retweeted something you wrote because it had particular keywords. Or maybe you received a message from an unfamiliar, seemingly human-controlled account, only to click on an accompanying link and realize you’d been fooled by a spambot.
Now a group of freelance Web researchers has created more sophisticated Twitter bots, dubbed "socialbots," that can not only fool people into thinking they are real people, but also serve as virtual social connectors, speeding up the natural rate of human-to-human communication.
Twitter Bots Create Surprising… Continue reading: Twitter Bots Create Surprising New Social Connections – Technology Review
Excerpt from a useful overview of (and video about) Twitter’s new user experience model
Like many of the 100 million monthly active Twitter users, I tweet all the time, but I stopped doing it through Twitter’s own site, Twitter.com, ages ago. That’s because tons of desktop and mobile apps, such as TweetDeck and even Twitter for BlackBerry, are simply more feature-filled and easier to use.
Now Twitter has revamped its website, deconstructing its menus to be more approachable and easier to use, even for Twitter newbies. So I returned to the site and found three features that make a big difference. Meanwhile, two features I hoped would, by now, be available on… Continue reading: A Few New Reasons to Reunite With Twitter.com – Katherine Boehret – The Digital Solution – AllThingsD
Apparently as much about for-profit Twitter as “A Twitter for My Sister”
The most important part of the Twitter redesign for marketers is the new, enhanced profile functionality. It gives them a “much richer canvas,” as Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said earlier today. The new brand profile pages are available to a limited number of companies now but will be rolling out more broadly in the coming weeks.
In addition to the customizable background, the top of the page now allows more brand identity content.
New, Enhanced Profiles A Boon To Brands On Twitter
Continue reading: New, Enhanced Profiles A Boon To Brands On Twitter [Marketing Land]
Major changes ahead for Twitter; see this Twitter post for details.
Twitter is revamping the service with personal Twitter profile pages, a new timeline that includes rich media and other related information embedded into tweets, and easier search for information based on @ symbols (usernames) and hash tags.
Twitter Just Fired A Cannonball At Facebook And Google+
Continue reading: Twitter Just Fired A Cannonball At Facebook And Google+ [Business Insider]
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