If you’ve been on TikTok over the past few days, you’ve no doubt witnessed your favorite creators saying their goodbyes and telling you where you can find them next. With an impending ban on the social media app set to take effect in the U.S. on Sunday, it seems like there’s little the platform’s users…

Replacing X is an ongoing project. Bluesky is currently the network growing the fastest, but both Threads and Mastodon have had growth spurts in the past few years. If you’re like me, there are people you want to follow in all three places. Luckily, there are ways to do this. We’ve talked about how to…

I love TikTok. As a grown-ass adult, this is not something I am proud of, nor will I share the total number of hours I’ve spent scrolling to fall asleep, pass the time or catch up on what Good Boy Ollie is doing. As Sunday gets nearer, with no word from the Supreme Court, I…

The latest messaging app rising up the iPhone App Store charts is Explode . Explode helps you send disappearing (or “exploding”) photos to your contacts on iMessage, designed to vanish after a few seconds. Like BeReal and Snapchat, the emphasis is on quick, one-to-one sharing that you don’t have to think about too much. There’s…

If you are one of the millions who joined Bluesky in recent months, it’s likely you’re turned off by establishment social media platforms. You probably don’t care for sites with predatory data privacy policies , or those that placate to incoming presidential administrations with a disdain for the truth . Maybe you enjoy an online…

Are you one of the many reconsidering their relationship with Meta’s Instagram ? If you’re looking for another outlet to share your photos, Pixelfed, an open source photo-sharing alternative without ads or tracking, has officially launched mobile apps for Android and iPhone . These apps, which allow you to upload photos and videos directly from…

As an active TikTok user, I have been trying to ignore the impending reality of next week’s closure . While my fingers are crossed for a last minute save, and I still plan to try to use it after the 19th, yesterday I began the process of preserving all my data. If you’re a TikTok…

Even when on social media, you might not feel like being particularly sociable—even with family and friends who you’re actually quite fond of. Maybe you don’t want parents (or kids) snooping on your activities. Perhaps you’d rather not have long-lost school friends looking you up. Or maybe you just want to keep an online space…

I’ve lived in Oregon for a decade, meaning I’ve experienced multiple wildfire seasons. You learn quickly, in these conditions, that staying on top of the air quality is essential: Prolonged exposure to poor air quality can have all kinds of negative affects on your health so you don’t want to spend a lot of time…

TikTok’s future in the United States is looking more uncertain than ever . With a potential ban just days away, angry TikTok users are looking for alternatives—and they’re not all turning to American-based platforms like Instagram. Instead, these users, who dub themselves “TikTok refugees ,” are looking to stick it to the U.S. government, who…