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Twitter suggested accounts to unfollow, says it was part of an ‘incredibly’ limited test

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Twitter confirmed this week it recently ran a test suggesting accounts to unfollow. The test lasted for only a few days, was applied to a small fraction of users, and has since ended, according to a report by Slate. Twitter would not comment on whether or not any brand accounts, or accounts belonging to high-profile […]

Twitter to enforce new rules around issue ads starting September 30

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Twitter announced it will begin enforcing a new policy for US-specific issue ads starting September 30, along with a new certification process for the advertisers promoting such ads. The move is part of the company’s initiative to improve the health of its platform and rid its feed of bad actors looking to influence US political

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Facebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from Iran

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Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious items from their platforms that had originated in Iran — Facebook took down 652 Pages, groups and accounts, Twitter removed 284 accounts and Google disabled a total 42 YouTube channels, 16 Google+ accounts, six Blogger

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10 Tips for Providing Top-Tier Twitter Customer Service

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Customer service isn’t what it used to be thanks to social media. And for consumers, that’s a good thing. Think about it. Nobody has time to sit on hold for an hour or spend days stuck in an endless email chain to get their questions answered anymore. Fast forward to present day where time is

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Tweetbot & Twitterrific remove features no longer available as Twitter rolls out API updates

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Last December, Twitter announced it would be deprecating access for app developers to its site stream, user stream and some direct messaging features. Twitter’s API platform updates are rolling out this week, impacting the functionality of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific. Without the ability to connect to streams in real time, Twitter timelines displayed over

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Why Twitter Engagement Is Essential for Brands Today

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Twitter has grown quickly since its inception. With its crisp 140-character limit (since increased to 280), and the variety of quality content, it was an instant hit with users. However, it’s not enough to just send out an occasional tweet and expect audiences to find you. Your brand needs to stay consistently engaged to connect

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How Your Small Business Can Leverage Twitter

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Pixabay While Twitter might appear to be dipping in popularity among casual social media users, its value for businesses is still undeniable. But that’s not to say that Twitter is the same as it’s always been. Due to algorithm updates to evolved user tendencies, simply getting content into news feeds doesn’t work like it once

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Twitter loses ability to let users auto-post tweets & retweets to Facebook

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Quka / Shutterstock.com Yesterday, Facebook announced it had deprecated its Publish actions permissions from its API, a feature that made it possible for apps to publish posts to Facebook as the logged-in user. According to Facebook, it expects that roughly 60,000 apps will be impacted — one of which is Twitter. Twitter’s support team tweeted

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Twitter Enlists Academic Researchers to Reduce Offensive Tweets

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Twitter recently announced that it will enlist academic research groups to help in its project on conversation health. The researchers will study the behavior of Twitter users to find ways to assess how healthy the discussions are and help rid the platform of racists and trolls. The social networking site continues to take steps to tamp

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Twitter shares how it ranks search results after being accused of shadow banning accounts

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After being accused last week of “shadow banning” accounts — a deliberate move to hide an account’s content from everyone except the person who posted it — Twitter said it has since fixed a bug in its search system and shared insights into the ranking factors it uses for accounts in search results. Twitter says

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