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Twitter lately launched limits to the variety of posts customers can view per day. College consultants say the transfer is extra than simply a difficulty for younger adults who want to infinitely scroll the app. 

On July 1, Twitter proprietor Elon Musk announced a plan to deal with knowledge scraping and system manipulation by limiting the variety of every day Tweets an individual could learn. Customers responded to the announcement with disapproval, and plenty of sought alternate options to the social networking website. 

Meta Platforms, the corporate behind Instagram and Fb, launched Twitter’s latest competitor, Threads, on July 5. Keri Stephens, organizational communication expertise professor, stated Twitter is already shedding lots of people to the brand new app.

“There’s all these different platforms on the market, however the different platforms haven’t set issues up in the identical method the place you may’t discover folks. Everyone’s on a unique server,” Stephens stated. “So (Threads) has some promise from that standpoint, from a usability standpoint, I believe, and in addition a familiarity standpoint. If it operates in the same option to Twitter, then it’ll be simpler for folks to undertake it.”

The compatibility offered by Meta Platforms permits customers to routinely add their biography, username and following from Instagram to Threads. AnaMarie Cordova, Pupil Authorities communications director, stated this course of streamlines cross-platform posting and communication. 

“I believe it’s actually good for anybody within the social media world or digital media communications or something of that kind as a result of that is all underneath Meta,” Cordova stated. “So Fb, Instagram and now Threads are all collectively.”

Some have speculated Musk launched this new restrict to additional promote his Twitter Blue plan. Beginning at $8 monthly, Twitter Blue provides subscribers sure Twitter upgrades and a blue checkmark subsequent to their identify to sign their verified standing. When Musk first introduced the bounds, verified accounts have been restricted to six,000 posts a day, whereas unverified and new unverified accounts have been restricted to 600 and 300 posts a day. Now, verified customers are restricted to viewing 10,000 posts a day, and unverified and new unverified accounts are restricted to 1,000 and 500 posts a day.

Retired English professor Jerome Bump stated Twitter’s doable downfall is attributable to the commercialization of the web, which was a mistake. 

“I’m very disenchanted within the greed issue,” Bump stated. “Frankly, I believe it’s destroying not simply the entire discovery of the web. There’s some elements concerned that may very well be stated to be destroying democracy, destroying morality and contributing in lots of, some ways to dysfunction in folks.”

Stephens stated the actual concern entails catastrophe communication, as folks usually use Twitter to unfold emergency info and assets and conduct search and rescue operations.

“I actually see the massive difficulty being while you want your voice amplified, and you might be calling for assist both rescue assist or assist after any type of a catastrophe,” Stephens stated. “That’s the place I see that being problematic as a result of persons are in all probability going to wish extra messages than that. It’s an annoyance, I’m positive, to some individuals who tweet lots and a few individuals who have relied on Twitter for his or her companies, however in a catastrophe, it’s much more than an annoyance.”

When Austin Metropolis Limits taped its first present inside UT’s Studio 6A in 1974, a grand home piano sat firmly on the stage below the spell of musician Bobbie Nelson, whereas her famed brother Willie’s voice wailed. Because the present grew and totally different artists together with Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett and Fat Domino graced the present’s airwaves, one instrument — the 1911 Steinway and Sons piano — by no means moved. 

Nonetheless, when ACL relocated manufacturing to The Moody Theater after 36 seasons in 2011, producers left the hefty ivories behind, fearing the piano wouldn’t survive the experience downtown. It remained in storage for 12 years, till longtime govt producer Terry Lickona stated he had a imaginative and prescient — caring for the piano himself. 

“I didn’t count on them to present it to me, as I couldn’t afford to purchase it as a result of frankly, it’s priceless,” stated Lickona, a 45-year ACL veteran. “When Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters noticed it, he stated it must be within the Smithsonian, however I’ve this factor about placing devices below glass instances. It’s nice to take a look at, but it surely’s unhappy — it’s not nonetheless alive.”  

Now, because of Lickona, the century-old piano, with some scratches however limitless character, fills his high-ceilinged, music memorabilia-filled residence with a perfectly-tuned ring, proving the instrument stays vigorous. 

Making good on a promise, Lickona hosted the ACL workforce final week to showcase the resonant 88 keys and invite others to play. Properly-respected Austin musician Henri Herbert delivered a poignant set, and stated inserting his arms on these keys particularly culminated his dream. 

“A few years in the past, I used to be residing in an English seaside city and I watched DVDs of ACL. … That was a part of what led me to come back to Austin,” Herbert stated. “It feels magical, form of mystical and religious. I’m not spiritual myself, however I think about that it seems like one thing otherworldly.” 

The piano’s historical past could possibly be as majestic as its sound, however a lot stays unknown, in addition to that UT gave it to ACL on the present’s inception. Station archivist Liz Antaramian found most of the stars who performed the instrument, however stated she continues trying to find clues about its pre-ACL story. 

“I’m hoping that from 1911 to 1974, possibly a pupil who wasn’t positive about whether or not music was for them performed it, or it was used for theater or choir the place it introduced pleasure,” Antaramian stated. “I’m hoping individuals attain out after they learn this text, and possibly say, ‘I used to be a pupil at UT in 1965, and I received to play on the piano throughout my lunch break.’” 

Butler Faculty of Music professor John Mills stated he remembers the piano properly. The acclaimed jazz musician made appearances on ACL, even alongside Willie Nelson, and stated the piano’s second likelihood serves as a testomony to UT, the music franchise’s birthplace. 

“The coed inhabitants had quite a bit to do with the character of the music scene … at a time when Austin on any given night time didn’t have a pair hundred venues,” Mills stated. “The power on campus, and definitely ACL, was a really particular factor.” 

Honoring ACL’s particular legacy, Lickona introduced a $25,000 donation to the station on the reception. He stated the piano’s rediscovery marks solely the start of a memorable fiftieth anniversary season, as historical past’s longest-running music collection charts its future.

“I don’t need to get too carried away, but it surely’s like being born once more. We’re not solely giving individuals an opportunity to rediscover the piano, however uncover extra in regards to the present’s historical past,” Lickona stated. “Fifty is a giant milestone, and it’s a bridge to the longer term.”