Tag: Twitter
Listenbourg: The fictional country that baffled and entertained Twitter
Have you ever considered the value of localizing for the Listenbourg market? According to Twitter, it’s a beautiful, upwardly mobile region of western Europe that should be attractive for any brand seeking aggressive expansion. Only one problem: The country doesn’t actually exist.
Algospeak: a new language to circumvent AI-powered content moderation
Recently, social media saw the birth of a whole new language coined Algospeak, employing code words and phrases to prevent posts from being removed, demoted in rank, or demonetized by automated content moderation systems.
Facebook goes “meta,” internet has a field day
Meanwhile, Portuguese-speaking internet users got to have a laugh over the fact that “meta” is the imperative form of a verb with the colloquial meaning “to have intercourse.”
Indian Social Media Platform Promotes Multilingualism
Koo, an Indian microblogging social media platform that was launched in late 2019, has announced that it is currently looking to expand the social...
Weekly Shorts | May 7, 2021
Portuguese Diplomat Pushes for Official Language Status at United Nations
Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, said in a press conference that he...
Weekly Shorts | January 22, 2021
TransPerfect revenue up 11.5 percent
TransPerfect has announced a 2020 year-end revenue of 852 million USD. This is a roughly 11.5 percent increase over 2019's...
Automatic Translation Could Come to Twitter
Twitter has announced that it will expand its translation feature by testing automatic translation with a small group of users in Brazil. The social...
Et Vous, @Brute?
Great article, courtesy of the BBC News online magazine, called Tu and Twitter. It is the end for 'Vous' In French? highlights the social...
The Story of #IMS211: Twitter Event
A shout-out for #ims211. How to describe? A Twitter conversation between fanbois, students, developers, journalists, and others on the subject of games, instigated by...
Saint Patrick and Twitter
Just love this story on ReadWriteWeb: Using Twitter to Preserve Minority Languages. It's about Indigenoustweets.com, launched on Saint Patrick's Day by Professor Kevin Scannell...