Science & Technology | Social Media

YouTube Stars Accused of Profiting Off Fans' Depression - The Atlantic

Viewers are outraged that some of the site’s biggest celebrities have partnered with a controversial online counseling service.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Here’s how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach | TechCrunch

Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here’s how to find out. Facebook breach saw 15M users’ names & contact info accessed, 14M’s bios too Visit this Facebook Help center link while

Business & Finance | Marketing

Little-Known Best Practices For Launching A Successful Influencer Marketing Campaign

Influencer-driven word-of-mouth marketing is entering a Golden Age -- the result of an explosive rise in social media usage. And marketers need to take advantage.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook removes over 550 Pages, 250 accounts in latest spam purge ahead of US midterms

The hundreds of bad accounts were removed for breaking the site's rules for "spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior."

Science & Technology | Social Media

Google+ to shut down after coverup of data-exposing bug

Google is about to have its Cambridge Analytica moment. A security bug allowed third-party developers to access Google+ user profile data since 2015 until Google discovered and patched it in March, but decided not to inform the world. When a user gave per

Well we (Moptu) outlasted Google+! We’re more than happy to welcome their users!

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook, are you kidding? | TechCrunch

Facebook is making a video camera. The company wants you to take it home, gaze into its single roving-yet-unblinking eye and speak private thoughts to your loved ones into its many-eared panel. The thing is called Portal and it wants to live on your kitch

This is a very bad idea.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Extreme selfies have resulted in 259 deaths, says US report

The desire for ever more extreme selfies has so far resulted in 259 deaths, says a new report by the US National Library of Medicine ...

There are idiots everywhere.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Relike lets you turn a Facebook page into a newsletter | TechCrunch

French startup Ownpage has recently released a new product called Relike. Relike is one of the easiest ways to get started with email newsletters. You enter the web address of your Facebook page and that’s about it. The company automatically pulls your

This is a cool idea. Not as cool as Moptu though!

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Facebook could screw up Instagram - Recode

Let’s hope it doesn’t.

Science & Technology | Tech

Facebook warns that third-party apps could have been affected by recent breach

It may not just be your Facebook account at risk. The social media giant has warned that third-party apps which allow users to log in via their Facebook accounts may also have been affected by the recent security breach, though the company has yet to conf

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook Hacked, 50 Million Users Affected - Motherboard

Facebook "discovered a security issue" that the company said allowed attackers to "take over people's accounts."

Science & Technology | Social Media

I Get Paid $6,000 a Day to Write Inspirational Quotes for Instagram. Here's How I Perfected This Dream Job | Money

And here's how you can get started, too.

I wish I was doing that!

Science & Technology | Social Media

WhatsApp co-founder: 'I sold my users' privacy' with Facebook acquisition - CNET

Brian Acton had also tweeted in March that users should "#deletefacebook," as the social network dealt with its Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter says bug may have exposed some direct messages to third-party developers | TechCrunch

Twitter said that a “bug” sent user’s private direct messages to third-party developers “who were not authorized to receive them.” The social media giant began warning users Friday of the possible exposure with a message in the app. “The issue

Psychology | Personality

Moral Outrage Can Backfire When It Goes Viral - Pacific Standard

As negative comments accumulate, they start to come across as bullying—even if they're justified.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook Started Indexing News Pages to Determine Which Publishers Belong in Its Ad Archive – Adweek

The social network developed its requirements with news organizations, academics and industry groups.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Pinterest Is a Unicorn. It Just Doesn’t Act Like One. - The New York Times

The company rejects Silicon Valley’s aggressive, hype-driven way of doing business. But its slow and steady approach has frustrated some investors and employees.

Investors: this can be Moptu. Our vision is conceptually different than Pinterest's, but our approach to the market has been very similar. We absolutely believe in quality growth. Parroting the Silicon Valley model never made sense to us either, and now that seems to be a wise approach. Pinterest is aspirrationally focused and we are informationally focused - so our target market isn'tidentical: Pinterest can't become us, and we have no desire to try to be a new Pinterest. We need investors to fulfill our ultimate vision for Moptu. If you are interested in hearing more, please get in touch: joshn@moptu.com.

Business & Finance | Marketing

How to Get Sponsored on Instagram (Even if You Currently Have 0 Followers)

Find out everything you need to do to get sponsored on Instagram, even if you currently have zero followers.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Social media hearing takeaways: Mea culpa from Facebook, Twitter as lawmakers call for regulation

Leaders of the nation's largest social media companies were grilled by lawmakers over their plan to keep foreign actors from their platforms.

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

Don’t Believe the Hype: Tech-Induced Anxiety is Real | Thrive Global

The New York Times published an op-ed by a psychiatrist who says tech-induced anxiety among teens is a myth, but the science shows otherwise.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Take this online class and learn how to make Insta-money

The photo sharing app sees over one billion visits every month, with a high level of engagement from its users. Learn how to get a piece of that pie.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter brings Bookmarks to the web with a new design, now in testing | TechCrunch

Twitter is testing a new experience for web users, the company announced in a tweet on Thursday. A small number of Twitter users will see the updated version of Twitter for web, which will include access to Twitter’s Bookmarks feature, and scrolling thr

Business & Finance | Marketing

23 Social Media And Digital Marketing Best Practices That Are Actually MYTHS - balance

23 Social Media And Digital Marketing Best Practices That Are Actually MYTHS

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media

Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?

Politics | Politics

Facebook sorry for removing Anne Frank Center holocaust victims image - Business Insider

Facebook apologises to the Anne Frank Center for removing an article it posted which featured an image of naked child holocaust victims. Facebook said it was...

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Five Step Formula To Instagram Engagement

Instagram is today one of the fastest growing social networks in the world. Between 2014 and 2017, the number of daily active users has grown from 200 million to 500 million. The time spent on Instag…

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter tested a list of suggested people to unfollow

Amid claims of liberal bias from the president of the United States

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook has removed all cross-posted tweets

Facebook users are complaining the company has removed the cross-posted tweets they had published to their profiles as Facebook updates. The posts’ removal took place following the recent API change that prevented Twitter users from continuing to a

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter suspends more accounts for 'coordinated manipulation'

Twitter's long been under fire for its approach to bots and extremist accounts, but now it appears to be taking a more proactive stance towards its community gu...

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Impossible Job: Inside Facebook’s Struggle to Moderate Two Billion People - Motherboard

Moderating billions of posts a week in more than a hundred languages has become Facebook’s biggest challenge. Leaked documents and nearly two dozen interviews show how the company hopes to solve it.

Science & Technology | Social Media

You can now apply to get a verified badge on Instagram — here’s how

Instagram is at last quenching the thirst of its thirsty, thirsty unverified users. The company just introduced a trio of new features designed to make Instagram a generally safer and more authentic place to hang out (third-party 2FA — enable it!) and f

Science & Technology | Social Media

Trump accuses social media firms of 'silencing millions' | Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump accused social media companies on Friday of silencing "millions of people" in an act of censorship, but without offering evidence to support the claim.

News | International News

Facebook has TRUST ratings for users – but it won't tell you your score

FACEBOOK is rating users based on how “trustworthy” it thinks they are. Users receive a score on a scale from zero to one that determines if they have a good or bad reputation – but it&…

Music | Music

Even Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger embarrasses his teenage son

Their father-son relationship involves regular social media banter.

I thought Mick's little Instagram jam was very cool. I also think it's very cool that Mick and his young son interact on social media. Keep it up man!

Science & Technology | Social Media

Schools Are Mining Students' Social Media Posts for Signs of Trouble | WIRED

But should they?

News | The News

WATCH: Twitter CEO Makes Stunning Admission Of Bias During CNN Interview

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted during an interview with CNN reporter Brian Stelter that Twitter has a "left-leaning" bias, suggested that they do "shadow ban" people, and said that he has not done enough to implement his own "personal objectives" at Twi

Miscellaneous | Other Interesting Stories

7 awkward situations people didn't have to worry about 30 years ago

Awkward moments are a given if you're a human being who works, dates, and has friends. But some of the most awkward situations possible have to do with digital technology and would have been unimaginable to previous generations.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter's Dorsey: I Want To Reduce 'Echo Chambers' By Controlling What You See | Daily Wire

In an interview with The Washington Post this week, Twitter head Jack Dorsey talked about the supposed issues facing Twitter.

At Moptu we will never, ever, no matter what, attempt to tell you what you should see. We believe that your best sources of news come from your friends, family, and the people that you trust. However, we also give each user the chance to remove him/herself from the echo chamber by exploring the "topics" pages which have articles representing every single viewpoint of our users.

Business & Finance | Marketing

When Should You Expect to See Results from a Content Marketing Strategy?

How long does it take content marketing to work? This post looks at the key elements involved, and what you can expect.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram users are reporting the same bizarre hack

A bizarre Instagram hack appears to be spreading: users' account names, bios, and profile avatars are changed, as is all their contact information.

Science & Technology | Social Media

10 essentials for your social media marketing campaigns

Sporadic tweets and banal Facebook posts just won’t cut it in today’s online world. Set clear objectives, and keep current and consistent with engaging posts and audience interaction.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on winning the Stories war - The Verge

Two years after Instagram cloned Snapchat Stories, we interviewed CEO Kevin Systrom about his future plans.

News | The News

UNFAKE THE NEWS: Twitter Shadow Bans Conservatives, But Blames Their Algorithm | The Daily Caller

Twitter recently changed their algorithm and it led to the "shadow banning" of many prominent Republican figures.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook and Instagram now show how many minutes you use them

It’s passive zombie-feed scrolling, not active communication with friends, that hurts our health, according to studies Facebook has been pointing to for the last seven months. Yet it’s treating all our social networking the same with todayR

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Instagram's Algorithm Works And Where Your Strategy Needs to Shift

As Instagram's algorithm changes, yesterday's marketing tactics might become less effective tomorrow. Here's how the Instagram algorithm works and how you can evolve your Instagram strategy to get the most out of the platform today.

Politics | Politics

Facebook bug switches 14 million users' default sharing settings to public - TechSpot

Facebook is informing 14 million users that what they assumed were private posts could have been viewable by the public. A bug caused the users' “suggested” sharing option to be set to “public” by default, rather than basing the suggestion&hel

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

5 Ways To Overcome Online Social Media Fatigue For Mental Well-Being

Are you feeling anxious, stressed and overwhelmed with social media? You might be suffering from social media fatigue. Here are top 5 ways to tackle and overcome social media fatigue for mental health and well-being.

That's why I love Moptu! I can read. share, and organize my articles without all of the arguing that you see on other sites or feeling that I have something to prove. I feel like it's the only social media platform where I just learn things while still exposing people to articles about the things that I love.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform | TechCrunch

Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform. It’s all part of the company’s continuing long game for social relevance. Despite the fact that it lost 1

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Simplest Way to Hide Old Facebook and Twitter Posts | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

News | The News

How 'Social Media' Became 'Anti-Social Media': Twitter's And Facebook's Reckoning

Twitter and Facebook engage in what many conservatives consider to be politically biased behavior. The two social media giants need to reform, or risk losing millions of users.

Science & Technology | Social Media

LinkedIn adds support for sending voice messages – a feature nobody was asking for | 9to5Mac

LinkedIn today announced a new feature for its Messaging platform that seemingly nobody asked for. In a blog post, the company revealed that you can now record and send voice messages up to one-min…

Business & Finance | Business

59 Percent Of You Will Share This Article Without Even Reading It

A recent study found that 59 percent of all links shared on social networks aren't actually clicked on at all, implying that people are sharing articles without ever getting past the headlines.

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

Facebook Acquires Israeli Messaging Platform Startup Redkix For $100M | Technology News

The Israeli company will join Workplace by Facebook, the tech giant's answer to popular collaboration service Slack.

News | The News

BOMBSHELL: Liberal Publication Says Twitter Is Censoring Republicans | Daily Wire

Twitter is censoring prominent Republicans and conservatives in the media with a technique known as "shadow banning" that limits how many people are able to see content from the affected accounts, according to a report from a liberal publication

Business & Finance | Business

5 Tips to Nail Your LinkedIn Profile Like a Boss

A digital media and commerce company that enables creativity through inspirational content and online classes.

Science & Technology | Technology

Facebook’s ‘Watch Party’ rolls out to all, letting Groups watch videos together

For the past few months, Facebook has been testing something it calls “Watch Party”. It’s a feature that would let Facebook Groups host shared video streaming sessions, with everyone in the group being able to see/comment on the same vid

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram now lets you see when your friends are online

just added a new feature that lets your followers see when you are "active" and using the app

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter bots are running amok with your public Venmo data

Here's another reason why you might want to double-check your privacy settings: transactions you may have thought were private could be on Twitter right now

Business & Finance | Marketing

5 Social Media Marketing Lessons From Netflix – Adweek

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Facebook’s Zuckerberg says he won’t remove Holocaust denial posts

Founder of social media giant says those denying Holocaust may be doing so unintentionally and should not be removed, drawing condemnation from ADL; later clarifies remarks

I am going to quote the words of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on this one: “Unacceptable & outrageous remarks by @MarkZuckerberg about #Holocaust denial. Must clarify his remarks & make clear Holocaust denial is a willful and hateful attempt to trivialize murder of 6 million Jews. No room for Holocaust denial on @facebook...”

Science & Technology | Social Media

In Twitter Purge, Top Accounts Lose Millions of Followers

Some popular figures — including Barack Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Ashton Kutcher — lost a million or more in the crackdown.

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

Best Instagram Marketing Tactics for An Early Stage Business

Instagram is helping a lot of small and big businesses in the brand building and generating sales.

News | The News

Tourist sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-Egypt Facebook post | Fox News

A Lebanese tourist who was arrested for posting a video to Facebook about her experience being sexually harassed in Egypt was sentenced to eight years in prison on Saturday.

Science & Technology | Social Media

What Is Local Twitter? - The Atlantic

“Local Twitter” is a booming network of basic, young suburbanites across the country.

Politics | Interesting Links

POLL: 85% Of Conservatives Say Social Networks Censor Their Political Speech | Daily Wire

A shocking new poll from Pew Research shows that a vast majority of conservatives who regularly post on social networks believe technology companies and websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google regularly censor political posts and silence conservative

I use Moptu because I KNOW that they never censor conservatives and my page is like a personal Drudge Report. I like curating my own articles, with my comments, stimulating discussion, and being as informative as possible. My page has over 825,000 article views. I know that because Moptu is a social network for articles only, many more people see them than on Twitter or Facebook. These guys are doing a great job, have given us a powerful platform that we never would have had before, don't seem to censor anyone based on their views, and deserve our support!

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook bug randomly unblocked some users from people’s block lists

Concerning for those who use their block list to prevent harassment and abuse

News | Human Interest Stories

Want More Instagram Followers? Here's 12 Proven-Successful Organic Strategies

You might think of your follower count as a vanity metric, but with over half of Instagram users following brands and using the platform to conduct research prior to making purchase decisions... it's high time you got vain.

Business & Finance | Business

YouTube adds new monetization options for creators

YouTube announced today it would be adding new options for creators to make money from their content. Most of the options are reminiscent of what other platforms have tried, but they could still alleviate a problem YouTubers have been facing for over a ye

News | Fake News

Facebook expands fact-checking program, adopts new technology for fighting fake news | TechCrunch

Facebook this morning announced an expansion of its fact-checking program and other actions it’s taking to combat the scourge of fake news on its social network. The company, which was found to be compromised by Russian trolls whose disinformation campa

Moptu is a better option for article sharing. No algorithm or fact checkers can replace the advantage of following the people you trust combined with a format that removes the confirmation bias of the ehco chamber.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Twitter Made The Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback

A bird emerges from the ashes.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter stock is at a three-year high. What is going on? - Recode

Unlike years past, people aren’t just buying Twitter because they think the company will be acquired.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram’s Wannabe-Stars Are Driving Luxury Hotels Crazy

Hotels are being forced to figure out how to work with a new class of brand-peddling marketers.

The entire idea of “influencers” is becoming a joke.

News | Interesting Links

The Downside Of Social Media | Andrew Weil, M.D.

The attraction of social media is no mystery. Human beings are hard-wired to communicate. Does social media get you down? You’re not the only one. Online interactions may lead to depression.

Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support

Letting Them Go: Social Media for the Broken-Hearted

Is technology interfering with your breakup recovery?

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

Everyone Is Trolling IHOP For Going From Pancakes To Burgers, And No One Is As Savage As Wendy’s

The International House Of Pancakes (IHOP) has just rebranded itself into IHOb and everyone noticed. We're flippin' from pancakes, pancakes, pancakes to burgers, burgers, burgers, the company wrote, following-up on the big announcement. While the customer

This is hilarious.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How Instagram—and a Bunch of Celebrities—Saved the Comment Section - The Ringer

The social media app recently adjusted its algorithm to promote comments from notable users. (Read: famous people.) The results have been delightful.

Science & Technology | Tech News

Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'

Once it was the biggest social network; now it’s a ghost town. But for a handful of hardcore users, Myspace remains essential

Wait. What?

Science & Technology | Social Media

Social Media Engagement is the New Social Media Marketing: How To Do It Well

As social media platforms evolve to reward so reward authentic social media behaviour, social media engagement has become a vital part of any marketing strategy. Here's a look into why we think social media engagement is so important and how you can

News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism

Why won’t Twitter suspend Iran’s Supreme Leader after threatening tweet

World leaders weigh in on the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s controversial tweet, which supposedly does not violate Twitter’s policies.

I get their rationale, but attempting to incite genocide should be banned. How is that not obvious? Both Twitter and Facebook, BOTH generally look the other way when it comes to anti-Jewish or anti-Israel rhetoric. You know who doesn't (and NEVER will)? Moptu.

Business & Finance | Business

Twitter to raise $1 billion in debt as stock price surge signals investor confidence

While Facebook is embroiled in controversy after controversy and Snap faces questions about its traction and viability, long-maligned Twitter is suddenly feeling the warm fuzzies from investors. Th…

Business & Finance | Marketing

How To Use Instagram To Grow Your E-Commerce Business (With Zero Budget)

Instagram has over 800 million monthly active users and the platform is a great marketing tool if utilized effectively. Let’s take a look at ways you can use this visual-based social media platform to build your brand and grow your following without spe

Science & Technology | Social Media

The do's and don’ts of hashtags

How to grow your reach and engagement with hashtags.

These are some good basic guidelines. Although, I don't think that one or two hashtags are the "sweet spot" anymore. Let's be honest, that idea came from Twitter's 140 character limit and not from some desire to be polite. There is no reason to limit it to two or three on Moptu or Instagram, so why should it still be the case for Twitter?

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook will remove the Trending topics section next week

The removal comes after years of criticism.

They could have avoided this by just showing news that was actually trending.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Seven Steps To Make Your Business Instagram Account Successful

Use hashtags wisely and creatively.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How To Make The Most Of Social Media Marketing

How can I do social media marketing? This question was originally answered on Quora by Frits Habermann.