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Stephen King Quits X, Citing “Toxic Atmosphere”
- Acclaimed author Stephen King announced his departure from X (formerly Twitter), citing the platform's toxic atmosphere.
- King encouraged his followers to join him on Threads, a competitor developed by Meta.
- His decision comes amidst a wave of notable figures and organizations leaving X due to concerns over its content and environment.
- Alternative platforms like Threads and Bluesky are gaining traction as users seek a more positive and community-driven online environment.
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What is Bluesky, and should you join?
- Bluesky has become one of the top contenders as a new home for Twitter users.
- Over 1 million U.S. users joined Bluesky in the week following the reelection of Donald Trump as president in November 2024, helping it cross the 15 million user threshold.
- Bluesky is created from parts of Twitter in 2019 and it finally began garnering public attention when it released an iOS app in February 2023.
- Bluesky is a new social media network that bears a striking resemblance to Twitter. However, there are some differences, one of which is how the platform is structured.
- Bluesky is decentralized, meaning there isn’t a single central server under the control of Bluesky. Instead, there are many separate servers, each with its own moderation principles and curation.
- Bluesky was co-founded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, so it’s a legitimate social network. However, it is fully separate from its parent company.
- Bluesky is available on both Android and iPhone. Invite codes are no longer required to create a Bluesky account since it’s out of the beta phase.
- Bluesky places control of news feeds in the hands of users, not in the hands of the company like Twitter.
- Bluesky is free of pesky ads, which irritated many people on Twitter. The site’s algorithm changed to make it so that ads from the most random accounts and companies pop up in the comments section, after seeing a video on your phone, and on your feed.
- Bluesky allows users to curate feeds to see content they love from people they follow while blocking the ones they don’t follow for their own safety — all while not siloing everyone into separate servers like Mastodon.
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Bluesky says 1 million people signed up for the platform in last 24 hours
- Bluesky announced that over 1 million people signed up for the platform in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 16 million users.
- Bluesky faced temporary service issues due to networking problems, according to a developer.
- The platform has experienced steady user growth due to events like X's ban in Brazil and the U.S. election results.
- Bluesky surpassed other apps on the App Store's free apps chart, including ChatGPT and Threads.
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Bluesky, a competitor to Elon Musk's X, appears to be down after shooting to the top of the App Store
- Bluesky, a competitor to Elon Musk's X, faces outages as it gains millions of new users.
- Public figures and media outlets are leaving X in favor of Bluesky after the US election and ahead of a terms of service change.
- Bluesky attracted over 16 million users, but its user numbers are still small compared to X's 250 million daily users.
- Bluesky experienced outages with user handles, post likes, and publishing, but developers are actively working to resolve the issues.
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Trump tapped Elon Musk to oversee government efficiency. Here's how he's cut costs at his own companies.
- President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency to reduce government spending.
- At companies like X, Tesla, and SpaceX, Musk is known for modeling an intense work ethic and making drastic workforce reductions to lower costs.
- When Musk took over Twitter in 2022, he ended the company's remote work policy and free office lunches.
- Musk required employees to start paying for office lunches that had previously been free, told employees to expect 80-hour workweeks.
- Musk cut around 50% of Twitter's staff and set an expectation for those who remained to "work 24/7."
- Tesla's "Anti-Handbook Handbook" details the high bar the company sets for employees, instructing them to be self-reliant and do everything they can to solve problems, even if it means forgoing office protocol or reaching out to Musk directly.
- Musk also sent a memo in 2018 advising Tesla employees to "walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value."
- In 2018, Musk said he spent nights sleeping on a couch and the floor at Tesla factories while the company ramped up production on the Model 3 sedan.
- In April, Tesla laid off 10% of its workforce as Musk said the company needed to be "absolutely hard core about headcount and cost reduction."
- In 2019, Musk laid off 10% of SpaceX employees in order to "become a leaner company," a SpaceX spokesperson previously told Business Insider.
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Elon Musk Rebuked By Italian President Over Migration Tweets
- Italian President Sergio Mattarella rebuked Elon Musk over his tweets about Italian court rulings on immigration.
- Musk criticized the judges and questioned the country's democracy in his tweet.
- President Mattarella emphasized the need for respect towards Italy's sovereignty.
- This is not the first time Musk has faced criticism from world leaders for his tweets and social media posts.
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X's new CFO received a presidential pardon during Trump's first term
- Elon Musk's X has appointed Mahmoud Reza Banki, a former Tubi executive who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, as the platform's new chief financial officer.
- Banki, who previously held the title of chief financial officer and chief strategy officer at streaming service Tubi, is X's first public CFO.
- He received a pardon from President Trump in 2021 for charges connected to making false statements and sanctions violations against Iran.
- X is currently facing financial challenges, including declining ad revenue and a significant drop in value.
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How I Built an AI Tool To Craft the Perfect Tweet
- The author, who struggled with crafting engaging tweets, decided to build a writing tool called TweetFast.
- The tool analyzes high-performing tweets, uses an AI engine, and helps users improve their tweet quality.
- The author's own tweets were transformed after using the tool, and it gained popularity among users.
- The future vision for TweetFast includes AI learning, engagement analytics, and automated scheduling.
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Did you need another reminder that Donald Trump watches TV? Here you go.
- Donald Trump has nominated Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary.
- The nomination has surprised some military leaders and Washington insiders.
- Trump has a history of hiring people he sees on TV or who 'look the part'.
- Elon Musk's influence through Twitter and as the owner of Twitter is also noteworthy.
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Elon Musk took on another role, becoming Trump's efficiency boss. Here's the full list of his jobs.
- President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency. Musk will co-lead the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk heavily backed Trump in the presidential election, appearing at his rallies and donating millions of dollars to fundraising efforts. Musk leads Tesla and SpaceX as CEO and owns and plays a major part in running X. Musk is also involved in less-known companies, like Neuralink, which he cofounded and remains CEO of. Musk leads OpenAI's rival firm, start-up xAI.
- The role is just one of many Musk holds concurrently. His support has led to a role in the new government. He also has many other jobs, including leading Tesla, SpaceX, and AI startup xAI. Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle the Government Bureaucracy. Musk will lead the new unofficial department with Vivek Ramaswamy.
- Musk is arguably best known as the CEO of Tesla, which he was an early investor in, and has since gone on to build into a major force in the auto industry. Telsa is one of only a handful of American corporations that have reached a $1 trillion market cap, joining the likes of Apple and Nvidia. The billionaire is the boss of SpaceX, the aerospace firm he founded in 2002.
- In 2022, the business mogul acquired Twitter for $44 billion, later renaming the social media platform X and scrapping the bird logo. While CEO Linda Yaccarino runs X's daily operations, Musk remains heavily involved. Musk's Neuralink has tested its brain chip on two human patients. Another startup led by Musk is xAI, which, according to the Wall Street Journal, is in talks to raise funding to at a $40 billion valuation.
- Trump added that the pair will work to "slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies." It will also seek to "create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before," though exactly how it will function remains unclear. Musk and his company aim to build a rocket system that will make it possible to build a city on Mars. The firm is developing two devices: A brain chip to help treat neurological conditions and a surgical robot which would insert the equipment into the patient.
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Bluesky Attracts 700,000 Users in a Week Following US Election
- Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, has gained 700,000 new users within a week after the US election.
- The surge in membership is attributed to users seeking alternatives to X (formerly Twitter) due to misinformation and far-right content.
- Bluesky's user base has grown to over 14.5 million, making it the second most popular free social networking app in the US.
- The platform is praised for effective content moderation and attracting those disillusioned with Twitter's current state.
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Is this going to be a Twitter presidency or a TV one?
- Donald Trump will be president again and Elon Musk, one of his biggest backers, owns Twitter. So does this mean Twitter could be more important in Trump 2.0 era? Probably, but remember that Trump used Twitter as an output device, not an input device.
- It was interesting to see the campaign for the next Senate majority leader play out on Twitter over the weekend, with conservative leaders, including Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk, weighing in on the platform, as well as Musk and Trump.
- Twitter has already taken a rightward turn under Musk's ownership. And as long as Musk is aligned with Trump, Twitter users will see a lot of content favoring Trump. But does Donald Trump know or care about what's happening on Twitter?
- Trump famously loved Twitter during his first term in office. But he was using it like a remote control, to program the media's coverage and reality itself. Trump 1.0 was a president who understood that digital media was important. But he was first and foremost a president who came of age in the 1970s and 1980s, and his media diet reflected that: print newspapers and magazines, which he would scribble notes on using a sharpie, and above all else, TV.
- The TV landscape has continued to bleed money and audience, while mediums like podcasts, YouTube, and TikTok are ascendant, and Trump and his campaign spent a significant amount of time and effort on these platforms.
- Trump is approaching 80 and played songs from 1978 at his rallies. It's possible that he has changed his media diet and now frequents online platforms more than before, but his habit of calling around to friends and associates for opinions remains unchanged.
- It's important to note that what's happening on Twitter or anywhere online can still influence how those who influence Trump think. But even they pay attention to TV, at least TV clips on the internet.
- Musk spent part of his Sunday using Twitter to criticize 'Saturday Night Live,' just like Trump used to do. While it's too early to predict exactly how Trump's second term will play out, it's unlikely that Donald Trump, TV guy, transforms into Donald Trump, Twitter guy.
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Apple Faces Federal Complaint Over Alleged Worker Rights Violations
- Apple is facing allegations of worker rights violations.
- A federal complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accuses Apple of interfering with protected employee activities.
- The complaint highlights instances of alleged retaliation against employees discussing pay equity and remote work.
- The allegations raise questions about employee rights and may lead to changes in Apple's policies.
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Tweet Generator: Your Thread Maker For Your Next Tweet Storm!
- Tweet Generator is a tool that uses AI to generate the best threads for Twitter by entering a prompt.
- A comprehensive understanding of the target audience is essential to create effective messages.
- Crafting engaging messages necessitates keeping it brief and concise, including visuals and a CTA.
- Choosing the right timing for maximum reach requires scheduling tweets while considering different time zones and using tools like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck.
- Optimizing tweets for SEO helps to improve visibility and reach a larger audience by including relevant keywords in the content and hashtags.
- Performance can be measured using engagement metrics (comments, likes, retweets) and analyzing CTR to help identify shortcomings and areas of improvement.
- The marketing glossary includes key concepts such as integrated marketing, push vs. pull marketing, and word-of-mouth marketing.
- Moreover, it consists of buzzwords such as brand building, marketing persona, microtargeting, and more.
- The Tweet Generator emphasizes understanding the target audience, crafting an engaging message, choosing the right timing, optimizing for SEO, and measuring performance.
- With no one-size-fits-all approach, following these steps can help in creating tweets that are effective and successful.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Unveils Grok API to Empower Developers
- Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has released an API for its Grok generative AI model.
- Developers can get free credits worth $25 per month until the end of the year.
- The API launch did not generate much interest initially, but xAI continues to offer incentives to attract developers.
- Developers who have purchased prepaid credits will receive a monthly credit offer equal to the amount they paid.
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