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Adam Engst 30 comments

Elon Musk Rebrands Twitter to X

The chaos continues, with Elon Musk renaming Twitter to his favorite letter, X.

Adam Engst 17 comments

TidBITS Arrives on Mastodon, Continues (Reluctantly) on Twitter and Facebook

After Twitter put a  $42,000-per-month API fee for enterprises into effect, the WordPress Jetpack service dropped its Twitter connections, ending automatic posting of TidBITS articles on Twitter. Curious if he could sort out a free replacement, Adam Engst dug around and pieced one together. 

Adam Engst 27 comments

As Twitter Turns: Six More Stories from Pixel Place

Unable to avert his gaze from the train wreck that is Twitter, Adam Engst shares a few examples of the latest bouts of insanity instigated by Elon Musk.

Adam Engst 3 comments

Tweetbot and Twitterrific Ask Users for Help after Twitter Client Ban

In the wake of Twitter banning third-party clients, Tweetbot and Twitterrific are giving subscribers the option of not asking for pro-rated refunds that could drive the small companies behind them into bankruptcy.

Glenn Fleishman 30 comments

Mastodon: A New Hope for Social Networking

With centralized, ad-driven social networks in disarray and suffering from misinformation, harassment, and declining users, can the long-simmering Mastodon microblogging system offer a distributed future for conversation and community?

Glenn Fleishman 6 comments

Is Your Future Distributed? Welcome to the Fediverse!

A growing set of services let users on independently operated servers interlink with standard, open-source protocols for microblogging, photo sharing, and dozens of other purposes. Could the Fediverse be a solution to the ugliness of commercial service algorithms designed to drive outrage and titillation?

Adam Engst 17 comments

Twitter Bans Third-Party Client Apps

It's official—Twitter has changed its developer agreement to ban third-party apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot. Would the last Twitter app out the door please turn off the lights?

Adam Engst 28 comments

Elon Musk Buys Twitter (Really) for $44 Billion

The soap opera is over, or it’s just beginning. The world’s wealthiest man has finally purchased Twitter for $44 billion and taken it private. All bets are off now.

Twitterrific 5.4.10 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Twitterrific 5.4.10

Independent Twitter client adds new muffle rules for filtering the timeline. ($7.99 new, free update, 26.7 MB, macOS 10.14+)

Adam Engst 49 comments

Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

Billionaire Elon Musk has purchased Twitter for $44 billion and will take the social media company private.

Twitterrific 5.4.6 Agen Schmitz No comments

Twitterrific 5.4.6

Maintenance release for the independent Twitter client with an icon update and bug fixes. ($7.99 new, free update, 26.3 MB, macOS 10.14+)

Twitterrific 5.4.4 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Twitterrific 5.4.4

Brings a new main timeline tab with an added My Tweets view of recent tweets and a new Stay Safe custom app icon. ($7.99 new, free update, 19.9 MB, macOS 10.14+)

Twitterrific 5.4.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

Twitterrific 5.4.2

Adds a bright new light theme named Egret and improves reading position syncing. ($7.99 new, free update, 17.7 MB)

Twitterrific 5.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

Twitterrific 5.4

Adds several new features to the Twitter client, including support for viewing full images in your timeline. ($7.99 new, free update, 17.6 MB)

Josh Centers No comments

TipBITS: Switch between Multiple Accounts in Twitter’s Redesign

Twitter’s Web redesign isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but at least it now lets you easily switch between accounts.