Tag: Social Media

Two screenshots from Twitter's verification page which read: 'Content creators and influential individuals' and 'activists and organizers'. The pictures are centred against a blue gradient background.

Twitter finally explains its new verification categories – a month after I asked about them

Text against a blue gradient background which reads: 'Content creators and influential individuals. Established digital content creators who consistently public, original content (regardless of platform) for at least 6 months prior to applying and meet the follower or mention criteria listed below for other influential individuals.'

Twitter changes its verification criteria again – and introduces new categories

On the left in the background, a yellow waving hand emoji is visible with the text underneath saying 'Clubhouse Drop-in Audio'. On the right is an iPhone displaying the app Clubhouse in the App Store.

Clubhouse have finally added captions to their platform – why did Deaf users have to wait?

Livestream settings in dark mode, showing a tab reading 'additional settings', with 'closed captions', 'automatic captions', 'English' selected from the drop downs. A green arrow points to a small blue dot to the right of the 'closed captions' section.

YouTube rolls out live automatic captions for all English livestreams

A red rectangle with a two white pause lines inside. Underneath, white text on a grey rectangle reads: 'Community Captions'. Underneath this is a red line against a white line, like the YouTube progress bar.

YouTube’s Community Captions replacement still isn’t ready – a year after they were axed

A purple gradient background. In the middle is text which reads: 'Voice Transformer. Change how your audience hears you by selecting a voice transformation.' There is then a slider showing a range of different icons (microphone, echos, sunglasses). Underneath this text says, 'Press and hold to hear how your own voice sounds.'

Twitter Spaces’ Voice Effects are hellish and inaccessible – they have to go