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eicker.news #technews »#Twitter estimates #spamaccounts, #fakeaccounts comprise less than 5% of users: The #socialmedia company had 229 million users who were served advertising in the first quarter.« https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-estimates-spam-fake-accounts-represent-less-than-5-users-filing-2022-05-02/

eicker.news #technews »#Musk says he will ban #Twitterspambots, but he has been a #beneficiary: #Mechanizedaccounts have sought to boost #Teslashares, #deridecritics and push the pending #takeover of #Twitter.« https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/08/musk-bots-on-twitter/

eicker.news #technews »Inside #ElonMusk’s Big Plans for #Twitter: Quintuple #revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028. Cut Twitter’s reliance on #advertising to less than 50 percent of revenue.« https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/technology/elon-musk-twitter-pitch-deck.html

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk raises $7 billion in new funding for #Twitter #buyout: The largest equity commitment is $1 billion from #Oracle founder and major #Tesla shareholder #LarryEllison.« https://www.axios.com/2022/05/05/elon-musk-equity-partners-twitter-purchase

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter|s #TwitterCircle, the #app’s spin on an #Instagram-like “#CloseFriends” feature, is finally #testing. The feature was teased as one of many potential product updates in July.« https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/twitter-circle-testing/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk Plans to Take #Twitter #Public a Few Years After Buyout: Tesla chief has been speaking to #investors including private-equity firms about participating in deal.« https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-plans-to-take-twitter-public-again-later-sources-say-11651609707

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk seeks to put in less money in new #Twitter deal #financing: Former Twitter Chief Executive and current board member #JackDorsey is examining whether he will roll his take, one source added.« https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-musk-talks-new-twitter-financing-sources-2022-05-02/

eicker.news #technews »Inside #Twitter: #Contentmoderators warn that #ElonMusk doesn’t appear to #understand the #issues that he and the company will face if he drops its #guardrails around #speech.« https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/technology/twitter-musk-content-moderators.html

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk told banks that he could #crackdown on #executive and #board #pay at #Twitter in a push to #slashcosts, and would develop new ways to #monetizetweets, three people familiar with the matter said.« https://www.reuters.com/business/musk-told-banks-he-will-rein-twitter-pay-make-money-tweets-sources-2022-04-29/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk won't fix #Twitter (but he won't kill it, either): Elon Musk didn't buy Twitter to #transform it; he bought it to make sure it #staysthesame.« https://maxread.substack.com/p/elon-musk-wont-fix-twitter-but-he?s=r

eicker.news #technews »#Conservative #Twitter accounts got #boost in followers after #Musk acquisition, data shows: #Socialmedia data analyzed by The Verge shows conservative accounts winning and #liberals #losing out.« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23045005/conservative-twitter-follower-boost-musk-acquisition-data

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter says #massdeactivations after #Musk news were ‘#organic’, said it was looking into “recent fluctuations."« https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter’s #LegalTeam Has Been An Aggressive #Defender Of #FreeSpeech; Will That Continue Under #Musk?« https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/26/twitters-legal-team-has-been-an-aggressive-defender-of-free-speech-will-that-continue-under-musk/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk: “I want to make #Twitter better than ever by enhancing the #product with #newfeatures, making the #algorithms #opensource to increase #trust, #defeating the #spambots, and #authenticating all #humans.”« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23028323/elon-musk-twitter-offer-buyout-hostile-takeover-ownership

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter’s board #accepted billionaire #ElonMusk’s offer to buy the social media company and take it #private, the company confirmed.« https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html

eicker.news #technews »Why Would #ElonMusk Want to Buy #Twitter? The world’s richest man seems intent on preserving Twitter as a means for himself and others to continue #influencing #vastaudiences #withoutinterference.« https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-would-elon-musk-want-to-buy-twitter

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter’s in-development #Edit button offers hints as to how the feature could work.« https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/twitters-in-development-edit-button-offers-hints-as-to-how-the-feature-could-work/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk #Twitter (#TWTR) #Offer: Exec Launches $43 Billion #HostileTakeoverBid. World’s richest person will offer $54.20 per share #incash.« https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter

eicker.news #technews »#TikTok's #adrevenue to surpass #Twitter and #Snapchat combined in 2022: TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company #ByteDance, is one of the world's most popular #socialmedia apps, with more than 1 #billion #activeusers.« https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktoks-ad-revenue-surpass-twitter-snapchat-combined-2022-report-2022-04-11/

eicker.news #technews »'Is #Twitter dying?' #ElonMusk questions #socialmedia platform he bought a stake in: "Most … 'top' accounts #tweetrarely and post #verylittlecontent".« https://fortune.com/2022/04/09/is-twitter-dying-elon-musk-questions-social-media-platform-he-bought-stake-in-taylor-swift-justin-bieber/