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@tblckn
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18 days
Calling Premium subscribers 📢 We want your feedback: ideas, feature requests, bug reports, anything Premium Join the Community
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- lots more coming
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NEWS: Job Recommendations are now live at This feature will show you jobs that you may be interested in!
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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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X is more fun when you post
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6 months
therefore, if a user has a high number of verified followers, they are more likely to also be authentic...
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1 year
yes the twitter brand very recognisable, and it’s cool that ‘tweet’ is a platform-specific verb & become so well known but, a rebrand is essential to building an everything app
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6 months
Facebook is a wasteland, surprised so many companies still allocate such a large shares of ad spend there
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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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1 year
longform creators: shall we add auto-save to the composer? how else can we improve the writing experience?
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5 months
Anyone want to be able to archive posts rather than delete?
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6 months
Vine still has surprisingly high brand & cultural value, considering it's been dead for 7 years
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1 year
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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10 months
you can now post threads with bold & italics AND 25,000 characters (from )
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11 months
upgrade to Premium+ on Web coming soon
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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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3 months
Did you know you can upload your work history and find jobs on X? #TwitterCouldNever
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1 year
anyone else want to be able to bookmark tweets from the timeline?
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7 months
bookmark folders are an easy way to organize your bookmarks on X, comes with all tiers of Premium
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9 months
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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6 months
we've refreshed the Premium page on Web, check it out
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2 months
Was old Twitter ever this transparent about the censorship demands of foreign governments?
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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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1 year
engagement test
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6 months
which of these Premium features is most compelling to you?
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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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7 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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3 months
🎁
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1 year
Never boring
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7 months
Premium subscription now has this useful launchpad to get to the wide array of subscriber-only features offered
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5 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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6 months
It's great seeing Community Notes crediting the original creators of stolen content!
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5 months
Great example of companies posting software updates as native X Articles
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1 year
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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1 year
who writes the best longform content on X?
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7 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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4 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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2 months
X likely has the most users per employee of any social media platform - join to maximise your impact!
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4 months
X is a surprisingly good way to meet people
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5 months
Small business owner? Elevate your presence on X by getting verified, from $200 / month
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2 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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6 months
👀
@nima_owji
Nima Owji
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#X is working on the ability to see the account analytics in different time ranges!
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1 year
Important to be able to see the sea when eating fish & chips
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1 year
any else get followed by bot/spam accounts on the daily?
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5 months
starting a small refactor and hoping you see the other side
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1 year
it's bugfix season
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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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7 months
hey channel of 300 engineers please help me
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1 year
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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2 months
X Slack is full of small channels that don't stop cooking
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8 months
Let’s get more recruiters on X
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1 month
Your business 🤝 X
@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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5 months
Let people post on their own terms
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2 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!
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News: Profile analysis by Grok is now live.
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test something
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English countryside is so low-key I love it
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Seriously rapid improvements to Analytics on X
@ZachWarunek
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You can now compare multiple metrics over time in your account analytics!
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today we made pizzas
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2 months
I would hit Like on your likes
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1 year
putting ur current ideology in your name is a bit cringe
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4 months
I’m clearing out a load of old crap I’ve been carrying around with me for years and the phrase “Less is more” has never been more true
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10 months
Should clarify that it’s the “thread” bit that’s new, you could always combine bold/italics and 25k characters
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2 months
People should post their art here! 🖼️
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1 year
ok good
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4 months
need X swag that isn't a paper drink coaster
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7 months
@BradyHaran yeh because its not actually doing math, its just predicting what the response would be to your question
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7 months
how useful is the "joined <date>" label on the profile page?
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1 year
low-key disappointed no Americans clapped when the plane landed
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1 year
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
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.
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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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people are surprised when I show them you can already find a job directly on X
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A product sells itself, you can grow sales by adding value
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@ehikian sorting comments is huge
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1 year
tweet composer is a beast
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1 year
find+replace season
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3 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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8 months
X could offer better 'know your audience' insights and analytics. would love to see breakdowns of followers based on interests.
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1 year
@notch great feature! I didn't know about the recommended videos proactive downloading, need to enable that
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dreamy Spring morning in England
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pork belly noodle thing
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1 year
top tip: start posting your incredible art & photos TODAY, so when this rolls-out (hopefully!) your Media tab is 🔥
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excited to start doing more with media (especially on profiles)
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grateful for all the daily affirmations
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dreamy Spring morning in England
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@Arj_SR QR code payments
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Leaving a relationship and realising you’ve aged
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1 year
Shall I eat here? Idk, seems risky…
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tapas
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Today we walked 13 miles through the Surrey Hills and had a burger for dinner. Now trying to find a good spot to wild camp 🤫
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For those who want to curate their profile but not lose it all forever
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I’ve decided to fill idle hours with exercise - today I lifted weights, cycled 13 miles and whacked some balls at the driving range
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@JQuantAnalytics wider scope and bigger impact
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