Social Media News, Trends, Reviews, & More (2024)

Elon Musk's X will soon remove public likes

X's Director of Engineering claims the change is coming soon. Here's what's going to happen with likes.

A 'Bluey' kids party in Las Vegas upset a lot of children and parents

How have people not learned?

What's Duolicious? I tried the 4chan dating app.

The most chronically-online people you know got their own dating app.

TikTok is testing hour-long video uploads

Long-form, YouTube-like content may be coming to TikTok.

Threads is testing new multi-column feature that will make it so much better

Finally, a way to organize Threads.

QAnon conspiracy theories are surging on Elon Musk's X. Here's proof.

Far-right conspiracy theorists have returned in droves after Musk took over the former Twitter.

Bluesky will soon add DMs and videos

Lots of new features are headed to one of the rare, successful Twitter / X competitors.

Why fandom wars aren't helping pro-Palestine organizing

This is a people's movement, not a celebrity one.

Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows

AI influencers could actually benefit brands looking to connect with Gen Z consumers.

What is TikTok Lite and why is the EU concerned about it?

The European Commission gave TikTok 24 hours to turn around a risk assessment.

A TikTok ban would probably also take down CapCut, Lemon8, and more

If the U.S. bans TikTok, quite a few apps are going to be affected.

Apple forced to pull Meta's WhatsApp, Threads from China’s App Store. Here’s why.

Signal and Telegram were also pulled from the App Store in China.

Create standout content on-the-go with the new Adobe Express mobile app

The latest mobile app upgrade is loaded with powerful Adobe Firefly generative AI tools that let you make standout content from anywhere.

TikTok's answer to Instagram, Notes, is rolling out

After all those leaks, it's here.

Snapchat will now watermark users' AI-generated images

A sneaky AI specter will soon grace your Snaps.

Report finds that Big Tech's ad monitoring tools are failing miserably. X is the worst.

Watchdogs and users trudge through a swamp of confusing, limited ad tools.

How the OJ trial foreshadowed internet culture

The media circus then looked a lot like social media now — even though the World Wide Web was pretty tame at the time.

This website offers uncensored, unfiltered sexual health education

In the age of Only Fans and p*rn bots, why can't brands share bodies, too?

X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs

A scammer's dream and a disaster waiting to happen.

X passkeys are now global. Here's how you can use Face ID, Touch ID to sign in.

And don't worry. Elon Musk isn't getting your biometric data.

I’ve been forcibly blue-checked on Elon Musk's X. Here’s what it’s like.

Plus, here's how to hide the blue check if you have one and don't want it.

April Fools' Day: 8 brands that dropped cringey online pranks

Get ready for posts created by your least favorite person in the office Slack chat.

Conservatives turned 'DEI' into another dog whistle. Black Twitter isn’t having it.

This article is strictly for my DEIs.

Gen Z is apparently reviving the Facebook 'Poke'

POKE!

X / Twitter use is down by nearly a quarter since the Musk Era started, report says

Musk's platform says the data is incorrect, but has not provided contradictory stats.