Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.
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TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.
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Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups
Bumble says it’s moving beyond swiping and deeper into real-world social experiences as it courts Gen Z users.
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Social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down
Rec Room, the social platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, will shutter on June 1.
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Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs
The game is available globally and can be accessed in both one-on-one DM chats and in group chats.
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Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?
Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.
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Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity
Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.
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A new connections app, Sonder, has a deliberately tedious sign-up process (and it’s working)
Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage. Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.
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Flipboard’s new ‘social websites’ help publishers and creators tap into the open social web
Flipboard’s social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.
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The anonymous social app that thinks it can work in Saudi Arabia
When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like it did.
