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Results from The Twitter Blog for: June 2009

Following and Followers Page Improvements

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [23:16 UTC]

When you click on the Following and Followers links from your Twitter home page, you’ll notice that we’ve upgraded the design of these pages and added features. Instead of a basic list, there are now actions you can perform that provide a better overall experience. For example, you can turn on SMS, unfollow, mention, block, direct message, and more.Read more…

Restaurants on Twitter

Monday, June 29, 2009 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [14:08 UTC]

Boston Globe Staff Photo by Yoon S. ByunRead more…

Up, Up, and Away

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [22:21 UTC]

Twitter is back and our network capacity is now significantly increased. The planned maintenance that we moved from last night to this afternoon was a success and it took half the time we expected.Read more…

Down Time Rescheduled

Monday, June 15, 2009 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [23:17 UTC]

A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of Twitter. In coordination with Twitter, our network host had planned this upgrade for tonight. However, our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in Iran. Tonight’s planned maintenance has been rescheduled to tomorrow between 2-3p PST (1:30a in Iran).Read more…

Not Playing Ball

Saturday, June 6, 2009 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [18:15 UTC]

Impersonation violates Twitter’s Terms of Service and we take the issue seriously. We suspend, delete, or transfer control of accounts known to be impersonation. When alerted, we took action in this regard on behalf of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Reports this week that Twitter has settled a law suit and officially agreed to pay legal fees for an impersonation complaint that was taken care of by our support staff in accordance with our Terms are erroneous. Twitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay.Read more…