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Tag: twitter

  • Social media: the decline of Twitter and the rise of Mastodon

    Social media: the decline of Twitter and the rise of Mastodon

    I was an early adopter of Twitter in early 2007. I used to have a three-letter username (@tag) and there weren’t even a million users globally. When I started using it, most people thought it was a ridiculous and vain thing to do – write short updates in 140 characters and interact with strangers. Always…

  • Being @tag on Twitter

    When I signed up to Twitter in early February 2007 I wanted as short a username as possible, and as Twitter was still young, I was able to get a three letter username – @tag – which are my initials (@tom had gone) to save on those precious 140 characters. Twitter didn’t do tagging, and…

  • Native Symbian S60 Twitter Clients

    A quick post to mention that a few native Symbian S60 Twitter clients are under development. I haven’t installed or tried any of these, but when I have the time, I’ll post my feedback here. Gravity Gravity will be a commercial product, developed by mobileways, who already offer native S60 Twitter functionality within their WirelessIRC…