Social Media

If you didn’t post it on social media, did it even happen? Social media is an umbrella term for platforms that enable users to post media (images, text, videos) to the platform and interact with other users. While specific motivations may vary, the general purpose of social media is to publicly share an aspect of your life. On Facebook that may be a misinformed political rant, on Twitter a witty remark about a viral topic, on Instagram a #humblebrag snapshot of your recent vacation, on TikTok a lip-sync video or cringe-y attempt at a new dance trend. Social media is also a major way to get news (accuracy varies wildly) learn about new trends, stay in touch with friends, and read/view apologies by influencers and celebrities who did something stupid on said platform.

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Frontline's Facebook documentary sheds new light on company's mistakes

A new documentary sheds new light on Facebook's many screw-ups.

10/25/2018

By Karissa Bell

Twitter's cleanup efforts resulted in its biggest drop ever in monthly users

Twitter lost a lot of users, but that might not be bad news.

10/25/2018

By Karissa Bell

Twitter's cleanup efforts resulted in its biggest drop ever in monthly users

Twitter's cleanup efforts resulted in its biggest drop ever in monthly users

Is 'don't feed the trolls' actually good advice? It's complicated.

The old adage is a little dicey these days.

10/25/2018

By Chloe Bryan

Facebook is working on a music app to rival TikTok: report

Facebook wants those teens back.

10/25/2018

By Johnny Lieu

Facebook is working on a music app to rival TikTok: report

Facebook is working on a music app to rival TikTok: report

The 10 types of trolls you'll spot in the wild

A wild wet blanket appeared.

10/24/2018

By Chloe Bryan and Nicole Gallucci

Facebook will let you add music to your profile, so you can pretend like Myspace never died

A popular Myspace feature will live on — on Facebook.

10/24/2018

By Karissa Bell

Now it's way easier to see who's doing the most political spending on Facebook

A new weekly report makes transparency actually mean something.

10/23/2018

By Rachel Kraus

Now it's way easier to see who's doing the most political spending on Facebook

Now it's way easier to see who's doing the most political spending on Facebook

Facebook is trying to make Messenger less of a mess

Facebook Messenger is getting a new look.

10/23/2018

By Karissa Bell

Reddit partners with Patreon to offer up a special flair, put a focus on creator communities

The "front page of the internet" is partnering with the membership platform for creators.

10/23/2018

By Matt Binder

Titanic II will set sail in 2022 and it's going over on Twitter about as well as you'd expect

What could go wrong?

10/23/2018

By Chloe Bryan

Titanic II will set sail in 2022 and it's going over on Twitter about as well as you'd expect

Titanic II will set sail in 2022 and it's going over on Twitter about as well as you'd expect

Twitter briefly locked Elon Musk's account but it's back now, thank heavens

Tragedy averted.

10/23/2018

By Stan Schroeder

Twitter briefly locked Elon Musk's account but it's back now, thank heavens

Twitter briefly locked Elon Musk's account but it's back now, thank heavens

Teens use Instagram more than Snapchat, report says

Snapchat may be losing to Instagram with its most important users.

10/23/2018

By Karissa Bell

Teens use Instagram more than Snapchat, report says

Teens use Instagram more than Snapchat, report says

YouTube promises creators more transparency and expanded features

Good news, creators.

10/22/2018

By Matt Binder

YouTube promises creators more transparency and expanded features

YouTube promises creators more transparency and expanded features

Learn how to use social media to grow your business by taking this super cheap online course

Across 12 modules, the course will teach you how to find, reach, and engage an online audience

10/22/2018

By TEAM COMMERCE

Japan is the latest country to challenge Facebook to improve security

That 29 million user data breach is not going unnoticed.

10/22/2018

By Rachel Kraus

Japan is the latest country to challenge Facebook to improve security

Japan is the latest country to challenge Facebook to improve security

13 of the absolute best and worst brand trolls in recent history

Good brand trolls are hard to find.

10/22/2018

By Nicole Gallucci

The '1 alcoholic bev' meme is Too Real, but in a good way

Prepare to cringe.

10/22/2018

By Chloe Bryan

The '1 alcoholic bev' meme is Too Real, but in a good way

The '1 alcoholic bev' meme is Too Real, but in a good way

Ken M and the lost art of 'do no harm' trolling

Or, as he calls it, bringing a banana to a gun fight.

10/22/2018

By Chloe Bryan

Twitter quietly fired a suspected Saudi Arabian spy in 2015, report says

It's the first time there have been any public reports about the alleged Saudi Arabian mole working at Twitter.

10/20/2018

By Adam Rosenberg

Twitter quietly fired a suspected Saudi Arabian spy in 2015, report says

Twitter quietly fired a suspected Saudi Arabian spy in 2015, report says

Facebook's fight against fake news is actually working. Sort of.

There is (some) reason to hope.

10/19/2018

By Karissa Bell

YouTube now lets you subscribe to a channel from an embedded video

Now you can subscribe to a YouTube channel without even leaving the website its video is embedded on.

10/19/2018

By Matt Binder

YouTube now lets you subscribe to a channel from an embedded video

YouTube now lets you subscribe to a channel from an embedded video

Facebook hires 'one of the least popular party leaders in modern British history' to fix its image

Nick Clegg was voted least popular British party leader in 2014.

10/19/2018

By Laura Byager

Facebook hires 'one of the least popular party leaders in modern British history' to fix its image

Facebook hires 'one of the least popular party leaders in modern British history' to fix its image

Twitter shuts down spambots spreading pro-Saudi hashtags related to Khashoggi disappearance

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman got some unexpected help from erectile dysfunction pill spammers.

10/18/2018

By Matt Binder

Twitter shuts down spambots spreading pro-Saudi hashtags related to Khashoggi disappearance

Twitter shuts down spambots spreading pro-Saudi hashtags related to Khashoggi disappearance

YouTube finally lets you watch a video and browse the site at the same time

Wooohoooo!

10/18/2018

By Stan Schroeder

Inside the 'war room' where Facebook is trying to safeguard elections

The first step: get everyone in the same room.

10/18/2018

By Karissa Bell