Conservative academic Pamela Paresky was temporarily banned from Twitter for the past week after calling out what she said was Twitter’s promotion of self-harm. On Sunday, Paresky penned a personal essay in conservative and anti-trans activist Wesley Yang’s Year Zero newsletter describing her spat with the social media platform. “On October 3, I criticized Twitter …
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After Tensions With Twitter And Instagram, Kanye West Is Buying Parler, The Infamous Conservative Social Media Platform
Getty Image Some conservative-minded folks have yearned for an alternative to supposedly free-speech-hating mainstream social media platforms like Twitter, and they got one with Parler. It hasn’t been without controversy, though, as the 2021 storming of the US Capitol was said to have been coordinated on the platform. Subsequently, it was banned from Google Play …
How Embracing Life With Eczema Led To My Own Online Platform And Advocacy
Are you a burn victim? Why are your hands so dry? Just drink some water and you’ll be fine. That’s just a snippet of some of the comments I have heard over the years with my Eczema. It’s hard to remember a time when I wasn’t battling with my skin. I’ve had Eczema since I was a young …
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TikTok brags to Congress that it ‘wasn’t the platform of choice’ for Jan. 6 rioters
TikTok boasted that it “wasn’t the platform of choice” for Jan. 6 rioters during a hearing in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas defended TikTok amid growing questions about the safety of social media. While discussing the issue of extremist content …
Pinterest’s invite-only platform Shuffles is Gen Z’s new favorite app
If you haven’t heard of Shuffles already, it’s about to become unavoidable. Shuffles is the latest app from Pinterest that was first released on the App Store in August. In a short time, it has garnered mass popularity amongst Gen Z users—despite the app currently being invite only. Shuffles is a collaging app that connects …
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SoundCloud executives Lauren Wirtzer Seawood and Tracy Chan reposition the platform in the creator economy by monetizing fan power
We’re sitting down with leaders on the business side of the creator economy to get their best advice for creators looking to launch and develop their careers. This week, we spoke with two SoundCloud executives, chief content and marketing officer Lauren Wirtzer Seawood and senior vice president of creator Tracy Chan. SoundCloud is a free-to-upload, …
‘The lack of situational awareness’: Woman films ‘finance bro’ who stands too close to her on an empty subway platform
A woman went viral on TikTok after filming a man standing directly in front of her on a nearly empty subway platform. In the nine-second clip, user Marisa (@mynamemarisa) is sitting on a bench as she records an empty subway station in New York City. Right in front of her by a couple of inches …
Meta wants to stop removing COVID-19 misinformation from its platform
Throughout the pandemic, Meta struggled to contain the absolute flood of disastrous information about fighting COVID-19 off its platform. It appears that now, the owner of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, is fed up with even trying anymore. It is petitioning its Oversight Board, a group of experts Meta tasked with recommending non-binding solutions to problems …
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Disney+ Is About To Experience A Raunchy Infusion As ‘Deadpool’ And ‘Logan’ Become The First R-Rated Movies On The Platform
20th Century Fox Disney+ is officially getting its first batch of R-rated movies. As the festivities for San Diego Comic-Con kick off, the streamer has announced that Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan will hit the platform on Friday, July 22. The films were originally released by 20th Century Fox as part of its X-Men film …
‘The point was not to be censored’: Trump’s social media platform makes heavy-handed moderation choices, alienating his base
A Blake Shelton quote about guns. A Breitbart article blaming former President Barack Obama for immigrants’ crimes. A post slamming Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On the surface, none of these have anything in common. But they’re all prohibited on Truth Social. The Daily Dot found that the platform automatically removes posts containing each. …
There Are Some Exceptions to Playing Cross Platform on 'Overwatch'
Is ‘Overwatch’ cross platform? The popular hero shooter game is available on several different consoles, but there are exceptions to cross platform. Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/is-overwatch-cross-platform
Is ‘Stardew Valley’ a Cross Platform Game? How to Play With Friends
When creating this new save file, if you select the “Four Corners” farm, you’ll automatically begin with three cabins on your farm, making it incredibly easy to start a co-op save file. Just invite your friends once you’ve moved past the opening credits to begin. Unfortunately, all of the progress is kept on the host …
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