THIS WEEK IN VIRAL NEWS Nov 12, 2021 ... social media after its launch on November 18th. - ASTROWORLD TRAGEDY X TIKTOK - The jarring TikTok reporting around the Astroworld tragedy of November 5th during Travis Scott’s set is a prime example of how the platform is becoming a tool for Gen Z’s first-person journalism. With over 27M views of some videos that highlight the number of people at the event, the app has served as a hub of several pieces of the big puzzle recounting what went wrong. But, unfortunately, the algorithm used by the ...
VIRTUAL REALITY Jun 23, 2022 ... Computer-generated influencers are taking over the internetVirtual influencers, which are essentially fictional characters with social media accounts run by brands or content teams, have been around for a bit – Lil Miquela, one of the most prolific examples, was created in 2016. But over the last few months, as corporations have begun to embrace Web3 and the metaverse, virtual influencers have increasingly dominated the conversation (not to mention the headlines). There are already over 150 ...
SOCIAL LADDER Jul 19, 2022 ... this social platform apart is that users can’t post photos of themselves – and in fact, they can’t post on their own profiles at all. Instead, they can only share on their friends’ profiles, as a kind of throwback to old-school Facebook profiles. When it launched last year, it immediately shot to the top of the App Store, unseating TikTok as the number one social media platform (temporarily, sure, but still impressive). Now, just over a year later, the app has been downloaded more than 5 million ...
