Chrissy Teigen is back!
The 35-year-old Cravings entrepreneur returned to Twitter on Friday (April 16) just over three weeks after announcing she was quitting the social media platform on March 24.
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Find out what she said about her return…More Here! »
Kerry Washington is causing quite a reaction on social media.
Following the news of both the death of British royal Prince Philip and hip-hop icon DMX on Friday (April 9), the 44-year-old Scandal star pondered something on Twitter that resulted in a lot of feedback and mixed reactions.
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You might be wondering what an NFT is after today’s news about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and we have you covered.
Dorsey just sold his first-ever tweet as an NFT for $2,915,835.47 and the winning bidder was blockchain company Bridge Oracle’s CEO Sina Estavi.
For those that don’t know, NFT stands for “non-fungible token” and it allows people to buy and sell ownership of digital items that are unique and allow the owner to track them using the blockchain. NFTs can be one-of-a-kind or a copy and they can be things like animated GIFs, songs, artwork, items in video games, and more.
Earlier this month, auction house Christie’s sold an NFT of digital artwork by Beeple for an astounding $69 million. Arrow actress Katie Cassidy is also cashing in on the NFT craze by auctioning off art featuring herself.
Dorsey launched his auction of an NFT of his first-ever tweet on March 6 and the auction just ended. The Twitter CEO converted the proceeds from the auction to Bitcoin and then donated all of the money to Give Directly’s Africa Response Fund.
You can see an embed of that 2006 tweet below.
just setting up my twttr
— jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
Dua Lipa just scorched the stage at the 2021 Grammys – and a familiar nickname is now trending!
“Dula Peep” shot up on Twitter’s Trending Topics, and it all stems from a funny moment of Wendy Williams mispronouncing her name on The Wendy Williams Show over two years ago.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Dua Lipa
“It’s kind of cute. It’s a full thing now, it’s a full thing. Yeah yeah, I mean my whole life I feel like my name has always been a little bit difficult to pronounce,” Dua once said of the nickname to Jimmy Fallon.
“I just didn’t appreciate my name as much growing up. Being born in London, having a full Albanian name like Dua, people pronouncing it wrong, I feel like I just wanted a normal name. It means love in Albanian. I just wanted a normal name when I was young.”
Twitter is exploring yet another big feature change!
The company is testing an “undo send” feature that would allow users a short window of time to withdraw a tweet before it is publicly posted, the company said Friday (March 5).
This was found after app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who discovers unannounced social media features by looking at site code, tweeted out an animation showing a tweet with a spelling error with an “undo” button available before a short timer ran out.
“A Twitter spokeswoman said the feature was being tested as part of the company’s exploration of how subscriptions could work on the platform. She said Twitter would be testing and iterating possible paid-for features over time,” Reuters reported.
Twitter is currently working on paid subscription models to reduce its dependence on ad revenue.
In February, it was reported that a “super follow” feature would allow users to charge for their content, and it will launch sometime this year.
Twitter is working on “Undo Send” timer for tweets pic.twitter.com/nS0kuijPK0
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 5, 2021
UPDATE: Cardi B is back on Twitter with something that fans will want to see and hear!
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Cardi B is taking some time off Twitter.
The 28-year-old “WAP” rapper deactivated her Twitter account on Friday (March 5) after receiving some backlash from her impatient fans for releasing a custom doll rather than a new album.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Cardi B
Cardi took to Instagram to rant about fan backlash for her latest business endeavor.
“I have so much pressure. I’m working on a lot of s–t to please people…I wanna please my fans, because y’all been asking for something from me for a very long time that I can’t say, and I’m doing it for ya…’eh, you’re dropping a f–king doll, we want an album!’ How am I supposed to be rich? How am I supposed to build my net worth?” she said on an Instagram Live.
“BARDI GANG!! I’m dropping my own doll TODAY! Inspired by me. Created by me. Designed by me,” she wrote on her Instagram. Click here to see the doll!
Cardi also got candid about “insulting” pay disparity in a recent interview.
#CardiB is sick of fans asking her for new music. Y'all done gave the lady migraine headaches 🙄 pic.twitter.com/Auz3BQYWds
— Passionteainfo (@passionteainfo) March 5, 2021
Twitter is unveiling a new feature.
The “Super Follow” option was revealed on Thursday (February 25) in a sneak peek from the company during its virtual analyst day presentation.
The new feature would allow users to charge followers a monthly price for extra content, including “community access” and “subscriber-only newsletters,” among other perks.
In one example presented by Twitter, a user charged $4.99 a month for added content. It will also allow creators to put certain tweets, fleets and audio chats behind a paywall.
No release date was set yet for the new advanced feature, but it was included in the “What’s Next” section of the presentation.
“The new feature comes as Twitter is looking to move beyond its dependence on ad sales to drive revenue — something Twitter recently said was a goal for the company moving forward — and puts it squarely in competition with companies like OnlyFans and Patreon, which also help creators make money off their followers,” The Wrap reported.
Find out more about the new disappearing tweets feature on Twitter.
