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Anonymous social networking apps face another reckoning as UNC system bans Yik Yik, Fizz, Sidechat & Whisper
Anonymous social networking apps are in reporting mode. Yes, again. This week, University of North Carolina (UNC) System President Peter Hans announced a plan to block…
LoanDepot Says About 17 Million Customers Had Personal Data and Social Security Numbers Stolen During Cyber Attack
Nearly 17 million LoanDepot customers had sensitive personal information stolen, including Social Security numbers, in a ransomware attack in January, the company confirmed. The giant loan…
Reddit Downplays Risks of Developer Backlash, Decentralized Social Media in IPO Filing
Reddit’s long-awaited IPO is coming, it promises to be the biggest social media IPO since Pinterest. But in the company S-1 filing, Reddit is failing to…
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…