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FR#151 – TikTok Won’t Be Another Twitter
The conditions that made 'leaving Twitter' a meaningful part of the open social web's identity don't exist for TikTok. What happens when people can't see each other leave?
Instagram Is Full of Conspiracy Theories and Extremism
As other social networks wage a very public war against misinformation, it’s thriving on Instagram.
Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, and Enduring Polarization
The social media ecosystem appears to be in flux. Twitter’s rebranding to X has come to symbolize a broader reorganization of online publics – political reshuffling, user attrition, and uncertainty over the role of legacy platforms. Simultaneously, the shift from text-based, networked feeds toward algorithmically curated, short-form video has accelerated, with TikTok setting the pace for the wider ecosystem [18, 14, 16]. At the same time, everyday communication increasingly migrates from large, open networks to semi-private spaces such as group chats and messaging apps. Commentators describe a digital public sphere in transition: smaller, more fragmented, less dominated by traditional social networking sites, and rise of more broadcast-oriented forms of media – with some even suggesting that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the social media era.
Worried About Meta Using Your Instagram to Train Its A.I.? Here’s What to Know.
Social media users voiced worries about a move by Meta to use information from public posts, including on Facebook, to train its chatbot.
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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks | TechCrunch
Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.
Micro.blog Surpasses Kickstarter Funding Goal, Set to Launch New Social Network for Independent Microblogs
Developer Manton Reece is on a mission to take back short form content for the open web by providing better tools for independent microblogging. Most short form content today is posted through cent…
Kath Korevec on Twitter / X
You can now share your ChatGPT Site without sharing it with the world.Invite specific people to view your site while keeping it private from everyone else. Business and Enterprise teams can also invite guests from outside their workspace, making it easy to share dashboards,… pic.twitter.com/H8Pdx9Gthz— Kath Korevec (@simpsoka) September 3, 2026
Mastodon Exit Interview
I am currently winding down the Mastodon bots I used to post sunrise and sunset times. The precipitating event is that the admin of the instance hosting the associated accounts demanded they be made nigh-undiscoverable, but the underlying cause is that it’s become increasing clear that Mastodon isn’t, and won’t ever be, a good platform for “asynchronous ephemeral notifications of any kind”. I’d also argue (more controversially) that it’s simply not good infrastructure for social networking of any kind. There are lots of interesting people using Mastodon, and I’m sure it will live on as a good-enough space for certain niche groups. But there is no question that it will never offer the fun of early Twitter, let alone the vibrancy of Twitter during its growth phase. I’ve long since dropped Mastodon from my home screen, and have switched to Bluesky for text-centric social media.
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents
StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.
Fuck, I should probably add an announcement soon to askeverything.app that it is going to move to ATProto, huh? Gotta warn people that to stay on board the ship, they can't have private profiles anymore...
I've seen a lot of chatter today about Instagram ending support for optional End-to-End Encrypted DMs. I helped to lead on cryptography and privacy for E2EE in Messenger and Instagram for many years, until I left around 10 months ago, so it's disappointing to see it being removed from Instagram.
If you're building apps for the social web, this survey report by Incogni is really worth a read. People are quietly withdrawing from active participation in social media. blog.incogni.com/digital-fatigue-and-burnout/ Extracts in the thread 🧶 👇
The great digital fatigue: How digital burnout is changing social media use [2026] | Incogni
blog.incogni.comokay, i think it's ready. Introducing jasper.croft.click, a tool to import Instagram photos to @grain.social! I will add video suppot when possible. Do bear in mind that it is very new, so i don't know if it's 100% functional, but #BuildInPublic, i guess? Please do feel free to report bugs or contribute.
Ariel M. (she/her)
bulk uploads so i can backfill my old insta content wen (i know there are programmatic ways to do this and just deal with rate limits, but surprised tool offerings for this don’t exist — tho i guess maybe they do but bsky only/specific rn) #atprotoidea
BREAKING: "No Kings" coalition spokesperson tells MS NOW Meta pulled down its Instagram page. MS NOW is out to Meta for comment and has not yet heard back. @ahylton26.bsky.social reports.
