- 7 years ago Sticky: Reddit and /t/socialmedia
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11 of the Sleaziest Snake Oil Ads From Truth Social
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to abandon Truth Social, the destitute social media platform he created after Twitter and Facebook kicked him off their sites. But in recent months, both Twitter and Facebook have welcomed him back. That’s bad news for Truth Social which, like all social media platforms, makes its money on holding users’ attention long enough to show them ads.
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Reddit is letting go of employees in community management and other teams as it evaluates staff performance
Reddit is letting go of staff in community management and other teams, as several other major tech companies lay off employees.
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Social media needs rules
Currently, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other apps are failing democracy as they tend to be a source of misinformation and mistrust.
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TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral
Your For You page isn’t entirely automated.
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TikTok use is associated with increased body dissatisfaction, study finds
Do you scroll through TikTok as a form of entertainment? While it may seem like a harmless activity, a study published in Body Image suggests that TikTok usage is related to body dissatisfaction, appearance comparison, and body surveillance.
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Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients
Twitter has quietly updated its developer agreement to make clear that app makers are no longer permitted to create their own clients.
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TikTok rolls out its 'state-controlled media' label to 40 more countries
The pilot initially began last year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine by labeling state-controlled media in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
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Fans shocked by TikToker’s wild SpongeBob revelation: ‘Now it makes sense’
In the words of SpongeBob SquarePants, it’s time to use your imagination. One user on TikTok is sharing a theory about the characters on Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants” — and viewers are shook.
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Seattle public schools blame tech giants for social media harm in lawsuit
Seattle's public school district filed a lawsuit against Big Tech claiming that the companies were responsible for a worsening mental health crisis among students and directly affected the schools' ability to carry out their educational mission.
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More than half of US states have cracked down on TikTok access from government devices | CNN Business
More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app.
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List of states banning TikTok grows
Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota.
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Seattle public schools sue social media platforms for youth ‘mental health crisis’
Lawsuit accuses companies behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube of harming young people’s mental health
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Stop filming strangers in 2023
Normalize not making content out of random strangers.
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Tate brothers ‘bragged about having sex with teen minors and stealing cam girls’ passports so they couldn’t escape’
DISGRACED influencer Andrew Tate allegedly bragged about stealing the passports of women he recruited for his camgirl business so they couldn’t escape, a new witness told The Sun. According to the witness, the former Big Brother contestant’s brother Tristan also introduced him to a very young-looking girl who he claimed to be in a sexual relationship with, gleefully boasting: “Guess how old she is... She’s 16 bro!”
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Why TikTok’s future has never been so cloudy
As 2023 begins, open up the most-downloaded charts for free apps on iOS and Google and you’ll find TikTok where it usually is: on top. The video-centric social app currently ranks No. 3 overall in both stores, trailing only a shopping app and mood diary (on Android) and a to-do app and video editor (on iOS). That video editing app is CapCut, by the way, and it is also developed by ByteDance; CapCut is an app for making TikTok videos.
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Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds
Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was not clear.
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Andrew Tate arrest: TikTok and Twitter under fire over false posts from fans
Social media firms in spotlight after allowing conspiracy theories that could affect human-trafficking investigation into ‘king of toxic masculinity’ in Romania
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Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history
Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action
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Youtuber Coffeezilla turns down Logan Paul's invitation on his podcast IMPAULSIVE after he labelled the Maverick's NFT game Cryptozoo a "scam"
The fact that Logan Paul is a celebrity and so many people follow him tells us a lot about the things wrong with humanity today. The generously labeled ‘Grifter’ has been banking on Controversy as currency from his early Vine days, to whatever scam he is trying to pull right now. Thankfully, people like youtuber Coffeezilla have spoken out against him.
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Ben Shapiro mocked for not understanding how murder mysteries work
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro has been mocked for not understanding how murder mysteries work. Mr Shapiro criticised the film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson on Twitter on Monday. “I regret to inform you that ‘Glass Onion’ is actively bad,” he wrote, adding that “the first half of the movie is a complete misdirect and a waste of time”.