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Back to news homeHow Mastodon is scaling amid the Twitter exodus
Twitter is in crisis these days. Under new owner Elon Musk, the service has lost more than half its staff through layoffs and quitting, made erratic moves in its product […]
Mastodon creator Eugen Rochko talks funding and how to build the anti-Twitter
Eugen Rochko came up with the idea for and built Mastodon some six years ago during another one of Twitter’s dips. A developer who had already been interested in and […]
Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to polls
A dozen countries in Africa including Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy and democracy, are expected to hold their presidential elections next year, and questions linger on how well social media […]
Twitter now shows how many people view your tweets
Twitter is rolling out a feature that shows how many people view your tweets, similar to features on platforms like YouTube that show how many times a video has been […]
Snapchat+ adds new customization features and the option to gift a subscription
Snapchat is introducing three new features for its paid subscription service, Snapchat+, which costs $3.99 per month. Subscribers can now make the look and feel of the app more personalized […]
Instagram’s new Reels template lets you create your own 2022 recap
Instagram is once again offering an in-app method for users to create shareable end-of-year content. The social network announced today that it’s rolling out a new Reels template that allows […]
Twitter battles all things ElonJet, SBF gets arrested, and OpenAI tries to figure out watermarking
Hello, hello! Greg here again with Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly recap the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Been too busy to read […]
Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media
Wow, that was quick. When Elon Musk bought Twitter and took it private in October, I figured we’d have a while before things took a turn. Then, after he laid […]
Twitter is a mess, so former employees are creating Spill as an alternative
Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell and DeVaris Brown met during orientation on their first day working at Twitter. They didn’t know that just a few years later they’d be building a social […]