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  • Threads might quickly convey X like Trending Topics function. Here’s the way it will work

    Meta’s newest social media app, Threads, is more likely to get help for the Trending Topics function quickly, with the brand new function noticed in a screenshot by accident posted by a Meta worker. Since the launch of Threads in July this yr, customers have been requesting a Trending Topics function to assist them discover essentially the most mentioned subject on Meta’s Twitter/X rival.

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    However, shortly after the launch of Threads, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri in an interplay with The Verge had stated that the objective of Threads was to not substitute Twitter, however to create a ‘public sq. for communities on Instagram’.

    Mosseri had additionally stated:“Politics and onerous information are vital, I do not need to suggest in any other case. But my take is, from a platform’s perspective, any incremental engagement or income they could drive is by no means definitely worth the scrutiny, negativity (let’s be trustworthy), or integrity dangers that come together with them.”

    Mosseri’s feedback had led many customers to conclude that Threads may by no means convey the trending matters function, which has been broadly used as a supply of breaking information, politics and outrage on Twitter.

    Threads Trending Topic function:

    The new trending matters function was first noticed by app developer William Max by way of a screenshot taken by an unnamed Meta worker who by accident posted it on Threads. The new function ranks matters in a numerical order beneath the search bar, whereas additionally exhibiting the variety of posts on every subject.

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    Trending Topics function on Threads (www.threads.internet/@willianmax)

    Notably, Threads had solely unveiled the key phrase search function in an replace final month. However, whereas saying the replace by way of his Threads profile, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg had hinted on the Trending Topics function. He wrote, “Get excited — search is coming to Thread…Rolling out to most English and Spanish talking nations immediately. More to come back quickly.”

     

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    Updated: 09 Oct 2023, 08:23 AM IST

  • Elon Musk checks new online game streaming characteristic on X, netizens react

    Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (previously Twitter) has examined out a brand new online game streaming characteristic which is able to give competitors to the likes of Twitch and YouTube. Musk had first live-streamed himself taking part in Diablo IV dungeon on Sunday and carried out one other live-stream right this moment.

    Also Read| Elon Musk’s X paid nearly $20 million to creators, says CEO Linda Yaccarino

    The reside stream on October 3 lasted round 40 minutes and witnessed 1.5 viewers tuning in to observe the billionaire play the online game with many customers on the platform complaining of points like flickering and high-pitched voice frequency. Musk himself admitted that there stays ‘one thing to be mounted’ for the live-streaming characteristic. 

    Meanwhile, Musk’s earlier broadcast lasted for round 52 minutes, with lots of time in the course of the begin of the stream being wasted on getting technical points sorted out. 

    Musk whereas informing in regards to the online game streaming session on X, wrote, “Tested the 𝕏 online game streamer system final evening. It works! Will attempt to full a Tier 100 Nightmare dungeon tonight reside on this platform.”

    Reacting to Musk’s post on X, one user reacted ‘RIP Twitch and YouTube’. Meanwhile, another user wrote ‘You’re the best gamer I’ve ever seen’.

    X (Twitter) vs Twitch: 

    Following up on his promise to create an “every thing app”, Musk is making an attempt to make X a serious participant within the online game streaming enterprise, which is dominated by Amazon’s Twitch. However, the brand new X characteristic is barely obtainable to customers with an X Blue subscription for $8 a month.

    X’s current revenue-sharing preparations would possibly entice some pissed off Twitch customers who’ve been pissed off with Amazon’s monetization insurance policies, Bloomberg reported. 

    X’s adverts income program provides eligible creators the chance to instantly earn cash from the platform by receiving a portion of the advert income generated by means of their content material. Each time a person views an advert on their publish or profile, the platform generates income from that impression and a share of this income is shared with the creators. It is a approach for creators to monetize their presence on X and be rewarded for the worth they carry to the platform by means of their content material.

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    Updated: 03 Oct 2023, 11:38 AM IST

  • Elon Musk’s X paid virtually $20 million to creators, says CEO Linda Yaccarino

    Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has doled out practically $20 million in funds to the content material creators on the app, CEO Linda Yaccarino knowledgeable in a put up on Friday.

    In a put up informing about funds made to content material creators, “Create. Connect. Collect all on X. We’re enabling the financial success of latest segments like creators. And thus far we have paid out virtually $20 million to our creator neighborhood.”

    How does X creator program work? 

    X’s advertisements income program presents eligible creators the chance to straight earn cash from the platform by receiving a portion of the advert income generated via their content material. Each time a consumer views an advert on their put up or profile, the platform generates income from that impression and a proportion of this income is shared with the creators. It is a approach for creators to monetize their presence on X and be rewarded for the worth they bring about to the platform via their content material.

    In order to be eligible for incomes via X’s advertisements income program, creators want to fulfill sure standards. They have to be subscribed to X Blue (Twitter Blue) and have a minimal of 5 million impressions on their cumulative posts throughout the final 3 months and will have a minimal of 500 followers on the platform.

    X (Twitter) to change into worthwhile by 2024: 

    Earlier, Linda Yaccrino had confirmed in an look at Vox Media’s Code Conference on Thursday that X may change into worthwhile by the beginning of 2024.

    Speaking concerning the roadmap of profitability for X, Yaccarino mentioned, “Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what’s coming is that it looks like in early ’24, we will be turning a profit,”

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    Updated: 30 Sep 2023, 06:48 AM IST

  • Is Elon Musk shopping for the brand new iPhone 15? World’s richest man says…

    Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and proprietor of the social media platform X (previously Twitter), has typically had a love-hate relationship with Apple. Musk was discovered to be criticising Apple quickly after taking up X, however later he additionally touted Apple’s continued promoting on the platform as proof that it was protected for others as properly. 

    More just lately, nevertheless, Musk appears to have discovered a brand new fascination with Apple CEO Tim Cook and the corporate’s newest iPhone 15 collection.

    Tim Cook had shared photos of the iPhone 15 Pro Max taken by famend photographers Stephen Wilkes and Reuben Wu. He wrote, “World-renowned photographers Stephen Wilkes and Reuben Wu present us creativity is limitless with iPhone 15 Pro Max. Their vivid images show breathtaking views from the fantastic thing about summer season in Rhode Island to the other-worldly deserts of Utah. Thank you for displaying me your work.”

    Musk replied to Cook’s post saying, “The beauty of iPhone pictures & video is incredible”

    In response to a different publish concerning the launch of the iPhone 15 collection, Musk wrote: “I’m shopping for one!”

    In an interview with CBS’ Sunday Morning final week, Tim Cook stated that Apple is continually evaluating whether or not it ought to promote on X. He stated: “It’s something we constantly ask ourselves.

    He added, “Generally, my view is Twitter’s an important property. I like the concept that it’s there for discourse and there is a town square. There’s also some things that I don’t like.”

    This isn’t the primary time tensions have flared between the 2 tech giants. Shortly after Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, he had accused Apple of stopping promoting on the platform.

    In a tweet that month, Musk wrote: “Apple has principally stopped promoting on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?”

    “What’s going on here @tim_cook?” Musk added.

    Later on, Tim Cook invited Musk for a gathering on the firm’s headquarters in Cupertino and a detente was reached with Apple deciding to proceed promoting on X, reported Wall Street Journal.

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  • Elon Musk’s X is reportedly getting sued by former workers. Here’s why

    Social media large X (previously Twitter), led by billionaire Elon Musk, is dealing with 2,200 arbitration claims from former workers of the corporate.

    According to a CNBC report citing court docket data, the case is Chris Woodfield v. Twitter, X Corp. and Elon Musk (No. 1:23-cv-780-CFC).

    Woodfield, a former senior community engineer at Twitter, labored out of the corporate’s Seattle workplace. He claims the social media large promised after which didn’t pay his severance, and even delayed different dispute decision by failing to pay the charges required for the JAMS arbitration system.

    Lawyers for X have argued that the corporate did not require these workers to resolve points by way of arbitration, and due to this fact should not be pressured to pay a big portion of the submitting charges. Meanwhile, Woodfield and different former workers are attempting to get out of arbitration and take their circumstances to court docket, CNBC reported.

    According to the JAMS web site, the submitting payment for two-party issues is $2,000, whereas for issues primarily based on a clause or settlement that could be a situation of employment, workers are solely required to pay $400.

    Given that JAMS has determined to use its base charges to the two,200 arbitrations towards X, this is able to imply a whopping $3.5 million in submitting charges alone, with different charges more likely to comply with.

    The report famous that just like the Woodfield case, X Corp is being sued with a category motion filed in a San Francisco federal court docket, the case is Ma v. Twitter, within the Northern District of California (No. 3:23-cv-3301).

    Former Twitter workers allege that X/Twitter delayed a minimum of 891 arbitration circumstances by failing to pay the required submitting charges after forcing them to comply with arbitrate their disputes in trade for severance pay.

    More lately, the US Department of Justice sued one other Elon Musk-led firm, SpaceX, for alleged hiring discrimination towards refugees and other people looking for or who’ve been granted asylum.

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    Updated: 01 Sep 2023, 07:46 AM IST

  • Will Elon Musk’s X require a govt ID and selfie to confirm customers? This what report suggests…

    Elom Musk’s X is reportedly creating id verification options to fight impersonation. Users might want to add their authorities ID and take a selfie with an uncovered digicam, says the report. The course of, taking round 5 minutes, entails collaboration with third-party firm Au10tix.

    Users should add a authorities ID copy and take a selfie, as per an unbiased app researcher, specifically Nima Owji. According to him, id verification on the platform owned by Elon Musk calls for a useful, uncovered digicam.

    Based on a shared screenshot as per Owji, the ID verification course of is estimated to final round 5 minutes, with an possibility to hide the verification badge. The disclosure signifies a partnership between X and Israeli agency Au10tix for this verification performance.

    Reportedly, X will retain person ID photographs and biometric knowledge on its servers for a most of 30 days, using this knowledge primarily for security and safety, significantly within the prevention of impersonation. Additionally, this info shall be shared with Au10tix to validate person id.

    Meanwhile, a glitch on the Elon Musk led social media platform has additionally led to the disappearance of images and different media posted earlier than 2014. Some offended customers on X claimed that the latest glitch on X could possibly be a part of the cost-cutting measures enacted by Elon Musk’s firm.

    According to a report printed in The Verge, the glitch appears to be solely affecting posts previous to December 2014 with connected images and hyperlinks that had been transformed utilizing the corporate’s built-in URL shortener.

    The glitch on X additionally affected some of the well-known tweets on the social media platform by 2014 Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres. Taken after the Oscars, the well-known tweet included a selfie that includes celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep amongst others. The comic had posted the 2014 selfies with the caption, “If solely Bradley’s arm was longer. Best picture ever.”

     

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    Updated: 21 Aug 2023, 01:48 PM IST

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  • Elon Musk broadcasts removing of block characteristic on X, says ‘it makes no sense’

    X proprietor Elon Musk has introduced the removing of block characteristic on the social media platform. Musk was responding to a query from the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley account asking customers about their choice between mute and the block characteristic.

    Musk famous by way of an X (previously Twitter) put up that blocking shall be deleted as a characteristic anticipated for direct messages however customers will nonetheless possess the power to mute others.

    In a put up on Friday, Musk wrote, “Block goes to be deleted as a “characteristic”, except for DMs”. “It is unnecessary” the billionaire added.

    Muting an account permits customers the power to not see posts by that account however muted account can nonetheless reply to the person’s posts and even repost them to their very own followers for commentary and even ship a direct message, reported Bloomberg.

    Blocking, alternatively, has been a necessary safety characteristic on the social media platform. Users on X have complained that eradicating the blocking characteristic may result in an uptick in on-line harassment on X.

    Removing the blocking characteristic is only one of many adjustments launched by the world’s richest man since he acquired the corporate previously referred to as Twitter in a $44 billion deal final 12 months. Since the takeover, Musk has been working to create what he calls ‘Twitter 2.0’.

    Some of the numerous adjustments launched since Musk’s takeover embody shedding a lot of the corporate’s workforce, scrapping the outdated verified programme in favour of the $8/month Twitter Blue subscription, altering the corporate’s title from Twitter to X and introducing some new options resembling stay streaming.

     

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    Updated: 19 Aug 2023, 07:29 AM IST

  • Elon Musk’s X delays entry to information web sites: Report

    Elon Musk’s X platform (previously generally known as Twitter) on Tuesday delayed entry to hyperlinks to content material on the Reuters and New York Times web sites in addition to rivals like Facebook and Instagram, Washington Post reported.

    The aforementioned affected web sites suffered a delay of about 5 seconds whereas clicking a hyperlink on the X earlier than the webpage loaded, citing exams it performed yesterday, the Washington Post added.

    However, by afternoon the X platform eradicated the delay.

    Musk, who purchased Twitter in October, has beforehand lashed out at information organisations and journalists who’ve reported critically on his corporations, which embody Tesla and SpaceX.

    A consumer on Hacker News, a tech discussion board, posted concerning the delay earlier on Tuesday and wrote that X started delaying hyperlinks to the New York Times on 4 August. On that day, Musk criticised the publication’s protection of South Africa and accused it of supporting requires genocide

    NEW AD REVENUE PROGRAMME

    Last week, tech large X introduced a brand new replace to their Ads Revenue program for creators, lowering the minimal quantity of impressions wanted from 15M to 5M.

    The firm tweeted from its official deal with, “Now, much more folks can receives a commission to put up! We’ve lowered the eligibility threshold for advertisements income sharing from 15M to 5M impressions throughout the final 3 months. We’ve additionally lowered the minimal payout threshold from $50 to $10. Sign up for a Premium subscription to get entry.”

    X has additionally lowered its cost threshold from $5O to $10.

    Elon Musk alternatively shared some extra info relating to the brand new replace and tweeted, “This primarily implies that X Premium (fka Twitter Blue) is free for accounts that generate above 5M views. Note, solely views from verified handles depend, as scammers will in any other case use bots to spam views to infinity.”

    Previously, the micro-blogging web site required customers to have a minimal of 15 million impressions inside three months to qualify for advert income sharing.

     

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    Updated: 16 Aug 2023, 06:53 AM IST

  • Elon Musk proposes to ‘speak’ with Apple CEO Tim Cook on App Store payment

    Elon Musk, the proprietor of X, previously Twitter, has introduced that he intends to debate with Apple CEO Tim Cook the potential of lowering App Store charges for creators who earn cash by way of subscriptions on the X social community.

    Musk’s proposal includes requesting Apple to use a 30 % minimize solely to the portion of the creator payment that Twitter retains, fairly than taking 30 % of the complete payment earned by a creator on the platform. 

    As a part of Twitter’s help for creators, Musk said that they don’t have any plans to gather any charges from creators incomes lower than $1,00,000. For these surpassing this threshold, Twitter would retain 10 % of a creator’s earnings, however the first yr can be fee-free for all creators. 

    If Apple agrees to the proposal, the corporate can be entitled to a 30 % minimize of the ten % payment that Twitter collects from creators incomes over $100,000.

    For these unaware, Apple presently collects an in-app buy charges for subscription transactions made by way of the Twitter app on iOS gadgets. During the primary yr of a subscription, Apple takes 30 %, and subsequently, 15 % for every following yr. Apple’s coverage applies this payment to all digital purchases on the App Store, and the corporate is mostly recognized for sustaining constant guidelines with out making exceptions.

    However, Musk’s request might not align with the present in-app buy setup, as Apple immediately expenses its payment from every subscriber paying a creator, fairly than from the creator themselves.

    In the previous, Elon Musk has criticized Apple’s App Store charges, labeling the collected minimize as “definitely not ok” and likening it to a “30% tax on the internet.”

    Here’s the total textual content of Musk’s tweet:

    Super Important to Support Creators!

    If you’ll be able to afford it, please subscribe to as many creators on this platform as you discover fascinating. 

    People from each nook of the world put up unbelievable content material on 𝕏, however usually reside in powerful circumstances, the place even a couple of hundred {dollars} a month modifications their life.

    While we had beforehand mentioned that 𝕏 would hold nothing for the 12 months, then 10%, we’re amending that coverage to 𝕏 retains nothing endlessly, till payout exceeds $100k, then 10%. First 12 months continues to be free for all. 

    Apple does take 30%, however I’ll converse with @tim_cook and see if that may be adjusted to be simply 30% of what 𝕏 retains with a view to maximize what creators obtain.

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    Updated: 03 Aug 2023, 01:19 PM IST

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  • X unveils world adverts income program for verified creators. How it really works

    X, beforehand often called Twitter, has now formally launched its adverts income program for eligible creators worldwide. This program provides verified customers the chance to earn cash by way of advert impressions on their tweets and profiles. It is a major step for content material creators on the platform, permitting them to monetize their presence and interact with their followers whereas being compensated for his or her efforts.

    “Today is the day: Ads Revenue Sharing is now dwell for eligible creators globally. Set up payouts from inside Monetization to receives a commission for posting. We need X to be the most effective place on the web to earn a residing as a creator and that is our first step in rewarding you to your efforts,” tweeted the official account of X.

    X’s adverts income program provides eligible creators the chance to immediately earn cash from the platform. Creators will obtain a portion of the advert income generated by way of their content material. Each time a person views an advert on their publish or profile, the platform generates income from that impression, and a share of this income is shared with the creator. It is a method for creators to monetize their presence on X and be rewarded for the worth they convey to the platform by way of their content material.

    To be eligible for incomes by way of X’s adverts income program, creators want to fulfill sure standards. They have to be subscribed to Blue or Verified Organizations and have a minimal of 15 million impressions on their cumulative posts throughout the final 3 months. 

    Additionally, they need to have not less than 500 followers on the platform. These parts function the qualifying components for creators to take part in this system and have the chance to monetize their content material and earn income based mostly on their engagement and following on X.

    Those who meet the eligibility standards can be required to arrange a Stripe account, which serves as X’s fee processor for dealing with the payouts.

    Users can apply for Ads Revenue Sharing by accessing the monetization choice of their settings. However, not all purposes can be accredited, and candidates can be knowledgeable of their utility standing as soon as processing is full. It is essential for customers to stick to the Creator Monetization Standards and the X Rules as these tips play a major position in figuring out eligibility for monetization. Any violations of those tips could consequence within the person being excluded from this system.

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    Updated: 29 Jul 2023, 11:11 AM IST

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