Most communities and organisations evaluate their gatherings by what was decided. What was on the agenda, what was agreed, what actions were allocated and to whom. These are reasonable things to track. They are also, it turns out, almost entirely … Read more
In the past few months I have unwittingly become an expert on all things W Social: the microblogging platform that is a fork of Bluesky and bills itself as Europe’s alternative to X, with identity verification “to fight bots and … Read more
The UK government will ban under-16s from social media, with regulations due before Christmas and the rules taking effect in spring 2027. To enforce it, platforms must age-check their users. In practice that means anyone opening a new account will … Read more
A Dartmouth study is the first to map the interplay of personal choice and social networks that has led to the United States being one of the world’s most heavily armed countries, with 120 firearms for every 100 people. The … Read more
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Open-source social media management for creators, agencies, and SMBs. About BrightBean Studio BrightBean Studio is an open-source, self-hostable social media management platform built for creators, agencies and SMBs. It does what Sendible, SocialPilot, or ContentStudio do, but free and without … Read more
The study will recruit 4,000 students aged 12 to 15 from ten Bradford secondary schools and seek to assess the impact of having less access to social media – particularly on areas of their wellbeing such as sleep, anxiety levels, … Read more
by Ploum on 2026-03-20 It might have been an email thread. Or a lobste.rs comment. It was a discussion about yet another attempt at a new decentralized social protocol. And we reached the conclusion that with blogs and email, we … Read more
I just finished reviewing my 2025 predictions (how do you think I did grading myself?) www.timothychambers.net/2024/12/2… Now it’s time to make some bets for 2026. I do this not to prove how great my prognostication muscles are, but to shine … Read more
Fault Lines If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books? Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences. By Jay Caspian Kang December 9, 2025 Illustration by Mark Harris Save this storySave this … Read more