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Twitter Makes Changes To Limits When Replying
Twitter is rolling out changes to its website and apps that will see tagged usernames in replies not count toward its 140 character limit, allowing users to publish longer replies. On its official blog, Twitter said “Remember how we told you we were working on ways to let you to express more with 140 characters? Since then, we’ve introduced two... Read more of this article
January 2017 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] The Bermuda Tourism Authority climbed six points and moved into second on the Bermuda Top 50 Klout rankings. The BTA’s score of 80 places it just four points behind perennial leader John Layfield, the Fox business analyst and former WWE champion and current WWE commentator. The BTA’s Jamel Hardtman [#18], Alastair Jack... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For January 2017
[Written by Don Burgess] It appears that Twitter is finally going to let people edit their tweets. One of the major annoyances of the social media platform is not being able to correct mistakes or typos in tweets once they are sent leaving users no choice but to either let it stand or delete the tweet and redo it. Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, said... Read more of this article
20 Most Viewed Bernews Tweets Of The Year
Bernews shared a wide array of news, photos, videos and stories on Twitter this year, with the 20 most viewed tweets, as measured by impressions, for the year including tweets featuring students Dejanee Hill-Edwards, Imani Smith and Sinae Smith; Coach Andrew Bascome, a rainbow, lightning, an astronaut showcasing Bermuda from space, music producer 8track,... Read more of this article
October 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] There is no change to the names in the top 10 Bermuda Klout rankings but the deck was shuffled with Bernews moving up five spots with a five-point gain. The media company joined Collie Buddz on joint third. WWE and FOX Business commentator John Layfield remains number one since our last report in June, but his score dipped one... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For October 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Flora Duffy’s global fame has increased since finishing the triathlon season as the world champ. Duffy had the biggest jump in the Bermuda Top 50 Twitter rankings since it has moved to a quarterly posting cycle. In July, Duffy was ranked 32nd but with an additional 1,000 followers she has moved up to 32nd overall. Huddersfield... Read more of this article
Bermuda Flag Emoji On Twitter For Olympics
With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games set to get underway in Rio today [Aug 5], Twitter has released a set of 207 new emojis, representing various national flags using a three-letter hashtag, including #BER for Bermuda, which when used, automatically renders a Bermuda flag. A story on the official Rio 2016 website says, “”The Olympic Games... Read more of this article
July 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Cup Match is upon us and people’s social media accounts will be buzzing with how Red and Blue or Blue and Blue will be victorious this year. . Last month saw scores hit some highs as the debate over same sex marriage reached a heightened pitch amongst both camps. SSM advocate Tony Brannon is still campaigning and his score... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] It was an unusual month in the Bermuda Twittersphere as five of the top 11 accounts lost followers. Overall, 13 accounts that would have been in the top 50 saw their follower numbers go down. Even the venerable John Layfield was stymied a bit as the WWE and FOX commentator only had a gain of about 1,500 followers. Duddley Duddley... Read more of this article
June 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] There was a noticeable rise in Bermudians use of social media this month. The vote on same sex marriages and the “How much would you pay” Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser has helped spark a bump in people’s Klout scores. The heated “discussions” over the upcoming vote on same sex marriage saw much back-and-forth... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For June 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Katy Perry and Drake aren’t alone. Less than a week after the prominent musicians’ Twitter profiles were hacked, a Russian-based email account claimed that it has stolen more than 32 million passwords from twitter. It appears the accounts were stolen via malware rather than being hacked from Twitter itself. If you have... Read more of this article
Twitter Set To Make Changes To Character Limit
Twitter is getting set to make changes that will allow its users to “express even more in 140 characters” by limiting the content that counts against the service’s character limit, with the changes to take effect “over the coming months.” A story on the official Twitter blog said, “Over the past decade, the Tweet... Read more of this article
