jaskaransainiz
The Brand Savior Complex and the New Age of Self Censorship
2025 was the year we lived alt-2016 and debated everything
Social media is dying. The internet is dying. Where do we go from here?
Ask HN: What happened in marketing and social media recently?
Here’s what I have caught up with:1/ Threads API launched.2/ Meta launches new AI bots for messenger and other business messaging tools.3/ TikTok testing website links in organic videos.4/ Instagram showing prompts to share newly published content with friends, it shows up as soon as you finish upload.5/ YouTube testing community notes, similar to X’s notes feature.6/ TikTok launched a new...
Ask HN: Thoughts on these new social media tech launches?
1/ TikTok launched Whee, Instagram clone. 2/ Snap Engineer launched 'Butterflies' a platform where AI bots and humans socialise. 3/ Seen, Riding the reaction content wave. Someone built a platform where all users do is react to other people's content.Will they all fail or remain? I mean BeReal got acquired for a big number.
Ask HN: How do you feel about businesses trusting social media algorithms?
Often businesses feel platforms are doing everything for them. Instead most of the time our product updates are adding more layers to their business strategy. Making it harder for them to reach the audience.
Ask HN: Do you think comments algorithms on social media platforms are bad?
They constantly seem to priorities hate comments.
TL;DR Marketing and Social Media Tech Updates you should care about today
* TikTok is using Nvidia’s Premium AI chips to train AI.#Instagram & Threads* Instagram launches new broadcast channel features: Go live with members, chat themes, emoji moderation and QR code creation. * Instagram’s ‘Trial Reel’ feature to push your reels to non-followers first. It could be a game changer for unhinged brands and creators. * Another feature to send preview to your...