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Do the videos on your X Timeline start playing automatically just as soon as they scroll into view?
If so, that’s due to a Video Autoplay feature that causes videos to begin playing on their own without any prompting from the user.
Personally, I don’t really like autoplaying videos in general. I prefer to choose for myself whether to play a video or not.
If you don’t care for X’s Video Autoplay feature you can easily turn it Off. [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Did you know that just five minutes spent looking at your Facebook and X (Twitter) profiles can tell a potential employer more about you than any interview ever could?
Well, it’s true.
Most people are pretty good at putting their best foot forward when being interviewed for a new job.
After all, just a little common sense is all that’s required when deciding what you should say to impress a potential boss and leave him/her with a good impression of you. [Read more…]
Question from Gail: I hope you’ll be able to answer a question for me, Rick.
I have a fairly active Twitter account for my business. I’ve had it for 3 years and it has over 11,000 followers and right at 18,600 tweets.
What I need to know is will changing my username cause me to lose my followers and tweets? [Read more…]
Question from Twyla : If I mute someone on Twitter will they be told that I have muted them?
The reason I’m asking is my brother-in-law is always posting obnoxious and disgusting tweets that I’d rather not see.
I certainly don’t want any of my friends to see them either, but I don’t want to upset my sister. [Read more…]
Question from Jeremy: I’m a professional photographer and I use Facebook and Twitter to showcase some of my best images to potential customers.
I’ve noticed that those services automatically strip the location metadata from every photo as it’s being uploaded.
The metadata in my photos is important because it contains some really important info, including the location where the photo was taken. [Read more…]