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As Threads Undermines Politics, Bluesky CEO Shows Custom Feeds and User Choices on Social Media
Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for text-based posts. That…
The decentralized social network Farcaster is trying to reach mass adoption through Web 2.0 techniques
The web3 world has long hoped for a blockchain-based consumer application that could reach breakout speed, bringing crypto technology to the masses. Farcaster hopes that will…
The Twitterrific team is back with Tapestry, an app for social media monitoring, news, RSS and more
The iconostasisthe maker of a popular third-party Twitter client, Twitter awesome, which was among those killed off by Twitter under Elon Musk, is hoping to bounce…
Tim Schaecker, a TikTokers with 8.8 million followers and a member of the German boy band Elevator Boystoday officially launched a new social networking app in…
Claim, a social network that lets users earn and exchange rewards with friends, raises $4 million
Requirement, a platform that is both a rewards app and a social network, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital.…
Jagat, a location-based social network focused on real connections, has more than 10 million users
Jagat, a social network designed to get you to do more with your friends instead of aimlessly scrolling on your phone, has surpassed 10 million users…
New Google tools help discussion forums and social media platforms rank higher in search results
Google today was introduced new tools for website owners, including those with social media sites and discussion forums, who want to better rank their content in…
Mediation, a photo-sharing app that rocketed to the top of the App Store earlier this year, is starting to lose steam. The app, which forced users…
Emmett Shear, the former Twitch CEO tasked with stabilizing OpenAI, has some spicy social history
Emmett Shear, the interim CEO of OpenAI, may be out of a job by the end of the hour, day or week given how quickly and…
In 2018 I wrote a TechCrunch article that said 2018 was “the year social networks stopped being social.” Reflecting on this article, I’m not sure 2018…