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Snapchat is getting a very old-school social media feature: event planning. Called “Snapchat Plans” the app is trying to foster IRL gatherings of its users with new tools to organize meetups of up to 200 people directly in the app.

The company is suggesting that its work with traditional fact checkers could come to an end.

They’re aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.

A federal court decided that “Twitter” was off-limits, but tweet and the bird logo were fair game.

TikTok just announced a few nifty tools that could improve the overall user experience. First up, people will soon be able to make voice comments under any video. These messages can be up to 60 seconds long and anyone can tap to listen.

“The public square is open again, and definitely not affiliated with X in any way.”

After adding support for longer videos just yesterday, open social network Bluesky on Thursday introduced a new algorithmic opt-out feature that allows users to stop their posts from appearing in the app’s main Discover feed.

The setting will prevent your posts from being recommended in the algorithmic “discover” feed.

This is likely an attempt to bring back some advertisers who, for whatever reason, haven’t felt comfortable marketing on the platform.

Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the umbrella term for social platforms that let users, not one company, control their own data and audience — is making another big bet on that ecosystem. The company on Wednesday announced it’s acquiring the Portland-based feed-building startup…