I was Twitter's head of content strategy. Bluesky has the edge over Threads to be the new Twitter as people leave X.

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Gordon MacMillan was the head of content strategy at Twitter before it became X.

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How Reddit went from a weird corner of the web to everyone's favorite digital hangout

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Australia wants to ban kids under 16 from social media as world governments seek to crack down on the 'addictive' apps

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a plan to ban people under 16 from using social media.

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Social media's favorite fake rich kid opens up about his online persona — and his new real-life job

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My husband and I share phone and social media passwords. It makes me feel secure in our relationship.

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My husband gave me his passwords while we were dating.

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Read the pitch decks of 6 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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Banning phones in school is the easy part. The hard part is what to do about social media.

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New lawsuits against TikTok mirror those against Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma

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TikTok is facing lawsuits in 14 different states.

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Instagram is surging among teens while Snapchat drops off, new data reveals

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Instagram usage reached a new peak among US teens.

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Reddit is super-popular with millennials — and I think I know why

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Reddit's user base is more than 40% millennial, according to a new Emarketer report — making that generation the platform's most well-represented.

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