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Twitter Changes

Twitter’s upgrade to “Suggestions for You”

September 16, 2010

BufferDigg DiggUPDATE: Twitter has confirmed changes: “We rolled out the first of many improvements, which is that we now take into account how many times a user views a certain recommendation without taking action. People are more likely to see new recommendations faster because we learn from what they don’t do.” When I checked the [...]

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All about Twitter.com keyboard shortcuts

September 14, 2010

Tip: Looking for an interface like #OldOldTwitter? Try Kanvaso. Also see “How to get your mentions view back after Twitter deletes it“ UPDATE: Learn more about #NewNewTwitter here.  The keyboard shortcuts at Twitter.com are now: Actions f : favorite r : reply t : retweet m : direct message n : new Tweet enter : toggle [...]

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Was Twitter’s “Who To Follow” feature a mistake?

August 9, 2010

Twitterers are being very vocal about how much they dislike the new “Who To Follow” feature on the Twitter website. In fact, a hugely popular article by @kitchenmage on how to block the “Who To Follow” feature has gone viral across Twitter. Like it? Loathe it? While I’ve heard from a few users who liked [...]

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Just five months after the 10 billionth tweet, the 20 billionth arrives

July 31, 2010

It took for Twitter four years to reach its first 10 billion tweets The 20 billionth tweet came 10 times faster than the first ten billion. After tweeting it, the user tweeted (translation from IDG News Service): “It looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s [...]

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New Record: Twitter Reaches Peak Rate of Nearly 200,000 Tweets Per Minute

June 25, 2010

On June 24 during the Japan vs Denmark World Cup group match, Twitter reports tweets were posted at a peak rate of 3,283 tweets per second (TPS). As The Next Web points out, that translates to a rate of 196,980/minute. Think about that: if sustained, that would be a rate of nearly a million tweets [...]

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Why @Twitter_Tips has become @TweetSmarter

June 24, 2010

UPDATE 1: Wow!!! Your outpouring of love through tweets, DMs, emails and comments has been deeply touching *wipes tear from eye* Thanks to everyone for being so supportive! (The change has had a few stressful twists and turns, but everything important has gone smoothly.) UPDATE 2: OMG, even more messages than we realized! We partially misconfigured [...]

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Twitter’s new link shortener give you LESS characters—but more security

June 9, 2010

Why you actually now have fewer characters: The real big news is that since Twitter will be running existing links through their new t.co shortener, links that are under 20 characters will actually be lengthened! So using the URL shortening service that returns the shortest URL won’t help you gain any characters anymore. Twitter is standardizing. Unfortunately, this [...]

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