You can now apply to get verified on Twitter. Here's how.

So, you want to get verified on Twitter. Fortunately for you, there's now an official way to make that happen. 

On Thursday, Twitter announced that users can once again apply to receive that coveted blue check which has been the center of so much drama over the years. The process to do so is quite simple, but whether or not your account meets the social media giant's requirements is anything but. 

Before you get too excited, keep in mind that while Twitter says it started rolling out the application process Thursday, it also said in a Wednesday press call that the application may take a few weeks to become available to everyone. So if you don't see the option yet, don't give up hope — it should be there soon enough.  Read more...

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Twitter is 'thinking about' labeling humor and satire accounts

Twitter is considering creating special account types for humor and satire accounts, a company representative let slip during a Wednesday press call about verification. 

While detailing the company's already announced plan to create "automated" and "memorial" account types in an online presentation to reporters, Twitter product manager B Byrne offhandedly mentioned that the company wasn't stopping there. 

"So we're starting with automated accounts. We're also exploring other account types on Twitter," Byrne explained. "Memorial accounts are next on the list. And we're also thinking about things like humor and satire accounts, which we'll be exploring later." Read more...

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Twitter finally makes it easy for anyone to apply for verification

The blue-check wave is coming. 

Twitter officially launched a new public-facing application for account verification Thursday. It's not clear who will get to apply on day one, but Twitter says it will roll out globally over the next few weeks.

Who does, and does not, get verified on Twitter has been the source of frequent debate over the years. The social media giant explained in a Wednesday phone call with reporters that it hopes this new process will be a transparent one. 

B Byrne, a Twitter product manager who focuses on identity, explained the company's two main goals when it came to designing the new verification application.  Read more...

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Why everyone's talking about ADHD right now (and why it’s kinda annoying)

If you're reading this, it means you haven't muted "ADHD" from your feeds yet. For that, I'm grateful. At the same time, I kinda get why you might have.

Over the past year or so, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) seems to have exploded on social media, particularly on TikTok and Twitter. Simultaneously (almost inevitably), the growing interest sparked increasingly contentious online discourse about it. Even for folks with ADHD like myself — who actively contribute to this ongoing cacophony of interminable posts about having, struggling with, strategizing around, joking about, vocally debating over, or just expressing annoyance at the oversaturation of ADHD content — it's all reached something of a boiling point. Read more...

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Save on a social media management platform with room for 60 accounts

TL;DR: Make social media management simpler with a subscription to EasyClout, on sale for 66% off. As of May 14, get a 12-month subscription for only $19.99.

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Between Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and more, social media managers have a lot to keep track of. The process doesn't have to be a headache, though. Make things easier on yourself with a discounted one-year subscription to EasyClout, a social media management platform made for businesses. 

EasyClout is designed to help you promote your products and services. Perhaps the biggest way it can help you grow is by automating your posts. You'll be able to manage, view, create, and schedule anything you want on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more all from a single interface.  Read more...

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Congresswoman drops social media report on Republicans who tried to overturn the election for Trump

A Democratic congresswoman has just released a massive report detailing the social media posts of her Republican colleagues who tried to overturn the U.S. presidential election results.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who represents California, posted the nearly 2,000 page Social Media Review report on her government website on Friday. The report is broken down by state and includes archived social media posts from “Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who were sworn-in to office in January 2021 and who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.”

According to Rep. Lofgren, following the events of Jan. 6, when thousands of Trump supporters  stormed the U.S. Capitol, she instructed her staff to put together a review of public social media posts from members of Congress who voted to overturn the election results. The report also includes social media posts that correlate with the actions of that day, as well as any postings that claimed the 2020 presidential election results were illegitimate. Read more...

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Deleting your Clubhouse account is a nightmare, especially for sex workers

Clubhouse has a safety problem. 

The invite-only social media app, which lets people gather in audio-only "rooms" for free-flowing discussions, is in the midst of an explosive growth spurt. With reportedly over 10 million users as of mid-February, the demand for accounts is so high that people are trying to sell them for as much as $100. The real challenge, however, lies in deleting an account — a potentially serious safety concern for users now struggling to do so as they see their professional and personal lives unwillingly mixed. 

The problem is twofold. Clubhouse requires users to sign up with phone numbers, and also requires access to users' entire phone contact lists to send out invites to other people. As the app is still invite-only, this forces people to share their contact lists if they want to invite their friends or colleagues to the platform.  Read more...

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