First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
A golden age of connectivity is ending. “I deleted my Facebook years ago, spend at least three to six months off Twitter every year, and Bluesky invites are just sitting …
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X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court
X has banned the account of a prominent critic after he published data that he claims exposed the site’s embrace of the far-right after Elon Musk’s takeover last year. Travis …
How to find your Threads ticket to show when you joined
You know a social media network is really starting to take not by when executives say it’s hit about 100 million users, but when inane memes and “challenges” start to …
The No. 1 phrase people who are good at small talk always use, says Stanford public speaking expert
Small talk might seem trivial, but it can deliver big results. It can help us forge new or deeper connections with others by allowing us to discover unexpected areas of …
The Latest Way to Cash In on TikTok? Going Live 24/7
JettyJamez and AutumnRaynn have been live on TikTok for more than three weeks. In that time, spanning more than 500 hours, nothing much of note seems to have happened in …
TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe
Yet the threat of a ban constantly looms over the app, in part because of those longstanding Chinese connections. Although the app is a separate one to the one available …
This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News
For Sander van der Linden, misinformation is personal. As a child in the Netherlands, the University of Cambridge social psychologist discovered that almost all of his mother’s family had been …
How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn’t Track Your Every Move
Instagram hasn’t been a photography app for a while. Sure, you can upload photos to the app; a few people might even see it. The focus of Instagram, these days, …
My Tips for a Killer Product Launch
Team, We’ve worked toward this release date for well over a year, and soon we’ll experience a full product launch. Of all the stretches, the home stretch can be the …
They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral
But some platforms, like TikTok and Twitter, are more exposed to the vagaries and cruelties of the wider world. Anything you post on them can wind up in the feed …