TikTok merged with Musical.ly in 2018 after the latter launched in 2014; both have drawn many comparisons to Vine, a now-defunct social media platform that Twitter acquired in 2012 and ...

Ego-surfing aside, the truth is that Twitter’s new home page won’t have a whole lot of impact on those of us already using the service (that includes you, tweeting astronaut T.J. Creamer).

Twitter is retiring its blue checkmarks for "authentic, notable, and active" accounts, such as those for government figures, entertainers, athletes, activists, content creators, or journalists.