“Threads’ vibes may have been cheerful and friendly at the outset — disingenuously so, according to Musk — but it may well prove that, eventually, all social media sites regress toward the meanest.”
It now says “X” on the website (you know, the one that’s still at, um, twitter.com). But to the news media and much of the outside world, the name of the old bird platform is still Twitter.
In the spirit of Tronc, Elon Musk has decided to throw away more than a decade of brand equity by changing the name of Twitter to…the letter X. Imagine if more media executives followed his lead.
A number of efforts are underway to document not just the content created on the platform but how Black women used it for communication and community — along with the abuse they received.
The network has started labeling NPR as “state-affiliated media,” a term it previously reserved for the likes of RT and Xinhua. If Musk wants to start labeling those who get taxpayer funding, he’s got a lot more work to do.
Benton, Joshua. "Leaked code, blocked journalists, and billions gone: It’s just another few days in late Twitter." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Mar. 2023. Web. 19 Apr. 2024.
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Benton, J. (2023, Mar. 27). Leaked code, blocked journalists, and billions gone: It’s just another few days in late Twitter. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/leaked-code-blocked-journalists-and-billions-gone-its-just-another-few-days-in-late-twitter/
Chicago
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