Instagram’s new DM tool kindly asks you not to be a hateful troll
Oct 21, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are several ways Instagram fights online bullying: it either uses AI to recognize it, mercilessly bans bullies forever, or lets you be in control….
Report: Instagram’s latest “inspiration” for a new feature is… Myspace
Oct 20, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It’s nothing new for Meta to enrich Instagram with features picked up from other popular apps. But here’s an unusual claim: Instagram’s next new feature…
UK orders Meta to sell Giphy, and it’s final
Oct 19, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Back in 2020, Facebook (now Meta) bought Giphy, by which it became one of several mainstream platforms under its wing. But UK’s watchdog says enough….
Is VERO the solution to the Instagram problem?
Oct 15, 2022
David Williams
It’s fair to say that almost all Instagram users are peeved at the crazy drop in engagement lately. If this was the only concern we…
TikTok adds Photo Mode feature which is strangely similar to Instagram
Oct 7, 2022
Alex Baker
If you’ve been following social media news recently you’d be right to think that the apps have all gone a bit crazy having identity…
Instagram is about to cram even more ads into your feed
Oct 5, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you thought there’s no corner on Instagram without ads, you’re wrong, my good friend. Meta can always make room for more, and that’s exactly…
British ruling blames Instagram and Pinterest for a teen girl’s suicide
Oct 3, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
After a 14-year-old girl took her own life several years ago, both her parents and the public wondered how big of a role social media…
Reel and ad-free Instagram clone kicked out of Apple store a day after launch
Sep 29, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Yesterday, we wrote about OG App, an Instagram clone that doesn’t look like a commercial break in the middle of your favorite TV show. But…
The OG App turns Instagram into the fun app it once was
Sep 28, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I’m pretty sure that all of us are sick of Instagram and its ads, people we don’t follow, and dumb Reels all over the place….
A project uses open webcams to show how long you posed for that “perfect” Instagram photo
Sep 27, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We’ve all seen those perfectly posed Instagram photos taken at various locations all over the world. But I believe that, like me, you’ve also witnessed…