Looks like Snapchat is moving into a paid subscription model, but will people actually pay for it? The feature, called Snapchat Plus (because everyone’s doing it), was first reported on Twitter by app developer and researcher Alessandro Paluzzi on Thursday. “Snapchat+ gives you access to exclusive, experimental and pre-release features such as the ability to…
Twitter is coming for an even bigger slice of the social commerce pie. The company announced Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new shopping feature called Product Drops, which will let merchants tease and promote new launches right on the app. Shoppers will see a “Remind me” button at the bottom of Product Drop tweets…
If you’ve viewed viral screenshots depicting private chats from an anonymous online persona going by the name “Armand,” whether they be conversations with the Buffalo shooter or foreshadowing of the Uvalde school shooting, what you saw was a fake. Since the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo, New York supermarket, internet users have pored over…
Amber Alert, the nationwide alert service for missing children, will now put breaking emergency information directly into your Instagram scroll — a collaboration between the social media app and several children’s safety organizations in honor of Global Missing Children’s Day. The alert, which is an acronym for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response,” was first instituted…
You may never have heard of Yubo before. It’s certainly not as big as Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram. The social networking app isn’t even usually listed alongside fairly new social platforms that have become extremely popular with Gen Z, such as TikTok, Twitch, or Discord. But now, Yubo has been thrust into the mainstream. Why?…
Set to compete with the likes of YouTube and Twitch is TikTok LIVE, a new subscription program allowing creators to engage with their communities in real-time. The program will work on a monthly basis, and will initially be available only to creators who have received invites. The beta test will launch on May 26 but…
Prepare to see a lot more Donald Trump on social media again. Truth Social is no longer siloed behind an iOS-only mobile app. Trump’s alternative social network, Truth Social, pushed out a notification on Friday to its current iOS app users informing them that a web version of the platform is now available. SEE ALSO:…
Your Twitter timeline’s going on a cleanse. The social media giant announced a new policy Thursday which aims to reduce the spread of viral misleading tweets on the platform. The crisis misinformation policy, as it’s officially dubbed, narrowly focuses on “false” content or allegations made during broadly defined times of crisis, and includes specific changes…
Twitch, Discord, 4chan, and 8chan all played a role in the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo this weekend, according to the shooter himself. New York Attorney General Letitia James wants to know exactly what role each one played. On Wednesday, James announced in a tweet that she was launching an investigation into those four…
Since its inception, TikTok has quickly become an arbiter of culture, memes, and even political organizing, all while curating eerily specific For Your Pages for its users full of dancing videos, funny filters, and viral songs. But one of its most promising uses is connecting more people to fun, educational accounts, spanning the range of…