![]() ![]() Whatever categories you choose, that information will most likely show up in your Twitter feed. After the username, password and other details, you are to select categories you are interested in. The system asked for all the regular information you would expect to find on similar application. Because I wanted this blog to reach a larger audience, I decided to create a new Twitter account to promote it. I am writing this article because I’m shocked, dismayed, troubled, startled and concerned over what Twitter has morphed into. Since Twitter was new there was not nearly the activity at there is now. The downside of this is I never looked at Twitter that much at all only to see if the account was still open. I used the API because it was annoying trying to keep up with both interfaces at the same time. Facebook offered an Application Programming Interface (API) so you could post on Facebook and it would show up on your Twitter account. Twitter was new but it was growing in popularity and the thing to do if you were going to have social media presence on the internet. Register for the newsletter here.Years ago, when I was administering a website for my career field, I created a Twitter account for the first time (around 2007 or 8). Get the latest news straight to your inbox. Act now, before Meta has to announce another pivot. In return you will receive a badge, a better search ranking, some gimmicks to help you express yourself, and the knowledge that you are paying in money as well as data to help a billionaire shore up his revenues. Meta’s value has plunged since the rebrand and by extension so has Zuckerberg’s personal wealth.īut all is not lost, because for as little as $11.99 per month, Facebook and Instagram users can help Zuckerberg and Meta continue with their work towards turning the Internet into the world’s dullest online multiplayer game. It is also having to adjust to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency, which lets iOS users opt out of letting Facebook monitor behaviour across other apps and services, hurting the value of the data that Meta can serve up to advertisers. ![]() That’s probably premature, but in the year-and-a-bit since Facebook rebranded to Meta, it has burned through billions of dollars on its metaverse project with little to show for it.Īdding to the misery, Meta’s ad revenue is suffering due to the broader slowdown in digital spending. An FT report last week about the dwindling enthusiasm for the concept reads like the metaverse has already been consigned to the dustbin of history. Meta’s bet on the metaverse is at considerable risk of not paying off. On the other hand, in the context of Meta’s recent trials and tribulations, there is the faint whiff of desperation that comes with this decision. ![]() On the one hand, you can look at what Twitter CEO Elon Musk did when he put Twitter’s blue check mark behind a paywall and see Meta Verified as the competition simply trying to get a piece of that pie. “Since last year, we’ve been thinking about how to unlock access to these features through a paid offering.” “Some of the top requests we get from creators are for broader access to verification and account support, in addition to more features to increase visibility and reach,” Meta said. Meta clearly disagrees with that assertion, insisting Meta Verified is particularly suited to helping budding creators establish and grow their presence. ![]() Without wishing to cast aspersions, anyone who feels the need to pay a monthly fee to billionaire Mark Zuckerberg – a man famed to a certain extent for not being particularly expressive – to help them express themselves should probably give up on trying to be interesting on the Internet. They will also get exclusive features that enable them to, as Meta puts it, “express yourself in unique ways.” In addition to all the perks Zuckerberg mentioned, subscribers will also feature more prominently in search results, comment threads and recommendations. In a separate statement, Meta said it will test Meta Verified in Australia and New Zealand later this week with a view to rolling it out to the rest of the world “soon.” He said Meta Verified “is about increasing authenticity and security across our services.” Most importantly, users will get a badge alongside their profile, so that all their friends and family know they are paying for the privilege of sharing all their personal data with advertisers and political strategists. The monthly fee is $11.99 for Web users, and $14.99 for iOS and Android users. It also promises to offer better protection against impersonators, and offer direct access to customer support. Facebook parent Meta wants a piece of the premium social-networking action.ĬEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Sunday that his company plans to roll out ‘Meta Verified’, a service that will let Facebook and Instagram users verify the ownership of their account with a government-issued ID. ![]()
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