Social Media and its influence

Decentralized social network Bluesky is rolling out a new in-app video and music player for links, along with a new “hide post” feature. The new additions bring Bluesky’s user experience closer to X (Twitter).

The new video and music player works with YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Twitch embeds. Unlike on X, where autoplay on videos is the default setting, Bluesky’s in-app player won’t autoplay content. If users want to watch or listen to the content, they will have to trigger it with a tap.

As for the new “hide post” feature, you can click on it if there’s something you don’t want to see again. The post will be removed from your feeds and “put behind a mask if you visit it directly,” Bluesky says.

The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year.’

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X rival and social media platform Bluesky now boasts over 2 million users, as announced by the team on Thursday. A year after its creation, the Jack Dorsey-backed app marked the milestone while detailing its pending plan of creating a "a truly open social network" — and adding a major feature from Twitter.

Bluesky, a decentralized social media app, is set to add a public web interface, which means users will be able to view posts without being logged in on an account — Bluesky currently still requires an invite code to sign up to its platform. It's a replication of what was once a main feature of Twitter/X, and something that owner Elon Musk has gone back and forth on.

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Bluesky is a decentralized, text-based social media platform. We'll get into what exactly that means in a second, but for all intents and purposes, think of it as a social network that offers many of the same core features as Twitter but with the curated communities of platforms like Discord or Mastodon. 

You can create short text posts (up to 300 characters) commonly referred to as "skeets," share other people's posts, post photos and reply to other users. Like Twitter, messages posted to BlueSky show up on a newsfeed that your followers and other users can see. Posts can be replied to, liked, shared, reported or shared via other apps. 

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Instagram Readies Twitter Competitor for Summer Release
Company has been secretly testing app with celebrities
Instagram app may eventually connect with Mastodon network

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Twitter “no longer exists” after being merged with X Corp., according to an April 4 document submitted in a California court for a lawsuit filed against the company and its former chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey, last year by conservative activist Laura Loomer.

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Meta streicht NFT-Funktion bei Facebook und Instagram
Der Techkonzern Meta stellt nach einer längeren Testphase sämtliche NFT-Funktionen in seinen sozialen Netzwerken ein. Der Fokus soll sich auf andere Arten der Monetarisierung von Content verschieben.

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Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing.

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Nous y sommes ! Threads fait enfin son arrivée sur le Vieux Continent. Si plus de 100 pays avaient déjà eu l’occasion de découvrir la nouvelle application de Meta, c’est désormais au tour des Européens de se familiariser avec son interface. Dans cet article, nous vous présentons le principe de l’application ainsi que ses différents espaces. Prêt à démarrer sur Threads ?

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With Smart Lists and a For You feed, Mammoth is trying to help you find all the good stuff in the fediverse.

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L’interface mobile ne posera aucun problème aux habitués de Twitter. Néanmoins, quelques particularités sont visibles quand il s’agit de configurer votre compte Bluesky. Il est possible de gérer différents paramètres au sein de deux espaces distincts. Le premier volet s’affiche en cliquant sur le menu burger en haut à gauche de votre écran. Une barre de navigation latérale apparaît alors, comme sur X. Elle présente votre profil, accompagné des options de recherche, de vos notifications, de vos feeds, de votre profil, de votre modération et de vos paramètres.

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Wie Jack Dorsey ein zweites Twitter baut
Elon Musk verschreckt Nutzer seiner Plattform X. Ausgerechnet eine von Twitter-Mitgründer Jack Dorsey vorangetriebene Alternative sorgt nun für Furore. Dabei ist dort nicht jeder willkommen.

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While the future remains uncertain for Twitter, Meta is throwing its hat into the ring to build the next major microblogging platform. This new Meta app is expected to launch this summer, according to an email shared with a select group of creators, and viewed by TechCrunch.

This text-based app will stand alone, but it will be partially integrated within Instagram. Users will keep their Instagram verification and handle, and all of their followers will receive a notification to go follow them on the to-be-named platform. Meta’s text-based platform will be decentralized and interoperable with Mastodon, which is built on the ActivityPub protocol.

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What is Bluesky?
Bluesky is a "decentralized" social media platform backed by former Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey. It's led by CEO Jay Graber, who was chosen by pre-Musk Twitter at least in part thanks to her background as a crypto developer, according to CoinDesk(opens in a new tab). It was meant to function a bit like Mastodon, another Twitter alternative, with its federated universe of individual servers that users can traverse. But Bluesky is very new, and those separations between communities that ended up working against Mastodon — since many users found them confusing(opens in a new tab) — have basically not been built yet.

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Twitter ist Geschichte. Nicht die Social-Media-App, die gibt es (noch!) nach wie vor. Sondern das Unternehmen hinter Twitter. Elon Musk hat Twitter Inc. nämlich mit einer neuen Firma verschmolzen, die er erst 2022 gegründet hat.

Das neue Unternehmen hinter Twitter heißt X Corp.

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March 10 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) is exploring plans to launch a new social media app in its bid to displace Twitter as the world's "digital town square".

"We're exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates. We believe there's an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed statement.

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