social media
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Threads Will Not Amplify News on The Platform, Says Instagram’s Mosseri
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said Wednesday that Threads will not amplify news on the platform. Users are flocking to Threads for up-to-date information about the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Ukraine war, and the 2024 election, but the platform will not be making the content any easier to find. “We’re not anti-news,” said Mosseri in a…
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X/Twitter Users Can Now Restrict Replies to People Who Pay Elon Musk
X, formerly called Twitter, now allows users to block unverified accounts from replying to their posts as Elon Musk strives to make paying for a subscription worth the money. The company announced the change in a post on Monday, telling users they “can now limit replies to verified users.” Instead of restricting replies to “everyone,”…
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Social Media Users Don’t Want to BeReal Anymore, Report Finds
BeReal’s active users appear to be exiting the platform in droves, with the number of active users dropping by 18% since it peaked in November of last year. The app gained a substantial number of active users in 2022 but now has a shrinking userbase that’s far smaller than its social media counterparts, according to…
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Facebook and Instagram’s Canadian News Blackout Is Crushing Student Journalists
In early August, college radio stations and student newspapers across Canada started noticing something odd. Station managers and editors saw big dips in visits to their websites, particularly by way of Facebook and Instagram. Rowan Grice, a 28-year-old station manager at the University of Victoria’s CFUV station, says he received a handful of puzzling messages…