Twitter is replacing favourites with likes – but does anyone heart it?
Twitter has changed the favourite sign from a star to a heart. This means that when someone wants to favourite a tweet its now going to be made into a heart instead of a "favourite" its now meaning a like, nice tweet or picture etc. The heart has made the tweets into different meanings. This means that they are trying to turn this into instagram where you like someone's pictures. Twitter think that hearts are more expressive which is why they chose it.
- Favourites – we use them for a myriad of reasons. Favouriting a tweet could mean “I like this tweet”, or “good point”, or “this is fun, but not enough to re-tweet”, or “I acknowledge your communication, but can’t be bothered to reply”, or “the conversation is ending now, but on a positive note!”
- How, now, is one supposed to bookmark an article on the refugee crisis without ‘liking’ it? I’m not ready to inaccurately look – ironically – heartless on social media.
I think that this is a good and bad situation. I think that it was nice for them to put the heart there instead of stars. The heart can mean alot of things but at the same time it wasn't relevant as they could have left the star there. This is because the star can mean something else. The star was a favourite not a like.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/03/the-sun-used-as-front-scam-thousands-pounds-news-uk
Sun used as front to scam thousands of pounds, says newspaper
The sun has been fraudsters and have scammed thousands of pounds out of victims by pretending to be members of staff at the sun. More than a dozen of people have come forward to say they were approached by someone claiming to be from the paper who offered them the chance to feature in it fee. Evidence seen by the guardian suggested the imposter was mimicking a genuine sun email address and phone number, as well as using a fake name.
- One victim told the Guardian they were tricked into handing over £1,250 and the Sun said others had reported handing over similar amounts after being targeted by the scammers.
- A Sun spokesman said: “We have had about 15 [cases] reported to us and, as soon as that has happened, we have referred them to the police.” The paper’s ombudsman, Philippa Kennedy,
- he anonymous victim said they were called from a mobile number by someone who identified themselves as Andrew Davis, a member of staff at the Sun. No such person exists, the Guardian understands.
I think that the Sun was wrong to do this as its bad. They shouldn't have done this as its something that is private and doesn't need to be told aloud. This is private information and the sun were spoofing soft wares.
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