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@tblckn
Tom
11 months
- lots more coming
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@xDaily
X Daily News
11 months
NEWS: Job Recommendations are now live at This feature will show you jobs that you may be interested in!
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10 months
a blue checkmark is a stamp of authenticity. this is obvious when comparing "Verified followers" and regular "Followers" tabs (on all profiles). it became even more obvious when I enabled verified-only DMs, the spam stopped overnight and only get message requests from real users.
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Tom
2 months
surge in discussion of Grok on X, as measured with X Radar.
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Tom
2 years
X is more fun when you post.
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3 months
things you can do on X that you couldn't 2 years ago. πŸ“£ speak freely*.βœ… get verified.πŸ’° earn a living.πŸ€– chat to AI.πŸ’Ό find a job.✍️ write long posts.☎️ video call anyone.πŸŽ₯ upload a 4-hour videos.πŸ“š publish a book. *within the bounds of the law.
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hbd to us.
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2 months
cool to see @spectator newspaper posting X Articles.
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10 months
therefore, if a user has a high number of verified followers, they are more likely to also be authentic. .
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2 years
yes the twitter brand very recognisable, and it’s cool that β€˜tweet’ is a platform-specific verb & become so well known. but, a rebrand is essential to building an everything app.
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Tom
10 months
Facebook is a wasteland, surprised so many companies still allocate such a large shares of ad spend there.
@xDaily
X Daily News
10 months
NEWS: Meta Platforms's advertising system have encountered significant issues causing marketers to have higher costs for ad campaigns, worse results, and decreased sales, without any formal explanation from Meta. The cost per 1,000 ad impressions and cost per click have both
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Tom
1 year
longform creators: shall we add auto-save to the composer? how else can we improve the writing experience?.
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9 months
Anyone want to be able to archive posts rather than delete?.
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2 months
X Premium is the everything subscription.
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Nima Owji
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X Premium vs. Twitter Blue!. X is offering much more!
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Tom
10 months
Vine still has surprisingly high brand & cultural value, considering it's been dead for 7 years.
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2 years
who is posting original art on X?.
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1 year
would be cool to see X as a music publishing platform.
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1 year
deleted a bunch of code, hope you're seeing this.
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1 year
you can now post threads with bold & italics AND 25,000 characters (from .
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1 year
upgrade to Premium+ on Web coming soon.
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Elon Musk
1 year
The @xAI Grok AI assistant will be provided as part of 𝕏 Premium+, so I recommend signing up for that. Just $16/month via web.
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7 months
Did you know you can upload your work history and find jobs on X? #TwitterCouldNever
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2 years
anyone else want to be able to bookmark tweets from the timeline?.
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Tom
10 months
bookmark folders are an easy way to organize your bookmarks on X, comes with all tiers of Premium
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1 year
Yesterday marked 2 years working on this wonderful app - the difference between the first year (Twitter) and second (X) is crazy.
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2 years
@Grady_Booch @ChrisMurphyCT i see this as somewhat correct: there is indeed no code in ChatGPT for solving chemistry problems (which is itself pretty neat). but no, ChatGPT did not 'choose' to learn chemistry; it doesn't 'understand'.
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Tom
10 months
we've refreshed the Premium page on Web, check it out.
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6 months
Was old Twitter ever this transparent about the censorship demands of foreign governments?.
@GlobalAffairs
Global Government Affairs
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We have received further demands for censorship and for the personal account information of our users, impacting not just Brazilians but residents of the United States and Argentina. We share those here in the interests of essential transparency. __. Recebemos mais pedidos de
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2 years
engagement test.
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10 months
which of these Premium features is most compelling to you?.
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8 months
I'm glad X has made Likes private, this is a move in the right direction. Remember when Snapchat used to show everyone who you chatting with the most? Or when Instagram had a dedicated feed showing who was liking who's photos?. I think these product features led to a lot of.
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11 months
I’m glad when I see users complain about X on X. please keep it coming, we want to be better.
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7 months
🎁.
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2 years
Never boring.
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11 months
Premium subscription now has this useful launchpad to get to the wide array of subscriber-only features offered
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9 months
seeing more and more blue checkmark users criticising X seems to be a healthy signal of something (I'm not quite sure what).
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10 months
It's great seeing Community Notes crediting the original creators of stolen content!
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9 months
Great example of companies posting software updates as native X Articles.
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rabbit inc.
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2 months
We increased the saved query limit for Radar
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@sparklingruby
Kristen Ruby
2 months
@tblckn Missing from this discussion is the limit of TWO queries. That is ABSURD. How can you expect professionals to take this seriously when you give us scraps? I track 100 terms. Not 2.
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2 years
need a button to be able to signal, for any user, that I want to see more of their content in the For You timeline.
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11 months
want a button on X that inverts my For You feed, showing the exact opposite of whatever the algo thinks I wanna see.
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2 years
who writes the best longform content on X?.
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5 months
Calling Premium subscribers πŸ“’. We want your feedback: ideas, feature requests, bug reports, anything Premium. Join the Community.
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3 months
seasonal app icons are back!
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@iuliabaltoi
Jules
3 months
Halloween app icons are *finally* here on iOS!.
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8 months
We added a module on for Businesses to easily see how much free ad credit they have left to spend. Signup now
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6 months
X likely has the most users per employee of any social media platform - join to maximise your impact!.
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8 months
X is a surprisingly good way to meet people.
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9 months
Small business owner? Elevate your presence on X by getting verified, from $200 / month.
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3 months
who wants a way to archive posts?.
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3 months
Premium users can now schedule long posts.
@sunderls
shuo
3 months
You can now schedule posts in Bold or Italic, with inline images on X web. This post itself is a scheduled post. Give it a try and let me know if you experience any issues.
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6 months
very rewarding to be able to design, build, ship and see results from your idea in the space of a couple of days.
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2 years
@engineers_feed Could be any of them? Might depend on whether the truck is accelerating/decelerating / at constant speed.
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Tom
10 months
πŸ‘€.
@nima_owji
Nima Owji
10 months
#X is working on the ability to see the account analytics in different time ranges!
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1 year
any else get followed by bot/spam accounts on the daily?.
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1 year
Important to be able to see the sea when eating fish & chips
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9 months
starting a small refactor and hoping you see the other side.
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2 years
it's bugfix season.
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11 months
hey channel of 300 engineers please help me.
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2 years
likes are not a good signal of agreement, I will hit like on replies I disagree with just because I appreciate the engagement in debate and voicing of opinions.
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1 year
@xDaily I love seeing X/Twitter influencing the competition. It shows we’re innovating, and everyone else is late to the party.
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5 months
Your business 🀝 X.
@verified
Verified
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Introducing Insights. A real-time analysis tool for organizations to gain an understanding of market trends and public opinion. Subscribe to Verified Organizations for early access:
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28 days
Normalize posting your dinner on X
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6 months
X Slack is full of small channels that don't stop cooking.
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1 year
Let’s get more recruiters on X.
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4 months
πŸŽ‰ massive deal on X Premium right now πŸŽ‰. there's never been a better time to subscribe:".
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6 months
I am already using Grok more since finding this new feature. get a short summary of any X account from anywhere on - very cool!.
@xDaily
X Daily News
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News: Profile analysis by Grok is now live.
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9 months
Let people post on their own terms.
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2 years
test. something
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18 days
whether TikTok is sold or shutdown, X has a huge opportunity here to acquire it's engineering talent, world-class content creators and enormous user base.
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28 days
I gotta unfollow u, sorry.
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2 years
English countryside is so low-key I love it
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7 months
Seriously rapid improvements to Analytics on X.
@ZachWarunek
Zach Warunek
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You can now compare multiple metrics over time in your account analytics!
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7 months
today we made pizzas
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6 months
I would hit Like on your likes.
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2 years
putting ur current ideology in your name is a bit cringe.
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8 months
I’m clearing out a load of old crap I’ve been carrying around with me for years and the phrase β€œLess is more” has never been more true.
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1 year
Should clarify that it’s the β€œthread” bit that’s new, you could always combine bold/italics and 25k characters.
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6 months
People should post their art here! πŸ–ΌοΈ.
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1 month
cold dip followed by sauna (x5), illustrated with temperature and heart rate data
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11 months
@BradyHaran yeh because its not actually doing math, its just predicting what the response would be to your question.
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8 months
need X swag that isn't a paper drink coaster.
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1 year
ok good.
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2 months
fixing bugs at the airport.
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2 years
getting stuck in to a new area of a codebase is always fun - but, if it's overwhelming, start small. fix a bugs, learn, repeat. comprehend the parts and eventually the whole emerges.
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1 year
low-key disappointed no Americans clapped when the plane landed.
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11 months
how useful is the "joined <date>" label on the profile page?.
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spooky Christmas in my home town
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2 months
running on a treadmill fr the most dystopian shit going on in the world.
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2 years
Verified Organizations provides a stronger form of verification than Twitter/X ever had. it would be cool & helpful to see more businesses, schools and charities using it.
@emollick
Ethan Mollick
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The lack of verified identity on Twitter makes following the evolving superconductor story challenging. I want to hear from experts, so now I have to click the bios of people with plausible-sounding takes & try to parse whether this anime icon is a real physicist (sometimes, yes).
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1 year
people are surprised when I show them you can already find a job directly on X.
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2 years
@ehikian sorting comments is huge.
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1 year
A product sells itself, you can grow sales by adding value.
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7 months
thanks to all who enjoyed some rough piano improv on my first X livestream - very easy for Premium subscribers to get streaming!!.
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2 years
find+replace season.
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5 months
tapas
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2 years
tweet composer is a beast.
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2 years
@notch great feature! I didn't know about the recommended videos proactive downloading, need to enable that.
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11 months
dreamy Spring morning in England
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1 year
X could offer better 'know your audience' insights and analytics. would love to see breakdowns of followers based on interests.
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3 months
discussion and interest in X Premium is on the rise, as seen through X Radar (available with Premium+)
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2 months
me 🀝 metrics.
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