Snapchat is changing its plans again. The app was going to get a simpler look, but now it's not. Why? Because users in North America didn't like it. They lost about 1 million users in this region. This news came out in their latest financial report. In the past year, Snapchat tried out a new design. It was supposed to make the app easier to use. The plan was to cut ...
Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently faced tough questions in a courtroom. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is trying to prove that Facebook is a monopoly. They claim that Facebook bought Instagram to get rid of a competitor. The FTC showed emails from 2012. In these emails, Zuckerberg talked about buying Instagram. He said that Instagram was growing fast. He...
Reddit is a big place with lots of different communities. Some of these communities are trying to keep AI-generated stuff out. This is a tough job for the moderators, or "mods, " who volunteer their time to keep things in check. They're up against a growing trend of AI-generated content, and it's not an easy fight. Most mods who are against AI-generated cont...
Imagine this: US users, worried about a TikTok ban, are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. This app, started in 2013, is a big deal in China, but not so much outside it. Until now, that is. It's like Instagram, but with a twist – it's focused on user interests, not who you follow. This surge is happening just as TikTok's future in th...
Thousands of college students in China started a sudden trend of nighttime bike rides. They rode 30 miles to Kaifeng, a city known for its history and soup dumplings. The government first liked it, thinking it would boost tourism. But when too many students joined in, causing traffic jams and leaving bikes everywhere, the officials got worried. They sent police and c...
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has undergone a significant transformation since Elon Musk took the reins. Despite this, X remains a hub for sports enthusiasts, with many fans still turning to the platform for real-time updates and news. In fact, sports has emerged as the top topic of discussion on X, closely followed by politics, news, and ot...
Xiaohongshu, the popular lifestyle platform in China, has recently released its mid-year search report, shedding light on the lifestyle preferences of its millions of users, with a staggering 50% of them belonging to Generation Z. The report highlights the search habits of these users, revealing an average of 6 searches per day, with new users incorporating Xiaohongs...