When Snap was 🚀 IG went all-in to be the app to see what close friends were doing. now TikTok is dominant, so FB/IG are transforming into feeds of rec’d posts w affiliate links. Its programmed media now, so where can friends connect now? @GetSelect #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 #TechCrunch Social @msmegwatson

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Sam Mendoza

While they thin out their safety team, they issue this statement.  It’s a massive problem 

https://values.snap.com/news/honoring-the-third-annual-national-fentanyl-awareness-day

While they thin out their safety team, they issue this statement.  It’s a massive problem   https://values.snap.com/news/honoring-the-third-annual-national-fentanyl-awareness-day

At Snap, we are constantly working to prevent the abuse of our service by criminals seeking to distribute illicit drugs, including counterfeit pills. Today, we’re honored to work alongside heroes – public health experts, law enforcement, and parent and family groups – to commemorate the third annual National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

Honoring the Third Annual National Fentanyl Awareness Day

Jerome Cody

Never thought of it, but social media and asbestos do have a lot in common.  The Speed Filter and other attention seeking gimmicks are blatantly dangerous and developers should face litigation connected to features they developed internally!

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/an-asbestos-lawyers-new-crusade-suing-social-media-companies?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-13297&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

In January, after members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had spent hours grilling tech CEOs about their platforms’ effects on children, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley pounced on Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Hawley, a Republican firebrand and a vocal tech critic, accused Zuckerberg of ...

An Asbestos Lawyer’s New Crusade: Suing Social Media Companies

Todd Smith

They know they screwed up, but can they recover the lost trust? 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564321/instagram-reels-photos-adam-mosseri-too-many-videos

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Instagram-Chief-Says-Photos-Will-Get-More-Focus-in-2023/640988/

They know they screwed up, but can they recover the lost trust?   https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564321/instagram-reels-photos-adam-mosseri-too-many-videos  https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Instagram-Chief-Says-Photos-Will-Get-More-Focus-in-2023/640988/

You should start noticing a more even mix of photos and Reels.

Instagram showed people too many videos last year, admits Adam Mosseri

 Lately, though, TikTok has started borrowing a few social media tricks from the likes of Meta’s Instagram and upstart photo-sharing app BeReal. Despite the recent changes to the app, TikTok isn’t abandoning its identity as an entertainment platform to try to become another Instagram, four people familiar with the matter cautioned. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-pushes-social-features-as-growth-cools?utm_campaign=Automated+Fallback+R&utm_content=89&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=19&rc=gzsl71

For the past year or so, Meta Platforms has been fiddling with its Instagram app to make it look more like TikTok, the short-video juggernaut that has been siphoning away its audience. Lately, though,

Sam Mendoza

A group of likeminded people in Digital Wellness 📱🧘 are talking about this.