Zuckerberg Swiped Elon’s Big Swiping Idea
Mark Zuckerberg began testing a horizontal swiping feature on Wednesday for his pet project, Threads, the app whose main purpose seems to be trolling Elon Musk. The feature appears to…
Facebook Killing Hard-To-Find News Tab Because It Says Users Don’t Care About News
Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to an announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best…
Facebook Is Killing Its News Tab Because It Says Users Don’t Care About News
Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to an announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best…
Meta Kills Facebook News Tab Because It Says Users Don’t Care About News
Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to an announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best…
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out
At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation for memes and 30-second dances had become…
Instagram Apologizes for Putting ‘Terrorist’ In Palestinian Users’ Bios
Photo: Alexander Koerner (Getty Images) Instagram users reported last week that their bios including the word “Palestinian” and the Arabic phrase “Alhamdulillah”, which means “praise be to God”, were auto-translated…
Threads ‘Temporarily’ Blocking Covid-Related Search Terms
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Threads search is blocking terms like “Covid,” “vaccines,” “long Covid,” and others, but it is reportedly only temporary according to Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri. This comes a…
YouTube Launches What It Claims Is an ‘Authoritative News’ Hub
YouTube introduced a dedicated news-watching experience to help viewers across 40 countries find the latest stories from reputable sources, the company announced on Wednesday. The aim is to make reliable…
People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not to.
When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors,…
Threads Gets a Couple More Twitter-Like Features
Image: sdx15 (Shutterstock) Threads is desperately trying to stay relevant by announcing a small update on Thursday to include a repost tab feature to the app. The newest tweaks come…