Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
what's next for advertisers looking for controls Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Not-for-profit ad group GARM shuts down after X lawsuit Seb Joseph / Digiday : Elon Musk's lawsuit s...
Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022
X usage has declined as downloads of Threads have surged in recent weeks. — The number of people using X daily is falling … Threads: @lorakolodny , @georgescriban , @clarajeffery...
In an AMA on Tumblr, Matt Mullenweg spoke about Tumblr's future after shifting the majority of its staff to other areas at Automattic, monetization, and more
It's also worth sharing this note from a former Tumblr employee who hoped to work on the project: https://mastodon.social/... @jtr@fosstodon.org : Matt on Tumblr — “There have be...
Cloudflare belatedly banning Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover as long as no one explicitly calls for murder
On platforms and the stochastic terrorism loophole — I. — Kiwi Farms is a nearly 10-year-old web forum …
Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian post Stories sharing a petition to “Make Instagram Instagram Again” and “stop trying to be TikTok” that has 100K+ signatures
- Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian called on Instagram to “stop trying to be TikTok” on Monday.
Several Patreon creators say Vimeo is forcing them to pay thousands of dollars per year for a custom plan, as Vimeo shifts its focus to large corporate clients
Mia Sato / The Verge :
Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land
Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land
where literally thousands of cultures have been eliminated by the most violent forms of conquest https://twitter.com/... Joseph Kahn / @josephkahn : I am a Korean American male wea...
Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land
where literally thousands of cultures have been eliminated by the most violent forms of conquest https://twitter.com/... @nostrachavez : As @peterboghossian said, maybe @Microsoft ...
[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation
Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom : Tweets: @ct_bergstrom , @ct_bergstrom , @benedictevans , @benedictevans , @terrellrussell , @badlhoch , and @sarthakgh Tweets: Carl T. Bergstro...
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo
At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public radio collective that includes NPR, which reportedly lost $800K on it last year
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
In an email to creators, Facebook says it will launch its podcast platform on June 22; podcasters can link up RSS feeds and decide if users can clip shows
Facebook Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Somehow, I don't see myself going to Facebook for my podcasts. https://twitter.com/... Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman : probably most inter...
Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population
Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response … Source: About Amazon .
Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population
Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response … Source: About Amazon .
Unlike established social media platforms, Clubhouse is built to replicate real world social structures, norms, and status hierarchies rather than collapse them
The hot new social app has found success by replicating real-world social structures rather than exploding them
A skeptical look at Clubhouse, where most conversations are boring and whose audio-centric, synchronous content may be far less compelling after the pandemic
Mark Stenberg / Medialyte :
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs
Mike Isaac / New York Times :
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs
Facebook is working on newsletter tools for journalists and writers, according to three people familiar with the company's plans …
Fourteen former Razer employees say company CEO Min-Liang Tan instituted and celebrated a culture of fear; Tan says violent threats were “figurative or in jest”
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku :