Tagged: social media apps
Remember that AIM away message-like status feature Twitter was spotted working on a few months back? It looks a bit different now and is finally being tested with some Twitter users. Based on screenshots we’ve seen shared on Twitter, it looks less like…
Snapchat is leaning into one of its more popular features, its AR-powered Lenses, and has now launched a whole in-app AR game. And it’s called Ghost Phone.
On Thursday, Snapchat announced its new in-app game via a blog post. Ghost Phone is essentially …
With its strong pivot to video, it should be obvious by now what direction Instagram (and its parent company Meta) is taking with its platform. But is it the right direction?
The immediate backlash to Instagram head Adam Mosseri’s recent explainer vide…
Sometimes social media platforms can feel unsafe, especially when other users are actively harassing or bullying you in any way. And quite frankly that kind of behavior can happen on any platform, even ones where you’d expect other users to conduct the…
Ever wondered which accounts on Twitter have the most followers? As you might have guessed, Twitter’s top 10 most followed accounts are a group that includes celebrities (of various fields) and political figures. But which ones exactly? You’ll have to …
In an effort to help its own moderators out, Discord has developed a new automated content moderation tool.
Content moderation can be an exhausting, burnout-inducing task that requires community moderators to view upsetting content and then decide how …
If you’re going to be a successful TikTok creator, you need to think about how to use TikTok more effectively. And that includes being more intentional about when you post your videos. Your followers and those who are new to your content could miss out…
If you post a lot of content on Instagram, it could be helpful to start scheduling your posts to be published ahead of time. That way, you can make sure your Instagram account is still active every day, even when you’re not around to publish each post …
If you’re posting your own videos on TikTok, you’ll likely need to edit your videos at some point. While you can edit your videos on TikTok, you’re actually not limited to whatever editing tools TikTok offers within its app.
In this guide, we’ll go ove…
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) come with a substantial carbon footprint. And while NFTs are yet another hot new trend that Meta seems eager to jump on, the technology conglomerate has apparently tempered its zeal with valid concerns about sustainability an…
Much like other social media apps, TikTok offers those little blue verification badges for high-profile accounts. If you’re looking to get one of those blue checks for your own profile, however, we’re sorry to break the news to you that there’s not rea…
Buying the bird app was apparently the easy part. Twitter’s transition to being under Elon Musk’s ownership is already off to a rough start it seems. And it’s only been less than a day since the deal for the Tesla CEO to buy the company for $44 billion…
If you want to be a creator on Snapchat, you need to create a public profile first. A public profile allows you to display your content, be found by other Snapchatters, and get subscribers.
If that sounds like something you want bring to your own Snapc…
More features, more original content? It seems Instagram is banking on the former to facilitate more of the latter.
On Wednesday, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, announced via a tweeted video three of the photo-sharing app’s latest features. In the vi…
If you’re having trouble keeping up with the ever-changing Elon Musk-Twitter takeover bid situation, you’re not alone. Plus, the confusion around what happened and when is understandable, since the drama appears to have near-daily developments. S…