Tag: Twitter
Francesca Di Marco: Embracing and Leveraging Diverse Communities
Francesca Di Marco of Pinterest shares her journey from Italy and Japan to leading global communities through language.
H2G2? Americans Struggle With Text Acronyms as Digital Fluency Gap Widens
A new study from Preply reveals that most Americans struggle to understand text acronyms like AYOR, RLRT, and KPC — raising questions about digital fluency.
Francesca Di Marco
Francesca Di Marco, Head of Internationalization at Pinterest, discusses her journey into the field of internationalization, which was influenced by her upbringing in Italy and her academic background in Japanese history. She emphasizes the importance of understanding culture, history, and language in building global communities.
The Week in Review: July 21, 2023
If you recently joined Threads, you might have noticed a major missing feature in the app’s early days: translation. If you happened across a...
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...