Tag: Social & Online Media
Facebook scammers want you to think Elon Musk can cure diabetes
Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing the Tesla CEO to flee the country. At least, that’s what a collection of AI-generated Facebook ads claim. Facebook…
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Twitch community guideline violations will now disappear from accounts after a set time
Twitch has rolled out a number of changes to its violation enforcement system. The biggest change is that now infractions will disappear from an account “after a set amount of time.” This is great news for long-time creators, as minor violations stacked. This led to folks getting suspended as these…
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Threads is getting a dedicated media tab and photo tagging
Meta’s Threads app is getting some new Instagram-like features. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Threads is adding a dedicated media tab which highlights users’ posts with photos and video, as well as photo tagging abilities. According to Mosseri, the media tab feature is “a long overdue request from the…
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Meta AI will now use your Facebook and Instagram activity to inform its recommendations
Meta is giving its AI assistant a better “memory” in an effort to make the chatbot more useful. The company’s latest AI update allows the assistant to “remember certain details that you share with it in 1:1 chat” and uses your past activity on Facebook and Instagram to make more…
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Bluesky adds a video tab to user profiles
Bluesky just announced that it’s adding a new video tab to user profiles as part of a software update. This is nothing too crazy. It’s just an easy way for users to easily peruse all of the videos someone has posted, whether it’s original content or stuff pulled from other…
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Threads is starting to test community notes internally
Last week, Meta decided it would replace its professional fact-checking program with X-style “Community Notes” and it looks like a version of the feature is already being tested on Threads. Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who frequently posts leaked details on Meta’s apps, shared three screenshots that show an early look…
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