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Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral
After adding support for longer videos just yesterday, open social network Bluesky on Thursday introduced a new algorithmic…
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Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the…
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X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening…
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Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
Two senators have given TikTok a deadline to answer questions about an experiment that withheld a safety feature…
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Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
Social networking site Bluesky says its recent day-long disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that…
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X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’
X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core…
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Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark
Instagram on Thursday introduced a new wordmark, which is the text-only logo that spells out the company’s name.…
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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in…
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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals
Social media companies like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation over claims…
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Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Reddit on Wednesday announced a series of changes to its infrastructure and tools, designed to make it easier…