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Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

I'm a retired Boomer and every friend I had in my 50s is either dead, sick, or we just stopped calling-here's what nobody tells you about aging - Silicon Canals

Friendships often shrink and can disappear unexpectedly as people age, exposing neglected relationships and the emotional impact of loss.
fromwww.nature.com
3 weeks ago
Public health

Staying inside the bubble: the unequal consequences of limiting weak ties during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pandemic disrupted social structures, altering work, gender employment, local solidarity, informal support networks, and public perceptions of risk and social cohesion.
Social media marketing
fromBuffer
2 months ago

Sharing videos through Buffer

Social networks require specific video file sizes and formats; uploaded videos are converted to MP4 H.264 at up to 1280x720, and thumbnail generation affects upload time.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

How Influential People Map Their Social World

What do social climbers and gossipmongers have in common? My mother would tell me that both are morally suspect. This moral umbrage is etched into lessons from fairy tales and scripture that we readily pass on to our children: Avoid the schemer and the whisperer. But stories are known to simplify reality. The truth is that that the most effective gossipers and social climbers possess a remarkable grasp of social structure, knowledge they use to cleverly navigate their social worlds.
Psychology
Marketing
fromEMARKETER
3 months ago

Microdramas bank on social ads to drive growth

68% of US microdrama app ad spending went to social networks from January to September 2025.
Social media marketing
fromSocial Media Today
4 months ago

Engagement-Based Algorithms are Causing Social Division - But is There an Alternative?

Anger spreads more readily than joy across social networks via weaker ties, enabling cross-community penetration and broader dissemination.
Business
fromForbes
4 months ago

How People Without Titles Are Quietly Gaining Power At Work

Influence built through credibility, trust, and relationships enables leaders without formal authority to mobilize support and accelerate decisions.
#bluesky
fromThe New Yorker
4 months ago
US politics

Social Media Is Navigating Its Sectarian Phase

Blueskyism labels a liberal online culture characterized by moral policing, expert insularity, and sectarian identity that influences platform-based political alignment.
fromTechCrunch
9 months ago
Online Community Development

Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down? | TechCrunch

Decentralized social networks can experience outages, highlighting vulnerabilities despite their structure.
more#bluesky
Social media marketing
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

Researchers built a social network made of AI bots. They quickly formed cliques, amplified extremes, and let a tiny elite dominate.

AI bots created a toxic social environment mimicking real-world social media without algorithms or recommendations.
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Has Social Media Changed the Meaning of Friend?

Dunbar suggests that the maximum number of relationships an individual can sustain is about 150, encapsulated in the theory known as 'Dunbar's Number.'
Social media marketing
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