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Favstar, the website that ranked good tweets, is shutting down — and it blames Twitter
source REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton Favstar, a website that ranked Tweets by favorites and retweets, is shutting down next month. The founder blames recent Twitter changes and says “Favstar can’t continue to operate in this environment of uncertainty.” In the early days of Twitter, one of the best ways to keep up with comedians or the so-called “weird Twitter” subculture was a website called Favstar. The site ranked your most popular tweets by their number of favorites – now called ” likes” – and effectively created easy-to-skim rankings of the funniest and best tweets. Now the site is shutting down. In a note, founder Tim Haines said that Favstar’s Pro accounts are no longer for sale and that the website will go offline on June 19, 2018. Favstar will go offline on June 19th 2018. Details: https://t.co/f3OFvCdDcg — Favstar.fm (@Favstar) May 12, 2018 In the … [Read more...] about Favstar, the website that ranked good tweets, is shutting down — and it blames Twitter
Active Twitter Users Spread Misinformation And Rumors During Crises, Study Finds
May 14, 4:34 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury National By Himanshu Goenka @HimGoJourno 05/14/18 AT 3:27 AM The internet allows for the spread of information around the world faster than at any point of time in human history, and that brings with it the frequent dissemination of misinformation, a phenomenon particularly troublesome when it occurs during times of crisis (as exemplified by the Russian interference in the last U.S. presidential election). Research into behavior of active Twitter users during public emergencies found they were “likely to spread falsehoods” and that “most users fail to correct misinformation” even after it has been demonstrated to be wrong.A study by two researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo looked at two specific incidents — Hurricane Sandy of 2012 and the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 — and analyzed over 20,000 tweets during … [Read more...] about Active Twitter Users Spread Misinformation And Rumors During Crises, Study Finds
A day later, gruesome video of light-rail victim removed from Twitter
Twitter on Friday appeared to remove gruesome video and images of a man being fatally injured by a light rail car Thursday morning in Baltimore, after an inquiry from The Baltimore Sun.Baltimore police also on Friday identified Timony Mullins, 58, as the victim, who was dragged by a southbound train on Howard Street for several blocks.Twitter and Instagram users complained on social media after seeing the video, which showed the man’s body along the tracks while spectators looked on. On Twitter, visuals were shared on at least two accounts — one of which had more than 2,000 retweets. While several users stated on Twitter that they had reported the video, many people tweeted that they continued to see the video as of Friday morning.A Twitter spokesperson stated in an email to The Sun Friday that the videos circulating of the body violated the company’s terms of service, and that officials were taking appropriate action. The spokesperson would not comment on whether the … [Read more...] about A day later, gruesome video of light-rail victim removed from Twitter
Elon Musk Shares First Photo Of Boring Company Tunnel On Instagram, Twitter
BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Newsletter Signup Technology By Nina Godlewski @NinaGodlewski 10/30/17 AT 5:29 PM The Boring Company is just one of Elon Musk’s many projects along with Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink. The company is working on a network of tunnels under Los Angeles to cut down on “soul-destroying” traffic, as Musk calls it. He first introduced his idea for the network of tunnels at a TED2017 back in the spring and got to work quickly.On Saturday, Musk tweeted and posted on Instagram a photo of “The Boring Company LA tunnel” which showed the tunnel with what appears to be tracks down the middle as well as pipes on the side of the wall along with wiring.Musk usually posts updates about his latest work on either Twitter or Instagram, so it isn’t really a surprise that the first photo from within the tunnel came on a Saturday on Twitter. The tunnels have been in the works for months now, with … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Shares First Photo Of Boring Company Tunnel On Instagram, Twitter