By now, you’ve probably heard about users fleeing Elon Musk’s X. Yes, there have been a few other moments over the years since Musk acquired then-Twitter when users decided to leave — there was even at least one attempt to create an alternative Twitter before ownership by Musk was even seen as a possibility. But…
The Onion has purchased Infowars, the infamous rightwing conspiracy theory hub helmed by Alex Jones. And not, this is not a joke — well, for the most part. Yes, the satirical publication has actually purchased Infowars. From there, its plan involves turning the rightwing site into one big joke. The Onion bid on InfoWars in…
Elon Musk has certainly emerged victorious this past week, post-election. However, Musk and his social media platform X are not exactly winning on the mobile app charts. X competitors Bluesky and Threads are surging in popularity on Apple’s App Store in the week following the election. SEE ALSO: Stephen King responds to rumor that Elon…
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more.” That’s the apparently immortal line from Network, Paddy Chayefsky’s acerbic Oscar-winning masterpiece from 1976. Deranged newsreader Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch in the movie, and Bryan Cranston in a theater version) urges his audience to scream it out of their…
Typically, after a presidential election in the U.S., search queries about leaving the country spike as supporters of the losing candidate consider what to do next. While physically moving out of the country may be a bit complicated, finding a new social media home is a much simpler task. And it appears that hundreds of…
You open up Instagram on your smartphone and immediately see an intriguing video on your feed. Suddenly, before you can even dive into the clip, the feed refreshes, and the video is gone. SEE ALSO: Instagram reveals why some videos are lower quality than others It seems like something like that would be a glitch,…
Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise “harms that are being caused to young people” through the platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the measures on Thursday, after a decision by his government on Monday. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m…
Influencers run marathons. Or maybe marathon runners become influencers? It’s a chicken and the egg kind of question, but it’s a scenario that has been a constant since the dawn of running culture online — especially on TikTok — and one that has only picked up since the pandemic. This is normally not a problem…
It appears that Elon Musk’s X was undeterred from all of the criticism leveled at its announcement concerning changes to the block feature. “We’re starting to launch the block function update,” an official X account posted on Sunday. Tweet may have been deleted X, formerly known as Twitter, previously announced its intention to change how…
All Hallow’s Eve is upon us, and who would have thought that this year’s biggest seasonal debate would be when exactly we should be celebrating Hallo-weekend? Tweet may have been deleted While half of the country deals with the Halloween aftermath of last weekend and the other prepares for big plans at the end of…