Category: social media
20 years of YouTube – here are 20 of our all-time favorite memes and moments
It’s been 20 years since the first YouTube video was published, and in that time, the platform and its content have undergone some pretty radical changes. Over time, YouTube has progressed from being a personal video sharing platform to a hub of online comedy and creativity, gaining the attention of…
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YouTube’s 20th Anniversary: I hope you know, you are the way you are because of YouTube
I remember life before YouTube and life after. In the 20 years since Jawid Karim posted that first zoo video, YouTube has become a dominant force in media creation and consumption. It’s built industries and stars and forever altered viewing habits. I’d argue that it’s the reason we now get…
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Bluesky unveils a verification system, but you still can’t request a blue check
Bluesky, the upstart, decentralized social network that’s offered an island of blue calm for those departing the tumultuous, dark waters of X (formerly Twitter), is finally introducing an official form of account verification. It will look familiar to those who spent time on old-school Twitter, but it does feature a…
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Latest Instagram feature asks if you’re ready to reveal your innermost Reel personality to your besties
Instagram is launching Blends, a new custom Reels feed The idea is you add this to a DM or Group Chat and watch Reels that will appeal to the people who make up the group You can react and add comments that live within the DM If you’re anything like…
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Don’t worry, TikTok isn’t going anywhere – at least not for the next 75 days
Many of us remember January 19, the day TikTok was erased from app stores before being reinstated approximately 12 hours later. We were told TikTok had a new shelf life of 75 days, and promised a US buyer would soon swoop in to save the day. But today, April 4,…
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TikTok ban looms again – what’s next for the social media platform, and do we still care?
Remember that time TikTok shut down and disappeared from app stores? It wasn’t that long ago. For roughly 12 hours on January 19, TikTok was stripped away from roughly 175M US users only to be saved by a Presidential executive order decree that extended the ban deadline by 75 days.…
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