Oct 2022

6m 8s

Twitter Sees Decline in "Heavy Tweeters"...

Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood and Tom Merritt

About this episode

Research by Twitter documents a decline in "heavy tweeters" since 2020, Apple now requires using in-app payments for social media page "boosts," and Spotify plans to raise prices on plans in the US.

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