Social Trends
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Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employees Who Publicly and Privately Challenged Him: ‘This Man Has No Idea WTF He’s Talking About’
The new Twitter boss, who touts unfettered speech on the social platform, apologized for “firing these geniuses” on Tuesday
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7 Best Twitter Alternatives if You Plan on Leaving
As an exodus from Elon Musk’s bird app continues, here are some other social media platforms to flock to
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TikTok Slashes 2022 Revenue Outlook as Advertising Slump Takes Hold
The Chinese social media platform’s parent ByteDance is also putting off its IPO amid market volatility
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Rainn Wilson Renames Himself Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to Raise Climate Change Awareness
“I’m an Arctic risk name-changer, which is going to be a game-changer”
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Elon Musk Kills New Twitter Feature Hours After Launch, Promises to Try ‘Lots of Dumb Things’ in Immediate Future
Musk’s warning came as the social media platform backed up a new verification feature just hours after it rolled out
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Elon Musk Scorched for Tweet With Nazi Soldier Image: ‘He’s Exactly What We Thought He Was’
Knowingly or not, Musk shared an image of a German Wehrmacht soldier with carrier pigeons to Twitter on Monday
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Kathy Griffin Sidesteps Twitter Suspension by Using Her Late Mother’s Account
Elon Musk suspended the comedian’s account after she impersonated him
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Facebook Parent Meta Expected to Layoff Thousands of Employees This Week (Report)
Steep advertising losses and competition from TikTok have severely damaged the tech company’s finances
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No, *I Am* Elon Musk: Verified Celebrities Take Twitter Owner’s Name in Protest
“Is Elon Musk as worried that all his tweets are from ‘Elon Musk’ as I am?,” tweeted actor Brendan Fehr
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Twitter Rolls Out $7.99 Blue Check Monthly Fee, Promises ‘Half the Ads’
The move comes after companies including General Motors, Audi and Pfizer paused advertising on the platform following Elon Musk’s takeover
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Twitter to Begin Massive Layoffs, Will Alert Fired Staffers By Email
Employees will find out by 9 a.m. PT if they’ve been let go
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Musk’s Plan to Charge Twitter Blue Checks $20 Monthly Dragged as ‘Profoundly Stupid’ by Verified Users
Celebrities and media figures had a field day ripping Twitter’s new plan to make money: ‘They can go f— themselves’
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Elon Musk’s First Day at Twitter: N-Word and Pro-Nazi Tweets Go Unchecked – at Least for Now
Musk says he’ll establish a content moderation “council,” and no “major” content or reinstatement decisions will happen until then
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Elon Musk Looks to Gut 75% of Twitter Staff After Buyout, Could Cripple Moderation (Report)
The social media company also plans to eliminate about 25% of staff if the deal doesn’t go through next week as planned
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Trump’s Truth Social Is a ‘Rightwing Echo Chamber,’ Elon Musk Says: ‘Might as Well Call It Trumpet’
Tesla CEO rips former president’s social media platform as he renews plans to buy Twitter
