Seattle’s public schools district has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, accusing them of creating a “mental health crisis among America’s youth.” Continue Reading →
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Instagram has been rolling out support for NFTs minted on Ethereum and Polygon since May 2022. The company just announced that support for the Flow blockchain is now rolling out in 100 countries, and Instagram expects to support the Solana blockchain soon. Continue Reading →
Back in June '21, Kim Kardashian shilled Ethereum Max on Instagram. When I learned about it, I wrote, “I’ve just become aware of the best example of everything that is bad (and hopefully temporary) about crypto-insanity.” Continue Reading →
For non-Big Tech businesses, when you want to do proprietary market research about a product or service, you go through a process. You start with a testable hypothesis, then you design an experiment to test your idea(s). That's followed by the selection of target personas, identification of the pool of potential research subjects, etc. For most of us, this is a well-established, time-consuming, resource-intensive process.
That's not the case for Instagram. Continue Reading →
Okay, this is admittedly a clickbait headline, but I can't find anyone (other than Mark Zuckerberg and people who work at Facebook) that has anything nice to say about Facebook's redesign. Continue Reading →
Instagram will now let all users tag products in their posts. The feature is rolling out to users in the U.S. today. Continue Reading →
Let the games begin! Continue Reading →
Instagram announced a subscription feature to help creators earn recurring monthly revenue, which is great news for creators who have started to earn on other platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and OnlyFans. Continue Reading →
Instagram is pressing pause on its "for kids" version. "There's no version of the world where kids are going to use a 'for kids' app on Instagram." CEO of The Palmer Group Shelly Palmer talks why the app's efforts to combat harmful effects on teens are "too little too late." Continue Reading →
Adam Mosseri, Facebook's Head of Instagram, just sat for a live interview on NBC's Today Show. He shouldn't have. Continue Reading →