PBS takes a look at how journalists are using the social network.
Category: Social Media
Tweetbot for Mac Released⇢
For $19, you get a great Twitter client for the Mac that syncs your mute filters, read statuses and more with the iOS version.
Update: It’s currently the second-highest paid app in the Mac App Store.
Predditors⇢
Shame on Reddit. Seriously.
Why Twitter’s Afraid of Clients
While I’m still not positive App.net will be successful long-term, it’s been fun to relive the early days of Twitter with this new service.
The service is evolving right before user’s eyes — just the other day, they added the ability to star a post — and the clients that are being built around the service are evolving, too.
I’m beta testing several apps, and have bought a couple from the App Store. They are all different. They have different control schemes, different UIs and different ways of posting, replying and re-posting. Some are blue, some are white and some are dark. Some have push notifications and some don’t. Some can publish photos and some can’t.
Romney Campaign Buys Trending Topic⇢
Finally, the anger I feel toward Twitter and the anger I feel toward the Republican party can come together in a single, perfect sphere of rage.
Twitter Certified Products Verticals⇢
Twitter:
To meet overwhelming demand for Twitter content, we partner with a number of companies that sublicense public Tweets. These partners build platforms and organizations that solve the data needs for non-consumer and analytics products. We look for partners that meet the platform and support requirements of enterprise customers, and accelerate the pace of innovation for their customers.
Well, the suits have taken over at Twitter. What a shame.
Tweetbot for Mac Alpha Pulled
Tweetbot developer Tapbots has announced that it has pulled its very popular alpha Mac app from release due to the new caps on maximum users that Twitter recently said it would begin enforcing. The developers have tried to work with Twitter to come up with a way to have the alpha not eat up the limited amount of slots available to them, but says that Twitter has been uncooperative.
A Quick Thought on App.net
I haven’t had a lot of time to play with the new site, but one thought has come to mind.
I don’t worry if it will be successful. I do worry that it will become successful and Twitter will bring down the hammer on App.net for blatantly ripping them off.
Twitter Apologizes For Shutting Down Guy Adams’ Account⇢
Alex Macgillivray, Twitter’s General Counsel:
The Trust and Safety team does not actively monitor users’ content. In all cases, whether the user is the head of a major corporation, a celebrity, or a regular user, we require a report to be filed at our abusive users webform. Not only do we need a report, but we need a report from the person whose private information has been posted, or someone who is able to legally act on their behalf. We do not proactively report or remove private information on behalf of other users, no matter who they are.
Twitter Alerted NBC About Guy Adams’ Tweets⇢
Seriously uncool, Twitter.
Digg Bought by Betaworks⇢
The former social superstar went for just half a million.
Use IFTTT to Archive Tweets⇢
Wow, this is clever.