27 posts tagged ‘social media’
Elon Musk’s Poisoned Platform
The New Yorker,
Users and advertisers are fleeing X after Musk’s message supporting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. But the platform seems destined to die a slow death.
Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
Gizmodo,
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the American election system — unless you have a credit card, in which case they’re happy to… Read more...
The Final Frontier for Helicopter Parents
The Cut,
Inside the Facebook and WhatsApp groups where moms arrange playdates for their college kids.
The tragic downfall of a website meant to connect us
Boing Boing,
Anyone who has attended middle school in the last 14 years possesses robust knowledge of exactly the service that Omegle provided, despite the optimism of its founder, Leif K-Brooks. It's where adolescents dare each other to visit and click through a barrage of lewd images. — Read the rest
What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the app trying to replace Twitter
TechCrunch,
Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (which has already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TikToker "tricked the whole internet" with fake forehead tattoo
Last week, popular TikToker Ana Stanskovksy posted a video of herself receiving a large tattoo of her boyfriend's name ("Kevin") on her forehead. The video received widespread attention, garnering tens of millions of views, as well as a lot of criticism from people who told her that she was going to regret getting the tattoo. — Read the rest
"I'm voting for him anyway": Watch MAGA supporters cling to Trump, deny the Moon landing, and insist the world is flat
"It feels like you're in the Twilight Zone," says The Good Liars' Jason Selvig about interviewing MAGA cultists at a Trump rally. "It's a different reality." In one clip, Selvig's partner, Davram Stiefler, interviews a man wearing a T-shirt with Trump's mugshot, and the words "Never Surrender." — Read the rest
Elon Musk says X is changing its algorithm to highlight smaller accounts
The company formerly known as Twitter is preparing to roll out a “major update” to its algorithm, according to a recent post by X owner Elon Musk. While today the app’s For You feed surfaces popular and trending posts from its broader network alongside highlights from those you follow, the new algorithm will surface posts […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.