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Why Can’t Snapchat Solve Its Racism Problem?
Snapchat Snapchat has gone through a bad 24 hours. The popular image-sharing app debuted a new filter, “anime,” that was swiftly criticized for its racist depiction of East Asians and just as swiftly...
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Twitter’s ‘Quality Filter’ Gets Rid Of Trolls, But There’s A Major Catch
Getty Image Abuse has been a massive problem on Twitter from day one. The harassment campaign against Leslie Jones is the most recent example, and the company finally booted one of its most notorious...
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Can Instagram’s New Tools Stop Online Harassment In Its Tracks?
ArthurStock / Shutterstock.com Instagram, like any social media service, is no stranger to online harassment. And as we’ve seen before, spotting and stopping harassment is difficult for robots to...
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Twitter’s New System For Counting 140 Characters Is Coming On September 19
Shutterstock Starting September 19, Twitter is about to see a pretty drastic change. Once limited to 140 characters, Twitter will now go much further, as the company plans to begin rolling out changes...
View ArticleCarrie Brownstein’s New Branded Comedy Sketch Dissects Celebrities And Social...
Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, also of Portlandia fame, recently wrote and directed a short film that focuses on fame, superfans and social media. The story centers around a social media savvy...
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Understanding The Power Of Instagram Over How And What We Eat
Social media has become essential to our daily lives. We use it to chase pikachu (pikachi?) on our phones, we use it to order pizza, and we’re using it to find love more than ever before. So it...
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Survival Watching: The Pros And Cons Of Trying To Keep Up In The Era Of Peak TV
Shutterstock Have you ever had a panic-inducing moment of TV FOMO? You know, that feeling when the rest of your friends are talking about the latest Game of Thrones episode and you feel completely out...
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Your Love Of Snapchat Is Officially More Annoying Than Smelly Food And Flight...
Snapchat Traveling comes with little annoyances that tug at the back of your brain (before they turn into full-blown rage headaches). Sometimes it’s the lack of seats on a train. Sometimes it’s the...
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Twitter’s New ‘Longer’ Tweets, Explained
Castleski / Shutterstock.com Twitter has had one very rigid rule over its brief existence, and that’s that tweets are limited to 140 characters. And this isn’t changing. What is, changing, though, is...
View ArticleSkittles Just Set A Smart Precedent For Brands On Social Media
This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter.com/9fHwog7ssN — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 19, 2016 One of...
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A Poke From Facebook Got A Quarter Of A Million People To Register To Vote
Getty Image At the end of September, if you pulled up Facebook, you likely saw a little reminder that today was a good day to register to vote. If you’re one of the 146 million people already...
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Ranking The ‘Black Mirror’ Season 3 Episodes From Most To Least Feasible
Netflix When it first found its way to the US, Black Mirror had the enviable coolness factor that comes from being a little-known UK import. People had to sing its praises and pressure their friends...
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Vine Is Officially Shutting Down, And We Mourn With Our Favorites
Vine/Shutterstock Vine made a splash in 2013, as the novelty of creating seven-second videos enthralled a surprising number of people and created an entirely new class of social media stars. But,...
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The Death Of Vine Leaves A Vacuum For Rising Young Music Stars
Vine/Shutterstock This isn’t some kind of trend forecast: Vine is officially, definitely dead. Our favorite home of shouting duck videos, conversations at unnatural speeds and “but that backflip tho”...
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Soylent Pulled Another Product And Looks To Be Locked In The ‘Chipotle Cycle’
Soylent Roughly a year ago, Chipotle’s biggest problem was parents objecting to its cups. Revenues were rising, new restaurants were opening at a breakneck pace, and the burrito chain was on its way...
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Facebook Isn’t Ruining Your Life, It’s Making It Longer
Shutterstock Every day, millions of people wake up and immediately check their Facebook to see what’s new, who’s doing what, and whether they’ve received any notifications that aren’t Candy Crush...
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Hype Is Facebook Live Meets Snapchat, From The Founders Of Vine
HYPE Snapchat has reached the pinnacle of social media — namely being tied to stories of dumb criminal behavior and being misused to violate the privacy of strangers. It also gets imitated a lot, both...
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How To Tell Who Your Real Friends Are, Beyond Social Media
Unsplash It’s harder than ever to tell who your real friends are. That’s not just because a recent study revealed that most of the people you consider friends don’t even like you that much (the truth...
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Twitter Is Finally Debuting Some Powerful Anti-Abuse Tools
unsplash That Twitter can be a dumpster fire on a train crashing into a septic tank is not news. Over the years, the company has made some effort to corral the trolls, but they were half-measures at...
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Instagram Is Rolling Out New Tools To Help Its Users Rein In The Trolls
Getty Image Instagram is reportedly launching new tools in an attempt to weed out trolls, according to the New York Times. On Tuesday the social media app announced plans to allow users to turn off...
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