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Did you know these 16 Interesting Facts about Twitter?

  1. The iconic bird logo of the social media platform Twitter is named Larry as a tribute to NBA player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone’s home-state team.

  2. In 2009, Evan Williams and Biz Stone were listed in Time’s 100 most influential people in the world, even before Jack Dorsey.

  3. As of January 2022, the most-liked tweet has over 7.2 million likes, and it was tweeted from the late American actor Chadwick Boseman’s account by his family, informing the world about his demise.

  4. Only the South Korean band BTS has more than three most-liked tweets in the top 30. The band has 21 tweets in the list of top 30 most-liked tweets.

  5. Twitter is blocked in China because Chinese authorities prefer their homegrown social networks as they can have complete control over them, which Twitter doesn’t permit. 

  6. Justin Bieber is the most followed celebrity on Twitter with over 114m followers, only behind former United States President Barack Obama.

  7. Twitter has enough money in the bank to survive approximately 412 years.

  8. The official Twitter account of @Sweden is given to a random Swedish citizen every week to manage with the expressed goal to manifest Swedish diversity and progressiveness.

  9. Twitter first made a profit in the fourth quarter of 2017, earning $91m (£65m).

  10. Out of 1.3 billion Twitter accounts, over 391 million accounts have no followers at all.

  11. Taylor Swift is the most influential person on Twitter, followed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Katy Perry.

  12. The Face with Tears of Joy emoji “😂” is the most popular emoji on Twitter.

  13. The hashtag was first brought to Twitter on 23rd August 2007. Chris Messina introduced it in order to filter the tweets and help the existing users connect with a particular theme.

  14. The Twitter logo consists of overlaying 15 different symmetrical circles, which signifies giving everyone a voice.

  15. Out of all the Americans on Twitter, 71% use the platform only to read the news, and 42% use the platform to discuss politics.

  16. The statistical data shows over 75% of emojis tweeted on Twitter are positive, and the number increases by about 2% during Friday and Saturday.

Twitter Blue Tick Degrading: True or False?

As if the politicians in India want more than Article 105 and 194 of the Indian Constitution. Gone were the days when you used to count the number of likes on your profile picture, and that used to be called status quo and privilege for many. These days, some of them like to get the Twitter privilege by having a blue tick on their account. However, the recent tussle between the Government of India and Twitter has brought this gossip to a central stage. This Exhibit article talks about the Twitter blue tick issue. 

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1999 Adelaide Test Match. A unique thing happened. Tendulkar got out as shoulder before wicket by Glenn McGrath. Take a move to one year ahead. 2000 Nairobi. Champions Trophy Tournament. India vs Australia. Sachin blasted for a six against McGrath’s delivery. Take another leap to 2003. Sachin hit a four and then got out in the next ball by Glenn McGrath in the CWC 2003 Final. This battle never ended unless these two champions retired. So, this is the case for GoI vs Twitter. Unprecedented combat. The MeitY brought IT Rules, 2021, which demanded some new arrangements. However, Twitter didn’t follow to comply with it. Rest is history. Twitter started its action and removed the Vice-President from the verified list. The issue came on the floor again due to a tweet.

Why Twitter provides Blue Tick?

Well, the simplest answer is authenticity. You can also use other terms related to it – legitimacy as one example. Twitter offers this to some profiles considering the high interest they bring through their posts. It shows that these posts will be quite genuine and represent that particular reputed and renowned person if a tweet is coming from these profiles. Hence, if you are thinking to create a new account on Twitter, you can follow these highly authenticated accounts. 

Why the problem with this Blue Tick?

The Economic Survey 2020-21 talked about forbearance and regulations. It clearly signaled that in case the State feels that anything is not creating a positive impact, they can opt for regulated and restricted activities. But, that was for a state and not for a private player like Twitter. Well, it seems Twitter has added more eligibility criteria to award these blue ticks to anyone after a roughly tied match like Euro 2020 Final. Now, it seems Twitter wants to prove itself as Italy who can take the opponents in the Penalty shootout. Twitter is coming hard on those who are seeking a verified account. 

What can Twitter do?

Be Liberal. Ahh! isn’t that what you need? Okay, let’s change it to be liberal like John Locke. Yeah, it’s everything. Well, Twitter needs to find the loopholes to monitor the legitimacy of a person constantly who has applied for a verified and authenticated account. For this, all they have to do is to take a sneak into their policies and amend them to strengthen the indicatory of being important. With this, the way people are questioning blue tick may fade away soon.

Clubhouse Introduces Backchannel, A New Messaging Feature

We all knew DMs were going to be the next significant feature on Clubhouse. The social audio company is launching its new messaging feature, called Backchannel, for Android and iOS users. 

Users can now chat one-on-one and send group chats, which brings quite a bit of utility onto the voice-driven social network. You cannot yet images or videos through Backchannel, but a spokesperson revealed that the company is bringing in those functionalities and few other features. An optional secondary inbox has also been added to see the text requests, which stay in there before you approve it.

The Backchannel feature will help the speakers chat among themselves during a live session or coordinate after the meeting. 

Clubhouse announced its new feature on Wednesday through a blog post. The icon appears to the left of the follow button on the users’ profile. You can also swipe left in the room to access the Backchannel feature. 

The unique proposition of the Clubhouse app is that it lets you hear the conversations, and introducing a chat feature will undoubtedly make organizing rooms a bit easier. Users can text co-hosts of the things they need to plan next, pitch in their questions, and discuss a particular topic without disturbing the host.

Backchannel lets you hold conversations with up to 15 members in a group. Not anyone will jump into the chat – only the moderator will have the power to add or remove people. Also, you’ll be warned if you are added to the group that includes someone you have blocked, so you can promptly exit.

You are also allowed to change your settings, so you only get texts from people you follow. You can also report chats or specific messages. 

The app reportedly has garnered around 8 million downloads on Android devices, with more than 500,000 rooms created daily. 

 

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