Vero: The accounts you should be following on the ‘new Instagram’
In under a week, new social platform Vero has gone from No99 in the app chart to No1, ranking above WhatsApp, YouTube, and, of course, Facebook and Instagram. Suddenly, everyone is talking about the no ads, no algorithms app. The rush to get on board has quite literally broken the …
Fashion Assistants Are Sharing Their Horror Stories On Instagram
Anonymous Instagram account @fashionassistants is posting real-life accounts from former fashion assistants and interns, which range from having Christian Louboutin stilettos thrown at them to being called fat, ugly, stupid, and even banned from eating. The account, which started as a meme account … Read More
Kendall Jenner’s Toes Are Getting Shamed On Instagram & I’m Quitting The Internet
The internet is officially over. It's canceled. Close your laptops and walk away because people are now judging people for how their toes look. Toes. Kendall Jenner recently posted photos on Instagram from a nude photo shoot she did. The pictures are stunning, as is Jenner in them, but people …
Only 4% of marketers are taking dark social seriously
We've already seen a number of brands begin to use WhatsApp for marketing. Naturally, marketers might face an uphill battle, mainly due to the fact that consumers are used to having natural, personal, and emotional conversations with people they know. However, with consumers also eager for … Read More
Delhi police grooming informers for better info input using technology
The cops have also advised them to share the pictures with them on WhatsApp so that they are stored in the department database," a source said. Along with insisting on the usage of smartphones and WhatsApp, officials said, cops are also trying to convince informers to use spy cams and …
Man in trouble for accusing Lobels’ of selling bread ‘anointed’ with rat skin
LOBELS' Bread has taken a Bulawayo man to court for allegedly circulating a WhatsApp message accusing the company of selling bread that is “anointed” … is represented by its security officer, Mr Leonard Muchemedzi, who received the message two weeks after it had started circulating on WhatsApp. Read More
Texas Rangers TV analyst CJ Nitkowski locks Twitter account after liking tweet from hate group
The drama began Friday when a Twitter user named Mike Taddow shared a screen shot of Nitkowski liking an image of the U.S. women's hockey team that highlighted a player making a gesture that represents both an innocent game and a white-pride symbol. However, the account that posted the photo … …
A New Report Examines the Mutual, Sometimes Fraught Relationship Between Black Twitter and …
Black Twitter, the “social media subculture” that has morphed into a thing unto itself, not only shines a light on underreported news and trends from within the black community, it also has given others entrée into the complex, creative and assuredly hilarious way that black folk engage with the world. …
Trust in the Media Is Low Among African-American, Feminist and Asian-American Twitter Users
Which one of the five most-shared news outlets by African Americans, feminists and Asian Americans on Twitter is considered the most trustworthy by those groups? If you guessed The Washington Post, The New York Times, HuffPost or CNN, guess again. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation … Read More
Singer wows Voice judges but social media mob pushes her to quit show
But within days of her stunning performance, Ibtissem underwent pressure from social media communities to withdraw from the show. The problems arose when some of her old Twitter messages from a few years ago resurfaced. In her old tweets, Ibtissem challenged the national framing of the terrorist … Read More