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posted by mrpg on Saturday January 26 2019, @11:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the mrpg-(verified) dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/24/twitter-original-tweeter-test/

Twitter is testing a way to make it easier to spot the person who started a thread. A small percentage of iOS and Android users are seeing an "original tweeter" label. The company said earlier this month that it would publicly test some context and organization features.

It's a useful feature, and it could reduce some types of abuse, particularly if the original tweeter is, say, Bill Gates and the replies include those from scammy imitation accounts. The label, along with the blue verified checkmark, could make it more immediately obvious when Gates himself is replying, and not, for instance, @Bi11Gates.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday January 27 2019, @05:32AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday January 27 2019, @05:32AM (#792558) Homepage Journal

    That is, they - once - permitted AdSense ads to turn up in response to searches for "playboy".

    That Playboy Enterprises sued Google into a smoking crater in the ground is evidenced by google later rejecting "Mac Programmer - 15 Years Experience" in my own AdSense ad; that's not only a non-infringing use of a trademark but Apple explicitly grants permission to use the word "Mac" for things that are related to the Apple Macintosh, such as Mac software titles.

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