Every social media platform has something that sets it apart from the rest. And while my big three happen to be a TikTok sun, Instagram moon, and Pinterest rising, even the most “offline” people can ...

No one should be made to feel unsafe, harassed, targeted, abused, or harmed online or off. When it's happening on social media apps, it's up to the platform itself to effectively tackle this. So what ...

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...

If you're old enough to remember Vine, you've probably heard of its spiritual successor, TikTok. TikTok is a social media app that has gained popularity in recent years. TikTok users can film videos ...

Earlier this week, Vice's technology and science news site Motherboard dropped its comments section, opting to replace it with an old school "letters to the editor" feature. Then Reddit launched a ...

Whether you’re digging up cringey old comments from years ago or racking your brain to remember the joke you made under someone’s post last week, searching for Instagram comments can be a useful way ...

Instagram’s latest feature aims to boost user interaction within Stories. The social media platform now allows followers to comment on each other’s Stories, making the experience more ...

Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users. The company has previously attempted to curtail this by introducing features such as showing an ...

When you read online, do you read the comments? Over the last few years, a "Don't Read the Comments" movement has swept the Internet. (@AvoidComments, a Twitter bot launched in late 2012, which tweets ...

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It seems like every few weeks another news website or blog announces that it is shuttering its online reader comments section. Even Googling the phrase “online comments” helpfully autocompletes to ...

When Ashley, a 16-year-old who asked to be referred to by a pseudonym, scrolls through Instagram, her eyes barely skim the photos and videos that take up the majority of space in her feed. She ...