Collaborate Disseminate
Six months after going public, Reddit “is winning over advertisers,” reports Bloomberg, “by showing that it’s different than other internet platforms, which often rely on users’ identities and personal information to target ads.”
Instead, Reddit is ta… Continue reading How Reddit Challenges Google and Meta with Ads Based on Topics – Not User Data
The Verge’s Adi Robertson reports: An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the anonymous messaging service Yolo, which allegedly broke a promise to unmask bullies on the app. In a ruling (PDF) issued Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said… Continue reading Families Can Sue App Developer For Breaking Its Anti-Bullying Pledge, Says Court
Instagram is adding a new feature today that will “allow users to add a song on their profile — much like Myspace in the early 2000s,” writes The Verge’s Mia Sato. From the report: The music added to a user’s profile shows up in the bio area, accordin… Continue reading Instagram Is Adding a Myspace-Like ‘Song On Profile’ Feature
Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter/X that recently crossed 200 million monthly active users now supports cross-posting from Facebook and Instagram.
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Indian influencers
It’s the largest country on earth — home to 1.4 billion people. But “The Indian government has plans to classify social media creators as ‘digital news broadcasters,'” according to the nonprofit site RestofWorld.org.
While t… Continue reading India’s Influencers Fear a New Law Could Make them Register with the Government
In 1999 Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning story. Now a business columnist for the Times, this week he covers new pushback on the COVID lab leak claim:
Here’s an indisputable fact about the theory that COV… Continue reading 41 Science Professionals Decry Harms and Mistrust Caused By COVID Lab Leak Claim
“We’re testing a few new ways to plan and manage your presence on Threads,” announced top Threads/Instagram executive Adam Mosseri, promising their 200 million-plus users “enhanced insights to help you better understand your followers and how posts per… Continue reading Preparing to Monetize, Threads Launches New Tools for Users
Meta today announced new features like insights, multiple drafts, and scheduling to Threads that should appeal to creators and businesses.
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Starting today, users of the social magazine app Flipboard can follow any federated accounts, “meaning those that participate in the social network of interconnected servers known as the fediverse,” writes TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez. “This now includes T… Continue reading Flipboard Users Can Now Follow Anyone In the Fediverse
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media because it can take the face of a person extracted from a single photo and apply it to a live we… Continue reading Deep-Live-Cam Goes Viral, Allowing Anyone To Become a Digital Doppelganger