TechScape: Threads and Bluesky need to figure out what they want to be
In this week’s newsletter: The Twitter alternatives are gaining ground, and it wouldn’t take much to steal X’s crown as a news-sharing service
My favourite fetish? Diving into the food secrets of strangers
Plain toast or pigs feet, it doesn’t matter: if you are publishing what you eat then you are fulfilling my voyeuristic need
Group chat ghostings, unrequited crushes and dating your friend’s ex: the teen girl problems being solved by adolescent agony aunts
This summer two 17-year olds started a blog to answer their peers’ most common problems. Then it took on a life of its own…
‘We’re gripped by graphomania’: why writing became an online contagion and how we can contain it
Conspiracy theories, provocations, baseless accusations… long before our clickbait era, women in pre-revolutionary France were the subject of salacious attacks. Their response offers hope for us all
ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X
The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts
TechScape: Why Elon Musk is taking trying to mute anti-hate-speech group
The company formerly known as Twitter alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate drove away advertisers – but CCDH and legal experts say otherwise
Mark Zuckerberg not ‘holding breath’ for cage fight with Elon Musk
In social media quibble, Musk causes confusion by saying he will livestream fight – and one day later saying he has back problems
Twitter sues anti-hate speech group over ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in lost advertising
CCDH dismisses lawsuit for damages saying Elon Musk’s X aims to ‘bully us into silence’
Elon Musk reveals new Twitter logo X
Experts warn that introduction of minimalist art deco ‘X’ may be a risky move at a time when competitors are upping their game
Elon Musk says Twitter will change logo from bird to an X
Latest controversial change involves billionaire saying an ‘interim X’ design will replace the distinctive pale-blue bird
TechScape: ‘Lives are ruined in an afternoon’ – social media and the Huw Edwards story
Content moderation and algorithmic safeguards are meant to help protect the privacy of people in legally contentious cases. So what went wrong?
TechScape: With 100 million users, is Threads on course to finish off Twitter?
Meta wants its new rival to be a friendly, news-free space. But with missing features, it might not leave Elon Musk’s platform in the dust quite yet
Zuckerberg’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads hits 70m sign-ups in two days
Microblogging platform apparently fastest-downloaded ever, with Elon Musk threatening to sue over ‘copycat’ app
Could Meta’s Threads deal a knockout blow to Twitter?
Mark Zuckerberg’s rival social network is first serious threat to Twitter since Elon Musk takeover
AI watch: from deepfakes to a rock star humanoid
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