Twitter experiments with ‘Original Tweeter’ tag on threaded conversations

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Twitter is about to make life a lot harder for fake Elon Musk cryptocurrency scammers.

aw thanks Twitter I appreciate you calling me an “Original Tweeter”

(seriously though what is that?) pic.twitter.com/IBpqcOIBYK

— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) January 24, 2019

Twitter users are reporting seeing an ‘Original Tweeter’ tag under their name on posted tweets. According to Techcrunch, the feature has only been rolled out to a small percentage of Twitter users on iOS and Android so far.

Twitter now marks the “Original Tweeter” in a thread for people who can’t follow Twitter conversations lol

I’m the OG baybay! 😂👍👍 pic.twitter.com/a2d3v7g9Gc

— The Hunter 🎮 (@NextGenPlayer) January 24, 2019 Read more…

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Amazon Music customers can now talk to Alexa more naturally

Amazon Music, reportedly the third-largest subscription-based music service worldwide, is doubling down on voice. The company is today announcing the launch of new set of features that will allow Amazon Music customers to chat with Alexa in a more natural way in order to find and play the music they want to hear. The features […]

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A tale from public transport may hold the key to politely retreating from conversations

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What’s better, to zone out of a conversation stealthily or to be up front about the fact you’ve stopped listening?

A Twitter user shared a story Sunday that went viral of a man ending a conversation on the subway in a very novel way.

Couple is sitting next to each other on the subway and the woman is talking the man’s ear off about her roommate when the man goes, “Katie, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go into my head for a bit,” and now I have my response to every convo I want out of forevermore

— Corinne Sullivan (@corinnzo) April 8, 2018 Read more…

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Woman threatened for ‘f*ck Trump’ sticker says f*ck the sheriff too

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Another day, another angry sticker added to that headline-making, Trump-hating pick-up truck. This time, it’s aimed at Troy Nehls, the sheriff who sought to bring disorderly conduct charges against the truck’s driver, Karen Fonseca.

After Fonesca was targeted for the crude anti-Trump sticker on her truck’s rear window last Thursday, she was arrested on an outstanding fraud warrant issued in July. Interesting timing, eh?

The resident of Fort Bend County, Texas, has since been released on a $1,500 bond. She celebrated her freedom in the most epic way imaginable — by trolling the sheriff with a sassy AF decal for her truck. Read more…

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No, this isn’t a real conversation between Bill Clinton and Tony Blair

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Fake news and hoaxes are like zombies: just when you think they’re dead, they make a spectacular — and unexpected — comeback, stronger than before. 

A Twitter account called “History Lovers Club” — one of those social media aggregators of quirky, compelling photos from the past — tweeted the following exchange between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, saying it’s a “genuine conversation”:

This is а genuine conversation between Tony Blair and Bill Clintonpic.twitter.com/4koxeqbPzj

— History Lovers Club (@historylvrsclub) November 11, 2017 Read more…

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