TikStocks: how a TikTok ban would affect other companies
The likelihood of a US TikTok ban is higher than ever. Last Thursday, the House of Representatives fast-tracked a bipartisan effort that could lead to Gen Z’s favorite app being banned in the US, and ...
Meta is rolling out its new AI chatbot
Meta is rolling out a new chatbot, Meta AI, to its 3 largest social media properties: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. On Facebook the usual search bar for some users has been replaced with “Ask Met...
Netflix is going to stop sharing subscriber numbers
After posting subscriber numbers that beat expectations today , says it’s no longer going to share those numbers starting in the first quarter of 2025. That’s a big deal since subscriber numbers have...
Turns out Netflix makes more money if it just acts like regular TV
, the company that popularized ad-free streaming, would like you to join its ad tier now. So would every other online video service, from to Max, all of which now have ad tiers. That’s because they m...
A social app, but it’s just voice notes on 2X speed
Airchat is basically X meets Clubhouse, and Silicon Valley types are all over it. The social app consists of a feed of audio snippets that plays continuously on 2X speed until you press pause. The spe...
Twitter to charge small fee to new users to prevent bots
Forget driving away advertisers and charging for blue checks only to give them out for free , Elon Musk has other ideas to not make money on Twitter, aka X. Today he floated charging new users a “smal...
Netflix is still trying to nail movies
Netflix’s new movie chief is already shaking things up. Just two weeks into his tenure, Dan Lin has laid off 15 employees in the film department (~10% of its staff) and reorganized the division by gen...
Marketplace is a bright spot for Facebook
Move fast and buy things Every now and again I end up on Facebook by mistake, having become sidetracked by friends from high school hawking multilevel marketing schemes or my aunt posting bad politica...
Online dating might be bad but young people aren’t really leaving
A lot of ink has been spilled about the death of online dating among young people . They’re speed-dating and looking for love IRL for God's sake! But as terrible as the apps might be, and as much as p...
Dude Perfect just scored a big investment
Trick shot economy The content creators behind Dude Perfect — a wildly popular YouTube channel built on insane basketball shots and water bottle flip videos — have set their sights on expanding beyond...
Snapchat can’t seem to please users or shareholders
Snap is adjusting an anxiety-inducing feature; the controversial friendship “solar system”, will no longer be the default for paid subscribers. Solar systems, which were launched in 2022 for paid user...
Instagram disclosed its revenue for the first time ever
We finally know how much money Instagram makes — thanks to documents disclosed by a court filing , which revealed that the social media site raked in $32.4 billion in advertising revenue in 2021, near...
You can’t even pay creators to X on X
Elon Musk’s X wants influencers, but doesn’t seem all that interested in paying them. Since it launched its ad-rev sharing program last July, X has paid out just $45 million to 150,000 posters. In the...
Elon Musk is doing Tesla ads on Twitter now
Remember Hampton Mayo? TLDR buying your own product not gonna make you successful in the long run. The person who owns this site hates ads but also sells ads. The person who owns this site also owns T...