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Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
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Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
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X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
X updates its terms to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge | TechCrunch
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
techcrunch.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
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US startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musk’s X www.reuters.com/technology/u...
US startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musk’s X
A fledgling social media platform has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel trademarks for Twitter so it can take them for itself, contending that billionaire Elon Musk’s X Corp has aba...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
US startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musk’s X www.reuters.com/technology/u...
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Instagram appears to be generating often misleading SEO-style headlines and long descriptions for users' Instagram posts, appearing in Google Search results (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
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December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Instagram appears to be generating often misleading SEO-style headlines and long descriptions for users' Instagram posts, appearing in Google Search results (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
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Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today.
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today.
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
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Breaking News: Meta did not violate antitrust law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp, a judge ruled, a major win for Facebook’s parent company.
Meta Did Not Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules
Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp did not illegally stifle competition in social networking, a judge found, a major win for the tech giant.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Breaking News: Meta did not violate antitrust law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp, a judge ruled, a major win for Facebook’s parent company.
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“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press
Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.
www.techpolicy.press
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
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"There were approx. 600k baseball posts made during the World Series, based on certain key terms. (note: we’re pretty sure that this number is an undercount, as it’s hard for us to accurately attribute to baseball the flood of “oh shit” posts that came in during Game 7)"
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The World Series Was Electric — So Was Bluesky - Bluesky
“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” — Moneyball 2011
bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"There were approx. 600k baseball posts made during the World Series, based on certain key terms. (note: we’re pretty sure that this number is an undercount, as it’s hard for us to accurately attribute to baseball the flood of “oh shit” posts that came in during Game 7)"
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The company intends to spend more on educational app technology, structure its product so it’s less focused on extracting payments, and pay more attention to boosting social media engagement.
https://sherwood.news/markets/duolingos-stock-is-plunging-and-the-company-is-blaming-its-slower-growth-on/
https://sherwood.news/markets/duolingos-stock-is-plunging-and-the-company-is-blaming-its-slower-growth-on/
Duolingo’s stock is plunging and the company is blaming its slower growth on less “unhinged” posting
The company intends to spend more on educational app technology, structure its product so it’s less focused on extracting payments, and pay more...
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The company intends to spend more on educational app technology, structure its product so it’s less focused on extracting payments, and pay more attention to boosting social media engagement.
https://sherwood.news/markets/duolingos-stock-is-plunging-and-the-company-is-blaming-its-slower-growth-on/
https://sherwood.news/markets/duolingos-stock-is-plunging-and-the-company-is-blaming-its-slower-growth-on/
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I wrote about Bluesky a year after the big post-election surge in users, and whether you can build a happier version of Twitter while keeping its same basic shape www.platformer.news/bluesky-2025...
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I wrote about Bluesky a year after the big post-election surge in users, and whether you can build a happier version of Twitter while keeping its same basic shape www.platformer.news/bluesky-2025...
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Going to repeat what I wrote last week:
We have entered the PAY FOR OR NAG FOR DISTRIBUTION phase of A.I.
On PCs and phones, unwanted software installed by the manufacturer for compensation was called crapware. Might need a new verbiage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We have entered the PAY FOR OR NAG FOR DISTRIBUTION phase of A.I.
On PCs and phones, unwanted software installed by the manufacturer for compensation was called crapware. Might need a new verbiage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Snap Inks $400 Million Perplexity Deal to Add AI Search to Chat
Snap Inc. announced a $400 million partnership with Perplexity AI Inc. to distribute the firm’s AI search engine to Snapchat users globally, according to a statement Wednesday. The shares surged 16% i...
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Going to repeat what I wrote last week:
We have entered the PAY FOR OR NAG FOR DISTRIBUTION phase of A.I.
On PCs and phones, unwanted software installed by the manufacturer for compensation was called crapware. Might need a new verbiage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We have entered the PAY FOR OR NAG FOR DISTRIBUTION phase of A.I.
On PCs and phones, unwanted software installed by the manufacturer for compensation was called crapware. Might need a new verbiage.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Good morning. I took Elon’s Wikipedia competitor for a test drive and you won’t believe what I found (you will believe what I found) www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary tested out Grokipedia and has some notes.
www.sfgate.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning. I took Elon’s Wikipedia competitor for a test drive and you won’t believe what I found (you will believe what I found) www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.
techcrunch.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.
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I knew it! I fucking knew it!!!
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I knew it! I fucking knew it!!!
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
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Here are the most-followed NBA players on Instagram heading into the 2025-26 season 👇
A lot of older players. 12 of the top 16 play in the West
A lot of older players. 12 of the top 16 play in the West
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Here are the most-followed NBA players on Instagram heading into the 2025-26 season 👇
A lot of older players. 12 of the top 16 play in the West
A lot of older players. 12 of the top 16 play in the West
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Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV
It's their 'vibrant new identity'
It's their 'vibrant new identity'
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV
It's their 'vibrant new identity'
It's their 'vibrant new identity'
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Bluesky's user growth has been much slower in the past 6 months
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Bluesky's user growth has been much slower in the past 6 months
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SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:
Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase
The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky
www.thehandbasket.co
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
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"Monday's settlement makes YouTube the last major tech platform to settle a lawsuit with Trump, who similarly sued Meta and Twitter for banning his accounts in the aftermath of Jan. 6." www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
YouTube to pay $24 million to settle Trump lawsuit
A notice of settlement details that $22 million will go toward building a new White House ballroom.
www.nbcnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Monday's settlement makes YouTube the last major tech platform to settle a lawsuit with Trump, who similarly sued Meta and Twitter for banning his accounts in the aftermath of Jan. 6." www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
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Donald Trump signs executive order approving the TikTok US deal
• It's now 80% owned by American investors
• Deal valued at $14B
• Oracle is among the new owners
• It's now 80% owned by American investors
• Deal valued at $14B
• Oracle is among the new owners
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Donald Trump signs executive order approving the TikTok US deal
• It's now 80% owned by American investors
• Deal valued at $14B
• Oracle is among the new owners
• It's now 80% owned by American investors
• Deal valued at $14B
• Oracle is among the new owners
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if you can look at it without catching poster’s madness, the list of who actually gets engagement here is pretty interesting. somewhat dire at the top but quickly it’s real and high quality posters.
bluefacts.app/top-reach
bluefacts.app/top-reach
The Top 1000 Engaging users of the last week (updated daily) | BlueFacts
View the most engaging users on Bluesky by total number of likes and reposts, updated daily.
bluefacts.app
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
if you can look at it without catching poster’s madness, the list of who actually gets engagement here is pretty interesting. somewhat dire at the top but quickly it’s real and high quality posters.
bluefacts.app/top-reach
bluefacts.app/top-reach
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Snap is the most mentioned, and most positively mentioned, ticker on the Wall Street Bets subreddit over the past 12 hours.
https://sherwood.news/markets/snap-surges-positive-reddit-wallstreetbets-chatter-users-hope-potential-acquisition/
https://sherwood.news/markets/snap-surges-positive-reddit-wallstreetbets-chatter-users-hope-potential-acquisition/
Snap surges after positive chatter on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets as users hope for potential acquisition
Snap is the most mentioned, and most positively mentioned, ticker on the Wall Street Bets subreddit over the past 12 hours....
sherwood.news
September 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Snap is the most mentioned, and most positively mentioned, ticker on the Wall Street Bets subreddit over the past 12 hours.
https://sherwood.news/markets/snap-surges-positive-reddit-wallstreetbets-chatter-users-hope-potential-acquisition/
https://sherwood.news/markets/snap-surges-positive-reddit-wallstreetbets-chatter-users-hope-potential-acquisition/
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Inside a tumultuous summer at xAI, in which Elon Musk's demands to make Grok less "woke" and more viral led to chaos: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...
Since Leaving Washington, Elon Musk Has Been All In on His A.I. Company
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Inside a tumultuous summer at xAI, in which Elon Musk's demands to make Grok less "woke" and more viral led to chaos: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...
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Horrifying videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting are everywhere on social media. As @laurengoode.bsky.social notes, X isn't responding to questions about it, while Bluesky says it is actively taking down the videos and accounts encouraging violence www.wired.com/story/charli...
Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content Moderation World
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.
www.wired.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Horrifying videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting are everywhere on social media. As @laurengoode.bsky.social notes, X isn't responding to questions about it, while Bluesky says it is actively taking down the videos and accounts encouraging violence www.wired.com/story/charli...
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Linda Yaccarino has stepped down as CEO of Twitter (X)
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Linda Yaccarino has stepped down as CEO of Twitter (X)