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Bustle

2 weeks ago

Great Day For Annoying People - You're Just A "Yapper" Now

The evolution of internet slang like 'zaddy' and 'cheugy' reflects changing societal norms.

Words like 'rizz' and 'yap' are gaining popularity through social media platforms like TikTok. [ more ]

The Drum

Social is lost to preachers, drunks and mad dogs. We need another town square

Social media is becoming less hospitable for users, leading to a shift to smaller, intimate online spaces.

Brands are finding it challenging to connect with their target audience in the evolving digital landscape. [ more ]

Entrepreneur

Why Entrepreneurs Are Doubling Down on Private Online Communities | Entrepreneur

Paid subscriptions to exclusive online communities offer a safe and curated space for authentic learning and connection.

Private online communities provide a viable solution to the rampant online safety issues and offer a more controlled and positive environment for users. [ more ]

Social Media Today

How Gen Z Breaks Marketing's Cultural Mold

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time.com

4 weeks ago

Health

How to Manage Anxiety and Depression When You Have Kidney Cancer

Connection with like-minded individuals can provide hope and support during difficult times.

Short-term goals can be valuable in managing mental health challenges post-diagnosis. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

4 weeks ago

A new generation of social media apps is helping people find their people'

Users seek community online

Alternative spaces gaining popularity [ more ]

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First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too? | Hussein Kesvani

Online communities like r/bookbinding on Reddit can provide valuable skill-building opportunities for individuals outside traditional settings.

Reddit remains a platform where diverse communities like r/bookbinding can flourish amidst the trend of platform-based social media. [ more ]

Social Media Today

Reddit Publishes Report Into How the Platform Is Influencing Purchase Decisions

Consumers are relying on real people's opinions on Reddit for buying decisions

Trust in traditional social channels is eroding as consumers turn to more trusted channels like Reddit [ more ]

Bustle

Your Favorite Weird Corner Of The Internet, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

The internet is made up of niche corners, each with its unique appeal

Zodiac signs can influence the types of corners of the internet that people are drawn to [ more ]

moreDigital life

Theoldguybicycleblog

Bicycling

Senior Soul Mates on Two Wheels

Cycling can be a great way for seniors to connect and find companionship on the road.

Finding a senior cycling soul mate involves shared experiences and connections rather than just physical compatibility. [ more ]

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Boston

Beacon Hill Resident: The Emojis Kept Her Alive Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Emojis played a significant role in providing emotional support during a troubling time.

Online communities can offer comfort and solidarity through virtual gestures like emojis. [ more ]

The Community Roundtable

How Communities Harness Low-Code and Pro-Code Technology

Online communities need to be customizable to meet the specific needs of users and reflect the organization's brand.

Verint Community offers a low-code, easy-to-manage approach for building communities, with the option for advanced design and functionality when needed. [ more ]

The Community Roundtable

Three Reasons Community Managers are (Still) Crucial to Online Communities

Community managers play a foundational role in establishing and upholding a positive and productive environment in online communities.

Community managers bridge the gap between members and organizations, facilitating communication and collecting member insights. [ more ]

The Community Roundtable

Community Conversations - Episode #85: Dianne Kibbey on Community Technology

Community Conversations is a long-running podcast highlighting community success stories from a wide variety of online community management professionals.

Communityroundtable

2 years ago

Save the Date: Customer Community Summit is June 16th

What: The Customer Community Summit is a one-day immersive learning experience for customer community professionals.

The Millions

Books

YA Isn't Just for Young Adults

YA books have a deceptively broad audience, with over half of the buyers being adults and the majority of them between 30 and 44 years old.

The internet has played a role in the growing interest of adult readers in YA, allowing them to shop anonymously and find like-minded communities. [ more ]

The Millions

Books

YA Isn't Just for Young Adults

YA books have a deceptively broad audience, with over half of the buyers being adults and the majority of them between 30 and 44 years old.

The internet has played a role in the growing interest of adult readers in YA, allowing them to shop anonymously and find like-minded communities. [ more ]

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Books

How Reddit's true crime communities helped inspire Kate Brody's Rabbit Hole'

Kate Brody's debut novel, Rabbit Hole, explores the phenomenon of falling into Internet rabbit holes and becoming obsessed with conspiracy theories.

The protagonist, Teddy, investigates her sister's disappearance and becomes unmoored from reality as she falls deeper into the rabbit hole. [ more ]

The Millions

Writing

YA Isn't Just for Young Adults

YA books have a deceptively broad audience, with over half of the buyers being adults and the majority of them between 30 and 44 years old.

The internet has played a role in the growing interest of adult readers in YA, allowing them to shop anonymously and find like-minded communities. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Fashion & style

My wedding dress is very precious to me': four dressmakers on their all-time favourite projects

The internet has helped revive interest in sewing, with many turning to online forums and social media groups to share patterns and tips.

Sewing allows individuals to be creative and express themselves through fabric, providing a sense of accomplishment and joy. [ more ]

Document Journal

4 months ago

The people's history of the internet, according to Taylor Lorenz

The story of the internet has primarily been told by middle-aged male tech founders, but Taylor Lorenz aims to highlight the contributions of users, particularly women, queer people, and people of color.

Lorenz interviewed 500 sources, including scene queens, mommy bloggers, and Vine stars, to write her book 'Extremely Online' and explore how the digital and physical worlds influence each other. [ more ]

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Media industry

Goodbye, Feminist Blogs. Hello, Gen Z Content Creators?

Jezebel, a popular feminist website, recently announced its closure, highlighting the changing landscape of online feminist communities.

Many feminist websites and blogs that young writers used to read have also closed down, leaving a void.

Young feminists are now seeking to build a more cohesive and communal online space for Gen Z feminists. [ more ]

The Community Roundtable

Creating Lifelong Fans: The Power of Online Communities for Retailers

Creating a passionate community of super fans can be a powerful marketing tool for any brand.

Online communities can serve as hubs for discussions, shared interests, and turning buyers into lifelong fans. [ more ]

Poynter

Media industry

Instead of Taylor Swift beat reporters, we need Nextdoor beat reporters - Poynter

Local news organizations should place reporters where readers already are, such as on Nextdoor and Facebook local groups.

Journalists need to be in these online communities to connect with readers, combat misinformation, gather story ideas, and rebuild trust.

Nextdoor has a reach on par, if not greater than, that of America's newspapers, with 330,000 communities and 53 million users. [ more ]

WIRED

Tumblr Is Always Dying

Despite plans to scale down operations, Tumblr continues to thrive with its art, fandoms, and inside jokes.

The platform has faced tumultuous times in the past, including the adult-content ban and mass tag bans.

The community on Tumblr continues to be engaged and active despite the challenges the platform has faced. [ more ]

Fatherly

Fathers

Men Feel More Disconnected Than Ever, And They're Turning To The "Manosphere"

A sobering new study shows that American men are facing a crisis, and many are finding solace in harmful online communities that preach misogyny and anti-feminist ideology.Equimundo, a non-profit working to prevent gender violence, break down harmful stereotypes, and encourage men to become allies in the gender and racial equality movements, surveyed 2,022 men aged 18-45 in the U.S. to determine how men are doing as a whole during a period of paradigm shifts.

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Wellness

Yearning to Be a Father, but Still Waiting

Since his early 20s, Curtis Stephenson has dreamed of being a dad.As the youngest of three kids, he watched his siblings raise his nieces and nephews and thought, Oh my God, I want that, said Mr. Stephenson, the manager of a wine bar in Ottawa.Now 43, he and his partner, who is 36, have been trying to conceive a baby for more than a year.

Social Media Explorer

Healing Rituals: Creating A Memorial For Your Beloved Cat Through Cremation - Social Media Explorer

You know the feeling when a tiny ball of fur enters your life and changes it forever.They become your companion, your confidant, and your family.You share countless memories with them, from snuggles on the couch to playful chases around the house.But one day, they're no longer there, and the emptiness they leave behind is palpable.

Hubspot

Study Finds Most Marketers Don't Know Their Audience: Here's Why and How to Fix It

When it comes to marketing, almost nothing is more important than knowing your target audience.But what if I told you over half of marketers are missing critical information on their consumers?In our annual survey of over 1,200 marketers, we found that just 42% know the basic demographic information of their target audience, like their name, gender, and location.

IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property law

UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods

"While the UKIPO's recent guidance provides welcome clarity on its current approach, the Office specifically notes the fast-moving nature of the technological landscape and the ongoing need to review and update the guidance as the technology evolves."On April 3, 2023, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) issued much needed guidance on how digital goods and services - namely non-fungible tokens (NFTs), virtual goods, and services provided in the metaverse - should be classified for trademark purposes.

Global IP & Technology Law Blog

11 months ago

The Rise of Influencer Marketing - Contractual Considerations

According to the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report on influencer culture, the global sector is expected to grow from $6.0 billion in 2020 to $24.1 billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%.Influencer marketing offers brands a unique opportunity to target and connect with online communities, using a personalized approach.

time.com

Elon Musk Is Bringing the Culture Wars to AI

It was only a matter of time before the culture wars came to AI.Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Elon Musk has railed on Twitter against what he has called Woke AI.He has specifically criticized ChatGPT's developer, OpenAI, for the features designed to prevent the chatbot from parroting racism and sexism.

www.theguardian.com

Mental health

Urgent need' to understand link between teens self-diagnosing disorders and social media use, experts say

There is an urgent need to investigate the increasing number of children and teenagers self-diagnosing with neurological conditions, mental illnesses and personality disorders, a trend being driven by social media and difficulty accessing healthcare, psychiatrists and paediatricians say.A paper published in January in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry describes how prolonged social media use, especially on video-sharing platforms including TikTok, is exposing young people to a growing number of content creators making videos about their self-described tics, Tourette syndrome and other self-diagnosed disorders.

The Community Roundtable

3 Elements of Community Personas

Once you have identified and prioritized the member segments that you want to incorporate into your community, defining those segments will help you understand how much community management is necessary to drive engagement.This is more nuanced in community persona mapping.If a community only has one type of member it can be difficult to catalyze dynamic engagement.As you think about your classifying your community personas, consider the segments that define your target audience and think about the behavior you want to influence with that audience.

the Guardian

Podcast

Get inside Bjork's otherworldly head, one album at a time

hings are getting increasingly Only Murders in the Building in the world of podcasts.

Bitcoin

Business

Study: 14% of Saudis Are Crypto Investors, 76% Have Less Than One Year of Experience in Cryptocurrency Investment

Crypto Winter Effect

Alleywatch

11 months ago

Startup companies

#NYCtech Week in Review: 4/16/23 - 4/22/23

With so much going on in the city's thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space.We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 4/22 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for MilkMate, Whizz, Oshi Health, and much, much more.

Medium

Web development

A Comprehensive Guide to Becoming a Full-Stack Developer

The term "full-stack developer" refers to a developer who is proficient in both front-end and back-end development.A full-stack developer is someone who has a strong understanding of multiple technologies and programming languages and can take a project from conception to completion.In this article, we will explore the steps that beginners can take to become full-stack developers.

www.nytimes.com

Wellness

I'll Get By With a Little Help From My Herd

My ex was a bad husband but a good horse trainer.When we met, he had just bought a pony for 50 euros that the seller swore was unbreakable.Three months later, he sold it for 10 times that price as a child's Christmas present.He was kinder to horses than he was to me.He had better luck training them, too.

Hubspot

Topic Clusters: The Next Evolution of SEO

TL;DR: Influential search engines like Google have changed their algorithm to favor topic-based content.

SWITCH

Women in technology

My internal critic follows me into web3

The interviewer who appeared on the screen was much younger than me.By seven years I guessed.I'd been used to being the youngest in everything I do.

Nytimes

An Unsteady Moment for Tech

We are in an odd moment for technology.Can you feel it?The powerful forces of unstoppable change and tech wealth are rolling along, but mixed in there is a shred of something else: doubt.

Know Your Mobile

2 years ago

Mobile UX

What is Reddit Place? Its History & Purpose Explained

Reddit is continually changing and evolving its platform, adding new features, and removing older ones.

Medium

UX design

Beyond Words: Using ClickUp and Notion to document and defend your UX writing process

As a new UX writer, staying organized and having a system to manage all your projects is imperative.The role of a UX writer varies for different companies.Still, to give you a peek into how it works for my organization, I collaborate with product managers and engineers by receiving tickets in Aha! with a request to work on the microcopy.

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UX design

Trends are dead

Trend brain encourages us to simplify everything online into something either buyable, understandable, or moral and therefore worthy of consumption.

Digiday

Public health

How one health and wellness platform is trying to change the cultural narrative around female health

* By Seb Joseph

The barriers to changing the cultural narrative around female health and menstrual cycles are as high as they are vast, spanning stigma and shame to more diverse marketing and addressing the longstanding data gap between men and women.Nick Lisher, CMO at period and ovulation tracker Flo Health and Anka Bedineishvili, strategy director at marketing consultancyTwentyFirstCenturyBrand have spent the last 18 months or developing solutions to address the lack of understanding and dispel misinformation around the issue.

AdExchanger

Marketing tech

Curating Brand Experiences In The Great Meta-Reversal | AdExchanger

Data-Driven Thinking " is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.Technologies have come to define the communities they support.For more than a decade, the "mobile-first" experience defined app and site development - and rightly so.

VentureBeat

Gen Z is the sleeping tiger of community-led organizations

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.As Gen Z begins to enter the workforce, many experts are beginning to ask what the future of work will look like for this upstart generation that is reshaping many of the ways organizations operate.For a generation that has been raised on social media and knows how to identify the many different methods brands take to market online, it's a fair question to ask if Gen Z will begin to shake up the traditional online marketing status quo.

The Community Roundtable

Communities Drive Meaningful Change Management

From improving customer satisfaction to providing fast and easy support and empowering members, online communities drive increased revenue, boost customer satisfaction, and make connecting easier than ever before.This eBook contains new, unreleased data from the 2022 State of Community Management report, explores trends in online communities, and showcases what success looks like in communities at the forefront of this innovation, like Spotify, Flexera, and Zoom.

Digiday

Why online lit platform Wattpad is keying its organic digital strategy on TikTok videos

| By Kimeko McCoy

Hubspot

Why Consumers Participate in Online Communities [Data & Expert Insight]

For example, you can use social listening to see how consumers are talking about a new product you've launched, or you can ask consumers a question and create an interactive poll in your YouTube Community tab.According to HubSpot's State of Consumer Trends Report, 24% of social media users have actively participated in an online community in the last three months.The HubSpot report also asked consumers the most significant benefits they get from participating in online communities, and they said learning new things, gaining new ideas and inspiration, and being able to meet and interact with others with similar interests.

Ars Technica

Gadgets

Mastodon-and the pros and cons of moving beyond Big Tech gatekeepers

As Elon Musk's Category 5 tweetstorm continues, the once-obscure Mastodon social network has been gaining over 1,000 new refugees per hour, every hour, bringing its user count to about eight million.Joining as a user is pretty easy.More than enough ex-Twitterers are happy finding a Mastodon instance via joinmastodon.org,

www.nytimes.com

Tumblr Says Clothing Is Optional Again

Tumblr, the once-popular social media platform, is again allowing nudity, four years after announcing a ban on explicit content.We now welcome a broader range of expression, creativity, and art on Tumblr, including content depicting the human form (yes, that includes the naked human form), the company wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.

www.nytimes.com

Russia's unsupported dirty bomb' claims reverberate in right-wing U.S. communities.

After Russia claimed that Ukraine would use a dirty bomb a conventional explosive that can spread radioactive material on its own territory, Western countries reacted with skepticism, noting that Russia often accused others of doing what Moscow was considering doing itself.Russia provided no evidence to support its claim.

www.npr.org

2 years ago

GameStop's stock is on fire once again and here's why

GameStop's stock continues to baffle market experts.

Washington Post

Business

Student, 20, makes $110 million trading meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond

A 20-year-old college student went big on Bed Bath & Beyond at the right time, making close to $110 million off the meme-stock favorite after its share price quadrupled and before its buzziest stakeholder signaled plans to sell everything.

SFGATE

SF real estate

Beat the Crowds! How to Buy a House Before It Officially Hits the Market

Buying a home is a lot like running a race: Once a listing goes live, buyers have to sprint off the starting block before throngs of other buyers start bidding.Talk about stressful!

Topenddevs

JavaScript

- Top End Devs

In this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Brittany Moore about her unique experience into Angular.

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