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'Rage bait' named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025
The phrase refers to online content that is "deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive," with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account.
It’s YouTube—by a wide margin. Social media has become inexorably intertwined with our daily lives, but not all platforms are equally popular. For every cultural phenomenon like TikTok, there’s a Mastodon.
Social media platforms Lemon8 and Yope are put on notice about age limit laws as both apps surge in popularity ahead of a ban for under 16s.
Colombian influencer Karen Sofía Quiroz Ramírez, best known as "Bikergirl" online, has died. She was 25. Globe has confirmed that the influencer, who boasted over 70,000 followers across several platforms, died in an accident in Floridablanca, Colombia, on Wednesday, November 26.
Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 U.S. adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that for most social media users,
Ok, I'm going to go on a bit of a rant here because this stuff is super annoying. It's not just a thing Detroit Lions fans do; this is a thing that all sports fans do, and now it's spread into media stuff too.
Kai Trump, the eldest grandchild of President Donald Trump, caught up with her aunt, Lara Trump, for a candid interview where she discussed how she deals with negative commenters.
Research suggests that the political toxicity many users encounter on social media is a design choice that can be reversed