Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps
These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.
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Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features
Bluesky’s latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.
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UK may ban social media for children under 16
The U.K. seems to be following Australia’s lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.
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Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.
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The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention… They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
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Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook’s recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.
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Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access
The updates include translations, new tools for hosts, and more.
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X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts
X is rolling out a new video editor and recorder for iOS with multilingual captions, green-screen effects, and other editing tools.
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Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system often arrives too late to curb misinformation.
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Apps | Fundraising | Social | Venture
Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat
Fizz has expanded its lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron VC shared its confidential information obtained during a fundraising meeting with the competing startup.
