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Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

The Partiful app is a vibey' nightmare. Here's my party-invitation solution | Dave Schilling

Partiful inundates users with event invitations, exacerbating scheduling confusion and prompting nostalgia for simpler social platforms.
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Exclusive: Event startup Partiful wasn't stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos

Social event planning app Partiful, which calls itself "Facebook events for hot people," has firmly replaced Facebook as the go-to platform for sending party invitations. But what Partiful also has in common with Facebook is that it's collecting a tsunami of user data, and Partiful could have done better at keeping that data secure. On Partiful, hosts can create online invitations with a retro, maximalist vibe, allowing guests to RSVP to events with the ease of ordering a salad on a touch-screen.
Information security
fromSocial Media Today
4 weeks ago

Snapchat Launches 'The Keys' Online Safety Education Program

Snapchat has launched a new digital literacy program, called "The Keys," which aims to highlight the dangers of online interaction for young users, and better equip them with knowledge on how to protect themselves, and avoid problems in social apps. "Developed in collaboration with Common Sense Media, informed by safety experts, and reviewed by members of Snap's teen Council for Digital Well-Being, this program aims to educate teens about four key risks they may face online - bullying, illicit drug activity, nude and intimate images, and sextortion - and teaches platform-specific skills for helping to stay safe on Snapchat.
Digital life
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

Step aside, LinkedIn: Grindr CEO says he has hired workers through the dating app, as the company pitches itself as the new networking platform in town | Fortune

You may know Grindr as the go-to destination for LGBTQ+ people looking to hook up-but apparently, it's now being used as an alternative to the likes of LinkedIn. Users checking into the dating app to see how many feet they are from a potential love interest can now expect to be poached for work, rather than asked out. That's because around 25% of its users are on the app to network, according to the company.
LGBT
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

How some companies are offering chances to make new friends in Toronto for a price | CBC News

Paid friendship platforms in Toronto use algorithms and curated events to connect strangers, growing rapidly as subscriptions and frequent events expand amid rising loneliness.
Gadgets
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Spotify and the problem with our 'everything app' era

People use only a few apps for direct one-to-one chats, and Spotify added a built-in direct messaging feature to share listening links.
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