Social networks are what you make from them: they can be a way to waste time, but also a useful tool to grow your business and reach people. In this video, Chelsea Nicole tells you more about how to do the latter. She offers some bulletproof strategies that will help you reach more Instagram users and turn them into your clients, even if you don’t have a large follower base.
TikTok to let you discover new content via AI chatbot
It looks like AI is everywhere now: we create and edit images with its help, we write with AI tools, and even have video chats with artificial humans. AI could also be coming to TikTok soon, helping you spend even more time on the platform. In a recent announcement, TikTok revealed that it’s testing a chatbot that will help you find the content you like.
The way AI sees a “perfect body” says a lot about our society
With the recent boom of AI technology, it’s interesting to observe how artificial intelligence imagines things. After all, it was based on human knowledge but also human biases, stereotypes, and preferences.
The Bulimia Project wanted to see how AI imagined the “ideal body,” and the results are concerning, to say the least. They used different text-to-image generators and prompts, and nearly all of them produced images of men and women with highly unrealistic body types. After analyzing the images, they concluded the unrealistic beauty standards we have set for ourselves – and it’s pretty discouraging.
Photographer’s $3K camera accidentally sold at Goodwill for $70, TikTok helped retrieve it
A thriving photographer was recently in the middle of a very weird story involving her camera. Her mom accidentally donated her Canon R6 Mark II to a Goodwill where it was sold for $70. This led to a massive emotional rollercoaster and huge support from the TikTok community. They helped to trace the couple who’d bought the camera, and it all led to even more kindness from Canon themselves.
Montana TikTokers strike back, sue the state over the TikTok ban
After Montana banned TikTok, it happened what we all thought it would: the creators have struck back. A group of app users has sued the state of Montana in an attempt to overturn the controversial decision. They claim that the ban violates the First Amendment but also deprives the users of many other constitutional rights.
Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok
Well, we knew it was probably going to happen, but now it’s official. Montana has just become the first US state to outright ban the popular social media app TikTok. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation yesterday (May 17th) to ban the Chinese-owned app from operating in the state.
The move was allegedly to protect residents from the threat of spying and data collection by the Chinese government. It is the first of the 50 states to implement a total ban.
BeReal reportedly has the right to your photos for 30 years
When it first took off, BeReal enchanted people fed up with staged Instagram photos. Dubbed “anti-Instagram,” this app was all about sharing real, unfiltered moments from your daily life. But although the app is free, it might cost you your privacy, big time.
In a report from Avast, the company’s Global Head of Security, Jeff Williams, took a closer look at BeReal. According to him, the app keeps your photos and the right to use them as it pleases for 30 years That’s a very long time, and Williams argues that it can harm your life and career.
Utah law now requires minors to ask parents consent for social media
A new law in Utah requires kids under 18 to ask their parents for permission if they want to use social media. Yup, you read that right – what should probably be a part of parents’ responsibilities, the lawmakers took into their own hands. Other than parental consent, kids who do have it will still have a curfew and will be banned from using their favorite social media apps between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.
While the law is designed to “protect the young from addictive features” of social media apps, it raises other concerns. Among them are privacy, as well as freedom of speech.
Instagram now has ads even in search results. Sigh
You though Instagram didn’t have any more places to cram adds? Well, looks like you’re wrong. Ads are now coming even to your Search results, because that’s probably the only place where we still aren’t seeing them. In addition, you’ll even be able to select “reminder ads” which will send a push notification to your phone.
Instagram co-founder hates how “soulless” the app has become
Ever since it was founded over a decade ago, Instagram has undergone plenty of changes. Most of us don’t like the direction the app is taking, and as it turns out: neither does its co-founder.
In a recent interview, Kevin Systrom opened up about his thoughts on Instagram as we have it today. He claims that it has lost its soul and turned way too much into a commercial app than one for connecting, which only confirms what most of us thinks of the former photo sharing app.
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