Category: Instagram

  • Meta says separate account deletion for Threads will roll out by December

    After launching its text-based social network Threads in July, Meta faced criticism as there was no way for users to delete their Threads account without deleting their Instagram account. The company is now preparing to roll out a separate account dele…

  • Threads, Twitter, & Social Photos

    It has been a few months since Mark Zuckerberg & Co. decided to launch a direct attack on Elon Musk and the anti-social network formerly known as Twitter. Threads, which was bootstrapped off Instagram’s social graph, became one of the fastest-growing consumer Internet services, though things have cooled a bit there. Every time I see…

  • How Much the Most Followed Instagram Accounts Earn on Posts

    Singers, athletes, actors and Kardashians—here are the most followed Instagram accounts and their estimated earnings per sponsored post. The post How Much the Most Followed Instagram Accounts Earn on Posts appeared first on Visual Capitalist.

  • How Long it Took for Popular Apps to Reach 100 Million Users

    Threads reached 100 million users in just five days. Here is a timeline of how long other popular platforms took to reach the milestone. The post How Long it Took for Popular Apps to Reach 100 Million Users appeared first on Visual Capitalist.

  • AI Hype: Smoke and Mirrors

    An interesting Twitter thread offers a sobering counter-narrative to the hype around “AI” applications. It is sobering because the media headlines are either dominated by “fear and loathing for AI” or full of hype around apps that are overnight sensations. For example, Lensa, a popular AI portrait app on TikTok, earned $37.5 million in 60 days and…

  • Ranked: Who Made the Most U.S. Unicorn Acquisitions Since 1997?

    Roughly 30% of unicorns making an exit get acquired. But which companies have made the most U.S. unicorn acquisitions in the last 25 years? The post Ranked: Who Made the Most U.S. Unicorn Acquisitions Since 1997? appeared first on Visual Capitalist.

  • Ranked: Who Made the Most U.S. Unicorn Acquisitions Since 1997?

    Roughly 30% of unicorns making an exit get acquired. But which companies have made the most U.S. unicorn acquisitions in the last 25 years? The post Ranked: Who Made the Most U.S. Unicorn Acquisitions Since 1997? appeared first on Visual Capitalist.

  • Amazon shuts down DPReview

    After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview will be closing in the near future. This difficult decision is part of the annual operating plan review that our parent company shared earlier this year. The site will remain active until April 10. DPReview.com DPRreview, a camera review and photography enthusiast community website owned and operated by Amazon, is…

  • Sweet Streams are made of this

    A few weeks back, I posed the question: Is “stream” as a design paradigm over? I asked because of some behavioral changes that have become prevalent on the internet. First, most of the internet is now algorithmically organized by large platforms, so we are increasingly predisposed to receive information in atomized form. With those two trends in…

  • Is “stream” as a design paradigm over?

    Earlier today, I read something that led to the question” do we even need to organize the blogs in the reverse chronological stream? Ben Werdmuller, frustrated by the design of his website’s homepage writes: As of right now, the homepage is a mix of long-form posts, short thoughts, and links I consider interesting, presented as…