Tag: social media
Bluesky is stepping up its bid to dethrone X by getting serious about verification and impersonation
Bluesky is expanding its moderation team as the platform grows New verification and impersonation measures are coming Bluesky says it will have more to share on these features soon Users have been arriving on Bluesky in droves – many moving over from Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) – but while…
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Reddit Recap 2024 is live – here’s how to see how your recap, and find out how many bananas you scrolled this year
Reddit Recap 2024 is here You can see recaps for yourself and your favorite communities Tap on the banana icon in the app to see them As the year draws to a close, we don’t just have the holiday season and Black Friday deals to get excited about. No, we…
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The Bluesky hype explained – how it compares to Twitter and the best ways to switch
In the wake of the US election, millions of users have been joining Bluesky every day. A decentralized rival to X (formerly Twitter), the platform now has more than 20 million users. According to data from Similarweb, daily usage grew by more than 500% after the election. In a recent…
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I wasted my day on Bluesky Social and no, I’m not sorry
I would like to say I saw Bluesky Social’s big moment coming. After all, I joined the social network in April 2023 when few knew about it, and Twitter Founder and ex-charmingly quirky tech CEO Jack Dorsey was leading it. I rooted around a bit, and despite its threadbare interface,…
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Bluesky is the new home for millions of disillusioned Twitter users – here’s how to make the switch
Bluesky has seen a million new users join since the US election Twitter (now known as X) is losing hundreds of thousands of users A Chrome extension lets you to find your friends from Twitter on Bluesky Bluesky may become the micro-blogging social media app of choice for disillusioned Twitter…
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Discord is firing back against MapleStory devs over copyright infringement and users are caught in the crossfire
Behind the scenes of one of the biggest social media platforms has been an epic struggle with a valuable payout — user data. But not just any user data mind you. This struggle allegedly involves Nexon Korea Corporation, a South Korean video game maker, trying to obtain the data of…
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