Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and full dissemination. A Tweet that went out Tuesday while the market was still open and caused the stock to plummet. The BBC wrote: What actually … [Read more...]
Channel 4 U.K. “roughly one in every thousand tweets is a pornographic image”
AVN.com published an article that dealt with Twitter and porn. The article focused on a recent investigation into Twitter and pornography conducted by Channel 4 in the U.K. Twitter is one of the few social networks that allows porn pics and videos, Vine which is owned by Twitter does not allow it, Facebook and Instagram do not permit it either. Tumblr would be the other prominent social networking … [Read more...]
Google To Get Access To The Twitter Firehose – Tweets To Get Indexed Again
Google will get access to the Twitter firehose once again and tweets should become indexed in Google right after they are posted. This could maybe be beneficial to those tweeting domains for sale if those tweets get indexed under the targeted keyword. Bloomberg Business broke the story. From MarketingLand: Twitter and Google have reached a deal to make tweets easier to find online, according … [Read more...]
Twitter Wants To Mess With Your Timeline
Selena Larson wrote a piece on Read Write that Twitter is now going to selectively put tweets in your timeline from accounts you don't follow. Selena points out that this may be being done to make Twitter easier for newcomers as they can see things they might have missed. On the flipside it is sure to piss off a lot of hardcore Twitter users who constantly pay attention to who they follow and … [Read more...]
Twitter To Roll Out Mute Button
Twitter is finally coming out with a mute button. So this way someone can still follow someone but not be subjected to something like a Twitter blast. For example, there are people I follow on Twitter who every once in awhile decide to do 30 domain for sale tweets in row. I think one or two tweets about a name for sale, especially if it is at wholesale pricing or a bargain deal makes … [Read more...]
Twitter Reports Earnings – Stock Down 9 % in after hours trading
Twitter just released their earnings for Q1 2014, earnings were actually better than expected. Monthly average user numbers continue to be a problem and disappoint analysts. 42.62 +1.89 (4.64%) After Hours: 38.85 -3.77 (-8.85%) Apr 29, 4:29PM EDT NYSE real-time data - Disclaimer Currency in USD Tech Crunch wrote: Twitter just released its earnings report for the first … [Read more...]
Yesterday Vine bans Porn, Today VinePorn.com sells for $9,900 on Sedo
Last January someone registered the domain VinePorn.com, yesterday Vine banned porn on their service, today VinePorn.com sold for $9,900 on Sedo. Vine posted: A change to Vine content rules We introduced Vine to make it easier for people to find, watch, create and share videos right from their mobile phones. As we’ve watched the community and your creativity grow and evolve, we’ve found … [Read more...]