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11 votes
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Bye bye blue checkmarks: Twitter removes legacy verifications
17 votes -
i.reddit.com (aka .compact) appears to be gone
As an old, I prefer the old reddit. Which, lets be honest, has been going away for a while. But so long as I could browse on my phone via i.reddit.com, I was happily entertained by time there. No...
As an old, I prefer the old reddit. Which, lets be honest, has been going away for a while.
But so long as I could browse on my phone via i.reddit.com, I was happily entertained by time there.
No longer. And I'm saddened by it. It was an imperfect community, but its good parts are replicated nowhere else as far as I can tell, Tildes notwithstanding. Although, if Tildes were maybe 2-3x as busy and had more para-reality* fans, it'd be really darn close. I am still sad, and sad that we can't keep awesome things that generate a lot of community benefit but low income (see also, usenet). Probably, it's a good dead cow.**
*As a true believer (tm), I hesitate to use the word conspiracy, because it has gained so many negative associations with far right absurdity and violence. Among the more serious members of the community, we have yet to come up with an easy to use term. Another thing in the world I am sad about. For the record, I don't believe the election was stolen, but I also don't believe Kennedy was assassinated by Oswald, or at least not him alone.
**if anyone is interested, I relay the story of the Wise Man, the Poor Family, and Their Cow.
23 votes -
Testing Spotify's virtual radio host – the service curates a stream of songs I've heard before. Do I really need this?
3 votes -
Meta launching paid subscription service for Facebook, Instagram
11 votes -
Apple introduces new AI-based audiobook narration service
15 votes -
Tumblr to add support for ActivityPub, the social protocol powering Mastodon and other apps
18 votes -
Twitter quietly drops $8 paid verification; “tricking people not OK,” Musk says
25 votes -
Signal messenger introduces stories
12 votes -
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk.
27 votes -
YouTube’s Primetime Channels bring streaming movies and TV into the YouTube app
4 votes -
Reddit launches NFTs
30 votes -
On-device browser translations with Firefox Translations
15 votes -
yt-dlp: A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes
24 votes -
Telegram celebrates 700M users and introduces Telegram Premium
7 votes -
iOS 16 bringing support for web notifications next year
10 votes -
Introducing: AMD Privacy View
12 votes -
Substack just released an RSS reader
6 votes -
Introducing native Matrix VoIP with Element Call
13 votes -
MoviePass is relaunching with eyeball tracking to earn credits
10 votes -
Reddit announces update to user blocking: Blocked users will no longer be able to see or interact with your content on the platform
16 votes -
Google releases “disable 2g” feature for new Android smartphones
19 votes -
Reddit is preparing to launch "Community Points" sitewide, allowing any subreddit to add a custom token to their community
5 votes -
YouTube will no longer publicly display the dislike count on videos
32 votes -
Microsoft Edge’s new ‘buy now, pay later’ feature is the definition of bloatware
18 votes -
Patreon integrating a video platform
11 votes -
Twitter expands its subscription service to news articles
6 votes -
Reddit adds "Community Points" on the Ethereum blockchain - used for purchases, memberships, tips, and reputation-weighted voting (in polls)
23 votes -
Twitter testing prompts on Android and iOS for 'intense' conversations
@Twitter Support: Ever want to know the vibe of a conversation before you join in? We're testing prompts on Android and iOS that give you a heads up if the convo you're about to enter could get heated or intense.This is a work in progress as we learn how to better support healthy conversation.
4 votes -
Spaces launch in Element
9 votes -
Twitter rolls out tipping with bitcoin, explores verifying NFT profile pics
7 votes -
Apple delays the rollout of its plans to scan iPhones for child exploitation images
15 votes -
Twitter starts to require login to view tweets
50 votes -
Reddit is quietly rolling out a TikTok-like video feed button on iOS
14 votes -
Apple introduces expanded protections for children, including on-device scanning of images to detect child abuse imagery
24 votes -
US Consumer Product Safety Commission sues Amazon, citing over 400,000 hazardous products sold through its "Fulfilled by Amazon" program
12 votes -
Authenticated brand logos in Gmail will roll out over the coming weeks
8 votes -
Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature. In its place at the top of the timeline will be Spaces, Twitter's live audio chat rooms.
9 votes -
Reddit CryptoSnoos NFT Auction has ended; The average sale price is 131.67 ETH
10 votes -
Reddit introduces CryptoSnoos NFTs
19 votes -
Any deleted content (comments, links, threads, etc.) will now be inaccessible to moderators and the original posters of the deleted content
22 votes -
Reddit will shut down Reddit Gifts and Secret Santa at the end of 2021
34 votes -
Android 12 will finally let alternative app stores update apps without bothering the user
14 votes -
The Matrix Spaces beta
14 votes -
Twitter may be working on Twitter Blue, a subscription service that would cost $2.99 per month
14 votes -
Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation security architecture
19 votes -
Twitter has acquired Scroll, a subscription for news sites, and intends to integrate it into their own upcoming subscription service
11 votes -
Reddit announces "Reddit Talk," its clone of Clubhouse
23 votes -
Facebook makes it easier for users to see News Feed stories in chronological order
8 votes -
YouTube experimenting with removal of public dislike count
@YouTube: 👍👎 In response to creator feedback around well-being and targeted dislike campaigns, we're testing a few new designs that don't show the public dislike count. If you're part of this small experiment, you might spot one of these designs in the coming weeks (example below!). pic.twitter.com/aemrIcnrbx
23 votes