Twitter continues to improve and grow and attract new users as it has quickly become the number one App people choose to download on the Apple app store for news. 

This article will sum up some of the improvements to expect in Twitter mentioned so far in January by official Twitter accounts and Elon Musk. 

• Twitter said ‘Au revoir’ to Revue! Elon Musk asked his followers if they felt Twitter should keep Revue. The great majority of Twitter users replied that they do not use it, many did not even know what it was. Jan 18 marks the last day for this newsletter/email subscription feature that was rarely used
• AXIOS reported Dozens of media companies set 2023 content deals with Twitter.  See https://www.axios.com/2023/01/17/twitter-media-sports-content-deals  This is splendid news and should lead to long-term funding for Twitter
• Elon Musk encouraged corporations to use their free Twitter accounts to tweet. Elon said,

“Companies in general are missing the incredible opportunity

that Twitter provides to reach customers.

Just Tweet interesting things!

That’s all it takes.” – Elon Musk

Elon Musk explains Verified Tweets

• Elon Musk said in response to a question from Brayden Fox, “Twitter Verified tweets are more likely to be recommended to others, as they are less likely to be bots or troll farms.”

• Elon also said, “Trashing accounts that you hate will cause our algorithm to show you more of those accounts, as it is keying off of your interactions. Basically saying if you love trashing *that* account, then you will probably also love trashing *this* account. Not actually wrong.

Twitter’s Algorithms will be open sourced

Transparency is important to gain trust and Elon Musk is making good on his commitment to open source Twitter’s recommendation algorithm. Elon said, “The recommendation algorithm will get much better and it will be open source”

Verification for Organizations to launch soon

Twitter Blue for Business is being renamed. The official Twitter account tweeted: “We will soon launch Verification for Organizations, formerly known as Blue for Business. Today, you can apply for early access via our waitlist here.”

Twitter to add Formatting Features

Elon said, “We will also be adding simple formatting features like bold, underline & font size later this quarter. The goal is to allow people to publish long-form natively on Twitter, rather than forcing them to use another website. Twitter will continue to recommend brevity in tweets.”

Blue users can upload 10 minute video content

Twitter users who enjoy the Blue subscription can upload videos that are 10 minutes long. I was able to upload the first episode of my new Twitter-only podcast, “Gail’s Tesla Podcast.”

Gail’s Tesla Podcast #1 Starting using FSD. How to start FSD and go around corners and other hacks. We’ll go get burgers together! Our first 10 minute video for you! pic.twitter.com/nuJmmtbdIO

— Gail Alfar 💙 (@GailAlfarATX) January 17, 2023

Read the Twitter Files

Would you like to read the Twitter Files? They are being continuously updated and archived here on The Twitter Files Archive. “This is where you will find the Twitter threads written by independent journalists like Matt Taibbi. These threads are converted into long-form articles for those not on Twitter or who may have a hard time trying to find the threads.”

^{Gail Alfar, author. Exclusive to What’s Up Twitter – January 18, 2023. All Rights Reserved. My goal as an author is to support Twitter 2.0 and Elon Musk in both making lives better on earth for humans and becoming a space-fairing civilization.}