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'Exacerbate the families' pain': How TikTok sleuths are derailing real police cases
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (688+ words) The hashtag #truecrime has been viewed 38.7 billion times on TikTok and the hunger for constant updates about both current and cold criminal cases has led to the rise of the “TikTok detective”. But this phenomenon poses new and ongoing challenges…...
Why Can’t I Comment on an Instagram Post?
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (34+ words) If you cannot comment on an Instagram post, the reason is usually related to the post’s comment settings, a temporary restriction on your account, or a …...
Why Are Social Media Apps Free?
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (22+ words) Companies make billions from them. Here's how your attention, data and behaviour fuel the two-sector market....
My take on Social Media as a Teen Gen-Alpha
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (360+ words) Let’s just say that my self-control wasn’t exactly great. 3 hours a day was my average screen time on my phone. 3 hours of mindless scrolling on YouTube. My parents had set a screen time limit of 1 hour, but I found out…...
Letter to the editor: Data centers stingy with info
1+ day, 36+ min ago (285+ words) Like so many retired bearded wonders, I find myself huffing and puffing over what data centers are and what they do. Pining for answers, I am doddering at a plexus of flaking conundrums. One might expect a data center to…...
Wikipedia down, shows ‘Too many requests’ error: How to fix as thousands of users complain of outage - latest update
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (464+ words) Wikipedia appeared to be down for thousands of customers on September 11. Users flocked to social media to express outrage. At the time of writing, Downdetector, which tracks live site outages across the internet, noted over 1,000 people were facing problems. As…...
How TikTok Is Quietly Rewiring Generation Z’s Brain
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (31+ words) Scrolling was built for seconds, not attention spans — the real cost hiding behind Gen Z’s favorite app I noticed it first during a …...
I got tired of AI social tools that post on my behalf. So I built one that waits.
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1125+ words) SocialAgent drafts Instagram, Threads and X posts on your own AI key — then refuses to publish anything you have …...
Meta settlement a 'down payment on reforms,' says Virginia AG
2+ week, 3+ day ago (320+ words) A $17 billion settlement between the owner of Facebook and 48 states, including Virginia, is a “down payment on reforms” to make social media more accountable to the needs of children, Virginia’s attorney general said. In a media call with Virginia journalists…...
Is Discord down? Thousands of users facing issues with the platform
2+ day, 48+ min ago (180+ words) According to Downdetector, reports of the outage began appearing at around 09:00 AM. As expected, frustrated users head to X to share their experiences. While one user wrote, “discord voice channel down oh my god bruh,” another posted, “discord calls are…...