Twitter, like many places on the internet, is full of trolls. And also lots of people worse than trolls.
Those people are why Tracy Chou founded Block Party. The tech startup offers what it describes as “middleware”–aka third-party augments that operate on top of existing social media platforms and let users control their experiences.
In Twitter’s case, Block Party lets you do things like blacklist individual tweets so that your account automatically blocks anyone who likes or retweets that post. That’s a feature any Block Party user gets for free; it also offers paid functions like keyword filters, where users can block accounts that tweet specific words or have specific words in their usernames.
Chou launched Block Party in January 2021, and now her company has raised its first 4.8 million in seed funding, TechCrunch reports.
The round was led by Stellation Capital with participation from venture-capital firms Impellent Ventures,...
Those people are why Tracy Chou founded Block Party. The tech startup offers what it describes as “middleware”–aka third-party augments that operate on top of existing social media platforms and let users control their experiences.
In Twitter’s case, Block Party lets you do things like blacklist individual tweets so that your account automatically blocks anyone who likes or retweets that post. That’s a feature any Block Party user gets for free; it also offers paid functions like keyword filters, where users can block accounts that tweet specific words or have specific words in their usernames.
Chou launched Block Party in January 2021, and now her company has raised its first 4.8 million in seed funding, TechCrunch reports.
The round was led by Stellation Capital with participation from venture-capital firms Impellent Ventures,...
- 9/23/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
More changes to Twitter could be afoot as the company is reportedly searching for a new head of product. Jeff Seibert, who assumed the position last September, has left the role, according to Recode, and senior engineering director Ed Ho has taken the helm on an interim basis.
"This year we’re focused on delivering on five product priorities -- refining our core service, live-streaming video, creators, safety, and developers -- as well as recruiting great talent,” Twitter told Recode in a statement. “We’ve successfully increased our shipping cadence on our core service and have asked some of our top leaders to take on key roles in the other priority areas."
Seibert is Twitter’s fourth product lead since 2014, which speaks to internal struggles as the platform continues to launch updated features in a bid to turn around stalling user growth. The constant changes within the division have led...
"This year we’re focused on delivering on five product priorities -- refining our core service, live-streaming video, creators, safety, and developers -- as well as recruiting great talent,” Twitter told Recode in a statement. “We’ve successfully increased our shipping cadence on our core service and have asked some of our top leaders to take on key roles in the other priority areas."
Seibert is Twitter’s fourth product lead since 2014, which speaks to internal struggles as the platform continues to launch updated features in a bid to turn around stalling user growth. The constant changes within the division have led...
- 6/7/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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