If you want to harass your fellow internet denizens on Twitter, you’ll have to do it without the cover of an anonymous egg in your profile photo: The social media site says it’s doing away with its default avatar, partly because it’s become associated with online harassment and other bad behaviors. [More]
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Twitter Ditching Default Egg Profile Photos Because They’re Tied To “Negative Behavior”
By Mary Beth Quirk 3.31.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
Twitter Confirms It’s Trying To Identify Abusive Accounts Before Anyone Reports Them
By Mary Beth Quirk 3.1.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
Twitter is on a roll: In its second safety update of the year aimed at curbing harassment on its platform, the social media network says it will now proactively try to identify abusive accounts — even before anyone has reported them for being abusive. [More]