To avoid a lawsuit, Donald Trump’s social media site is quietly acknowledging the computer code powering the platform comes from Mastodon. Trump’s “Truth Social” site now features a dedicated section labeled “open source,” which contains a Zip archive to Mastodon’s source code. “Our goal is to support the open source community no matter what your political beliefs are. That’s…
Republicans want to punish Big Tech companies for removing content. Democrats would like to penalize Big Tech companies for not removing enough content. It may seem like Congress is unified in their dislike for platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Both Republicans and Democrats voice their displeasure for these companies, right to its executives’…
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced that he will be resigning from the company in an unusual tweet. Now that he’s gone, it’s as good a time as ever to look back at some of his strangest tweets.
GIPHY unveiled its most popular GIFs of 2021, and the winner is – drumroll, please – Bored Stanley! Via Giphy In a year where many of us were pretty fed up with, well, everything, this iconic Office moment summed up most of our feelings perfectly. Bored Stanley is exactly how it feels when you’re stuck…
Companies do a lot to get attention on social media — from cringe-y brand Twitter accounts posting about Taylor Swift to incessant Instagram stories. But after Facebook’s own research showed that Instagram is bad for the health of young people, Lush decided to quit social media all together. The cosmetics company shut down its Facebook,…
Another year, another season of gratitude. But TikTok celebrates Thanksgiving in its own unique way. This week, our FYPs were full of Friendsgiving get-togethers and TikTokkers home for the holidays. Thankfully, the tradition of recreating Saturday Night Live‘s “Back Home Ballers” carries on, even for a new generation. Back in the day me and you…
Alright, we get it. You’re an Instagram Nostradamus. You know exactly what you want to post and when you’re gonna want to post it. Maybe there’s a meme or comment you want to make that you know will be totally relevant for a future moment or event. Or it could be that you’re an influencer…
One of Instagram’s latest features allows users to create public threads in Stories. With the Add Yours feature you can create a photo prompt and other users can post their own photo Stories that add to the thread. If you’re active on Instagram, you’ve probably seen countless “Add Yours” Stories. The feature has blown up…
Not everything in pro wrestling is predetermined or scripted. Case in point: A pro wrestling fan attacked a WWE Superstar on live television on Monday after it looks like he fell for an internet scam. But it wasn’t the wrestler who scammed the fan. It was evidently an imposter, pretending to be the WWE Superstar.…
I was 10 when the final season of One Tree Hill aired in 2012, not that I would have known. Back then, I was too busy watching Nickelodeon’s Victorious and reruns of That’s So Raven and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Now, I’m 20, and in between my busy university course load, I’ve spent the past…