Forced arbitration is just another way for the capitalist class to exploit the working class. I appreciate that this law firm has apparently found success in the past, but these agreements should be made illegal, along with non-competes, and in many cases, NDAs.
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I soon found out what she meant when I sold my clothes just to pay my rent.
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The Twitter Dev account says the social network âis enforcingâ those rules, and it âmay result in some apps not working.â Twitterâs API documentation is extensive and contains many rules and limits dependent on several factors. Tech video producer Marques Brownlee, who has 6 million followers, replied to the account soon after its post, asking, âWhat are the rules.â Neither Brownleeâs nor any other questions elicited a response.
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This is mentioned in the Ars article I shared, but itâs worth reading in itâs own right:
I recommend reading the entire piece, even though itâs pretty long by online article standards. I do want to call out one small quibble:
Simon, who owned a Âportrait of himself dressed as a 19th-century French generalâŚ
This is the sort of entirely irrelevant personal detail that many journalists include in their writing, like what an interviewee was eating during the interview, that I find strangely irritating.
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And⌠theyâre desperately trying to do so by offering free ads to the bigger advertisers who have bailed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal is buy one, get one free, up to $250k.
The tech company is dangling free ad space by offering to match advertisersâ ad spending up to $250,000, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The full $500,000 in advertising must run by Feb. 28, the emails said.
Basically half off, if you commit to spending $250k.
And it looks like they desperately need it, as the article notes:
Many big brands including pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., United Airlines Holdings Inc. and auto makers General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG have paused their spending on Twitter. More than 75 of Twitterâs top 100 ad spenders from before Mr. Muskâs takeover werenât spending on the platform as of the week ending Jan. 8, according to an analysis of data from research firm Sensor Tower.
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On Thursday, [âŚ] six days after the API was cut off⌠Twitter quietly amended its âlong-standingâ Developer Agreement to effectively ban third party apps. Specifically, in the ârestrictionsâ list, a new clause was added saying that you canât use an API to âcreate a substitute or similar service or product to the Twitter Applications,â meaning no more third party apps.
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While I generally agree with the sentiment, I think when the personal detail is you 1) had a self-portrait of yourself created, 2) brought it into a silicon-valley office, and 3) specifically chose a French general in the Napoleanic war era for that portrait, itâs fair and reasonable to believe that the portrait sheds some light about your persona in an article that in large part discusses how the persona of a Billionaire is marching a rather strategic plan straight to defeat, no? 
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The business equivalent of marching into Russia, which it seems is an aversion lesson even Russia has trouble grasping.
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Previously, the blue tick indicated âactive, notable, and authentic accounts of public interestâ verified by Twitter, and could not be purchased.
But now, users can buy them through the new Twitter Blue service.
At least two Taliban officials and four prominent supporters in Afghanistan are currently using the checkmarks.
Hedayatullah Hedayat, the head of the Talibanâs department for âaccess to informationâ, now has the tick.
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So they are who they said they are but paid all the same. Thereâs so much fail in that. Just like any other ridiculous religious nutjob. No notes, just, wow.
Besides allegedly not paying bills, Musk has reduced Twitterâs expenses by laying off half its staff, terminating thousands of contractors, and issuing an ultimatum that caused many employees to resign.
Iâm slightly torn because landlords are the worst, but not paying your bills is exactly the kind of disruptive leadership style Iâve come to expect from Musk, It would not surprise me if not paying employees is next.
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To no oneâs surprise:
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Heâs already trying to do it with ex-employees, so definitely wouldnât be a surprise.
Seems to be one of several traits he shares with Trump.
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Now, Reuters is reporting that the ad revenue decline may be even worse that reported earlier. Apparently ad spending in December (typically a pretty big advertising month) was down an absolutely jaw dropping 71%.
And, the numbers may actually be even worse when you look at the details. An Axios article from a couple weeks ago did note that âdozens of media companiesâ are still doing content advertising deals with Twitter, mainly around sporting events. Elon even tweeted out the story in an effort to show that things are supposedly going great with Twitter advertising. Except there was an important detail buried in the article:
Most of these media partnerships are multiyear deals and were brokered before Musk took over Twitter.
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Iâm wondering when the lawsuits start for devaluing resale values, etc.?
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Iâm pretty sure Chryslerâs lobbyists have already made that not a thing.
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Twitter has not yet shared how much its new âpaid basic tierâ will cost, and the company has only vaguely promised âmore details on what you can expect next week.â Thousands of small developers may have to shut down free tools like @ThreadReaderApp or @RemindMe_ofThis, the Verge reported, impacting hundreds of thousands of followers who rely on small developers to build tools that help maximize their engagement with the platform.
Forbes called Twitterâs decision to remove free access a âcash grabâ that will make Twitter a less enjoyable space, with the potential loss of fun bots like @FoxesEveryHour, which just tweets photos of foxes. That bot tweeted to confirm that it will stop operating on February 9, saying, âI donât earn anything with this bot so I canât afford to pay, sorry. I will try to find a solution/alternative to this.â
Twitterâs paid basic tier is likely targeting bigger developers accessing the Twitter API to support commercial projects. Those developers will need to evaluate whether the costâwhatever it ends up beingâis justified to continue running services.
Meanwhile, users like reporter Alex Goldman have already begun mourning the impending loss of beloved bots, including bots that tweet everything from Boggle games to randomly generated ASCII night skies.
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