social software
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BeReal Is Launching a New Feature That Ignores the App’s Entire Purpose
The point of BeReal is simple: Keep your circle tight. The app where most accounts are private and users can only post once a day is unveiling a new Friends of Friends feature that allows users to explore what people they kinda know are up to. TechCrunch reports that BeReal is replacing the app’s Discovery…
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Facebook Forgets Every Lesson Learned Trying to Imitate TikTok
For Facebook and its parent company Meta, “pride” and “envy” aren’t so much mortal sins as they are a modus operandi. The company’s obsession with being at the top of the social media ladder could also propagate more harmful content for users.
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Instagram Wants to Make Your Feed More Original
If your Instagram experience is anything like mine, you might’ve noticed that things are feeling rather stale lately; every day seems to bring a new deluge of aggregated makeup tutorials from YouTube, Reels of lifehacks ripped from TikTok, and vlogs from Instagram accounts that are wholly unrelated to the anonymous account posting them to the top…
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Instagram’s Chronological Feed Is Back, Baby
You can now once again browse through vacation pics, food porn, and thirst traps in reverse chronological order. Instagram announced the roll out of two new ways to control your feed Wednesday.