Look Back 2021: The micro-blogging site Twitter got a new CEO — Parag Agrawal — after founder Jack Dorssey stepped down from the designation. The micro-blogging website brought several features, improvements, and fixes in 2021 including Tip Jar, Spaces, Birdwatch, and more.
Look Back 2021: Here are there features announced by Twitter throughout 2021
- Birdwatch - Twitter launched the Birdwatch community to empower people on Twitter to add information to 'misleading' tweets. People are able to publicly offer helpful context on tweets, believed to have misleading information.
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- Comeback for blue tick verification - This year, Twitter brought back its verification procedure giving a blue tick on prominent profiles. It rolled out a new verification application procedure and started reviewing public applications again for providing the blue badge.
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- Media Crop - The company has started posting images in an uncropped manner on people’s timelines. If a tweet has only one image, it will not be cropped automatically.
- Tip Jar - One of the interesting features for netizens, Twitter Tip Jar allows users to tip their favourite influencers and fellow users. The payments are facilitated through third-party services like PayPal, Patreon, Razorpay, and more.
- Spaces Events - Ticketed Spaces allow creators to earn a share of the revenue from tickets purchased by people to attend exclusive spaces.
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