The landscape of Social media continues to evolve, with various platforms experiencing fluctuating fortunes. While Meta’s Threads is witnessing a significant decrease in active users, Bluesky, a social media platform developed by Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey, is experiencing the opposite trend. Recent statistics indicate that Bluesky is performing exceptionally well, having achieved a noteworthy milestone on September 13 by surpassing one million users. According to a TechCrunch report, Bluesky team member Rose Wang celebrated this achievement on X (formerly Twitter) by sharing a screenshot. Unlike competitor Threads, Bluesky has limited…

As kids head back to school, two primary concerns are emerging for their parents: the influence of social media and the internet on their children’s lives. University of Michigan Health C.S. According to Mott Children’s Hospital’s National Poll on Children’s Health, more than half of parents consider mental health problems to be the most important health concern for their children and teenagers. Overall, mental health and technology use topped this year’s list of the top 10 parent health concerns for children in the U.S., overtaking childhood obesity as the top…

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Illinois has become the pioneering state in the United States to guarantee payment for child social media influencers, as stated by Senator David Koehler of Peoria. The bill, which was sponsored by the senator and recently signed into law, is set to take effect on July 1, 2024. “The rise of social media has given kids new opportunities to make a profit,” Koehler said in an emailed press release after the bill was signed into law Friday afternoon. “Many parents have taken this opportunity to pocket the money while pocketing…

The rise of reality television has shown us that people are willing to do almost anything for money and attention, or even just attention alone. Unfortunately, social media has taken advantage of these human tendencies and amplified them on a global scale, prioritizing audience growth and engagement above all else. In his book Outrage Machine, Tobias Rose-Stockwell explores how modern technologies are designed to capture and hold our attention, no matter the consequences. In the following excerpt, Rose-Stockwell delves into the negative impact of feeding the content machine by discussing…