Social Media Marketing

X logo removed from San Francisco Twitter roof

08/07/202308/03/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The massive, glowing letter is no longer propped on the roof of the company’s headquarters. Following a substantial squabble in San Francisco, the rooftop of the Twitter building no longer glows with the letter X, which represented the new name of Elon Musk’s social media company. The city building department received several complaints shortly after the large X was installed. San Francisco’s city building department received 24 complaints following a weekend during which the large X was glowing from the rooftop of the Twitter headquarters building on Market Street. Neighbors…

Twitter logo rebrand to X hits hiccup when police show up

07/26/202307/25/2023 John Montgallo

Authorities said no crime was committed but stepped in to stop “unauthorized work” removing the old sign. Elon Musk met mixed responses to his decision to rebrand the Twitter Logo to X and faced another hurdle when the police stopped work in progress to remove the old sign from the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Workers were removing the first few letters of the word Twitter when local police arrived. The police accused the workers who were removing the old Twitter logo signage of “unauthorized work” and halted them from…

Threads users underwhelmed by Follows tab update

07/24/202307/21/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The app’s first update looked like a useful tool but ended up disappointing many of its users. The first significant update to the Threads app is a new Follows tab, which at first looked as though it would be something quite appealing to users but ended up being a letdown to many. The update merely provided users with a filter allowing them to be able to see all their new followers. When users first saw the new Follows tab update, many had assumed that it would provide a much wanted…

Will the Threads app really be the ‘friendly’ place Meta says it will?

07/13/202307/12/2023 L. Green

Threads app - Person smiling using phone

As millions of users continue to download the application, it is unclear what shape it will take. Mark Zuckerberg has given his official pitch of Meta’s new Threads app – the company’s alternative to Twitter – promising that it will be a “friendly” place users can enjoy for public online discourse. This markets the application as a distinctly different experience from its rival Twitter. Twitter, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has earned a reputation as a place where anger is heavy, and arguments and trolling are a regular occurrence. If…

Threads app briefly appears on Google Play as Meta’s Twitter rival

07/05/202307/05/2023 John Montgallo

Threads app - Smartphone with Google Play displayed

Screenshots showed that users would be able to log in to the Twitter competitor using an Instagram account. Recent screenshots showed that the Threads app, Meta’s competition for Twitter, briefly appeared on Google Play at the start of July. Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who commonly spots unreleased features buried in code, shared the images. According to the screenshots, people will be able to sign into the Threads app by logging in with their Instagram account. Moreover, from there, they can sync the accounts they follow from one application to the…