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Threads Will Not Amplify News on The Platform, Says Instagram’s Mosseri
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said Wednesday that Threads will not amplify news on the platform. Users are flocking to Threads for up-to-date information about the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Ukraine war, and the 2024 election, but the platform will not be making the content any easier to find. “We’re not anti-news,” said Mosseri in a…
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X/Twitter Users Can Now Restrict Replies to People Who Pay Elon Musk
X, formerly called Twitter, now allows users to block unverified accounts from replying to their posts as Elon Musk strives to make paying for a subscription worth the money. The company announced the change in a post on Monday, telling users they “can now limit replies to verified users.” Instead of restricting replies to “everyone,”…
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If You Can Read This Headline, You Must Not Be on X
Elon Musk’s social media venture is getting curiouser and curiouser. Following some bizarre infrastructure changes (like rebranding the entire site’s iconic name and imagery), Musk has now made the decision to strip links of their headlines when they’re shared to the platform. The change went into effect on Wednesday but Musk warned us about his…
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Dear Paramount: Stop Trying to Make TikTok Movies Happen, They’re Not Going to Happen
Paramount uploaded Mean Girls to TikTok in 23 separate parts in a desperate attempt to make the already-quotable movie even more viral.