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There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter
I have plenty of ideas for useful features for X (formerly known as Twitter), but audio and video calls aren’t on my list. Unfortunately, they seem to be on Elon Musk’s, as the app now allows users to call one another for some reason. Yay? Maybe I’m just not the Tweep I used to be,…
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Quit Rage-Tweeting at Airlines
If you have a cancelled or delayed flight, you might get the urge to whip out your phone and tweet furiously at the big, verified account associated with your airline. Besides the fact that this will not magically get your flight back on track, there are good reasons you really shouldn’t rage-tweet at airlines (or…
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How to Fix Slow Messaging on Your Pixel
Messaging is supposed to be instant: You send a message, and the recipient reads it in seconds. They send you a reply, you know what’s up moments later. But if your messages send and receive as if by horseback, things start to get frustrating. That’s what’s plaguing some Pixel users lately, as MMS messages with…
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How to Find and Mass Delete Your Vulgar Twitter History
Tweets have consequences. Just last week a writer revealed he was denied a job opportunity for a tweet about wanting to “burn down” Whole Foods. The clearly facetious arson tweet in question? It was posted over three years ago.