The American Genius

With Snapchat being among the latest to offer a paid option, the question has arose: who's willing to pay for their social media and why?

https://theamericangenius.com/study-social-media-subscriptions/

Many social media apps do not give their influencers proper pay or acknowledgement, but Chatwise seeks to give more of a stake in the game.

https://theamericangenius.com/chatwise-social-media-equity/

(Social Media) Reddit's UI hasn't always been super intuitive. 'Deck for Reddit' organizes your feed into themed columns, making it way more user-friendly.

https://theamericangenius.com/new-tool-organizes-your-reddit-feed-and-makes-it-actually-usable/

Meta Oversight Board has answered the call to review nudity policies across Meta properties, especially when it comes to breasts - why?

https://theamericangenius.com/meta-oversight-board-calls-for-less-ambiguous-nudity-guidelines/

Meta seeks to calm fears after confirming they've awarded a hacker for discovering a bug that allowed anyone to bypass 2FA on Facebook.

https://theamericangenius.com/loophole-allowed-anyone-to-bypass-facebook-2fa-meta-confirms/

TikTok is making a shift to cement the platform as the most attractive spot for sponsored creators ("talent").

https://theamericangenius.com/tiktok-to-add-talent-manager-so-reps-can-oversee-clients-brand-deals/

Many Instagram users rely on the Shop tab for doing business, but it's being done away with - what is changing and what can be done now.

https://theamericangenius.com/instagram-shop-tab-is-going-away-how-to-sell-now/

Twitter has reversed course on banning political ads, but will that ever actually happen?

https://theamericangenius.com/will-twitter-really-reverse-the-political-ad-ban/

Tumblr still exists? Apparently, and it's dusting itself off by lauching its first native live streaming feature, Tumblr Live.

https://theamericangenius.com/tumblr-live/

BeReal, the candid app, has soared in popularity since launch, despite some declining data in open rates - but Instagram sees their threat.

https://theamericangenius.com/instagram-adds-bereal-clone/

As if things couldn't get more twisted at Twitter, they are holding a legitimate auction to get rid of HQ items in 2023.

https://theamericangenius.com/twitter-auction/

The neutral Oversight Board gives Facebook a laundry list of suggested changes to their VIP accounts 'cross check' system.

https://theamericangenius.com/oversight-board-facebook-vip-cross-check/

Twitter acquired the newsletter company, Revue, back in 2021 - we know, it was a crazy year - but now, they are sunsetting the platform.

https://theamericangenius.com/twitter-sunsets-revue/

Once again, another leaked Twitter email from none other than Elon Musk, but this time, he wants to do something about it.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-leaked-twitter-email/

Brands left and right have been jumping off of the Twitter titanic before it fully sinks, but it looks like Apple and Amazon are back in.

https://theamericangenius.com/apple-amazon-return-to-twitter-ads/

We all know what happens to curious cats, and the same principle applies to this new TikTok trend. One click, and you could be a target.

https://theamericangenius.com/tiktok-trend-spreads-malware/

I don't think there is anything Elon Musk can do at Twitter that would now come as a surprise, but hiring his 'frenemy' is a start.

https://theamericangenius.com/musk-hires-hacker/

Twitter users (and even employees - some by choice) are leaving in droves. Mastodon has been a popular 2nd choice, but what is it exactly?

https://theamericangenius.com/mastodon-vs-twitter/

Brewing up under the surface of the tech industry has been a tiff between Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, and Apple. It's only getting started.

https://theamericangenius.com/twitter-vs-apple/

Due to a sophisticated pre-holiday attack on small businesses on Meta platforms, some owners are left in the dark.

https://theamericangenius.com/meta-deletes-small-businesses-pre-holiday/

When Elon Musk stepped in at Twitter, blue checkmarks stepped out - and it looks like that won't be changing anytime soon.

https://theamericangenius.com/twitter-checkmarks-wont-return/

After a tumultuous start to Elon Musk's few weeks as Twitter CEO, many businesses and brands tweet their final goodbyes including CBS News.

https://theamericangenius.com/cbs-news-halts-tweets/

WhatsApp is a well-known messaging platform with over 2 billion monthly users. They just unveiled communities where you can post and chat.

https://theamericangenius.com/whatsapp-communities/

Elon Musk has been a hoot to follow after beginning his position of Twitter owner. The latest, and first email, was an interesting one.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-first-email-to-twitter-employees/

With the Elon Musk takeover of Twitter, changes are underway and on the horizon. 1 million users are on the way out...to Germany.

https://theamericangenius.com/twitter-user-migration/

TikTok is expanding into an unknown realm beyond their expertise - fulfillment centers. What will happen to Amazon?

https://theamericangenius.com/tiktok-takes-on-amazon/

In the heaping pile of changes Elon Musk is bringing to Twitter, the next one is a hoot: Tesla engineers reviewing Twitter's code.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-tesla-engineers-review-twitter-code/

Changes are piling in as Elon Musk steps into his role at Twitter's owner, including the choice to overhaul blue checkmark verifications.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-blue-checkmark-overhaul/

It's been a rocky road for Elon Musk taking over Twitter, but after the official announcement, he immediately begins to make staff changes.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-disbands-twitter-board/

Elon Musk finally owns Twitter. With news releasing that it's official, he makes the devastating statement of impending layoffs.

https://theamericangenius.com/elon-musk-twitter-protest/