Social Media
Ghastly Opens Up About Anxiety and How Content Culture Can “Drain an Artist to Their Lowest Levels”
Musicians are starting to experience the fatigue of never-ending social media content expectations, according to Ghastly. In a candid statement, the esteemed DJ and electronic music producer recently shared his thoughts on the toxicity that social media has created for musicians. He opened up about the overwhelming nature of content culture, which is causing artists to put their art on the back-burner in order to focus on “memeing” their lives and engaging their fanbases through parasocial relationships. Ghastly cited recent feedback he received while working on a song with someone who requested the music to be “more tik-toky.” “I want to be able to share my life at a level that makes sense to me as an artist and as a human,” Ghastly wrote. “I love...
Kanye West’s Fans Were Horrified by the Sound Quality at His ‘Donda 2’ Listening Event
Donda 2, where are you? Fans eagerly anticipating Kanye West‘s Donda follow-up album — which he announced would arrive Tuesday (Feb. 22) — are disappointed that it did not arrive at midnight as most new releases do. “DONDE esta #DONDA2,” one fan wondered on Twitter. Explore Explore Kanye West See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Another noted, “It’s 22:22 in [South Africa flag emoji] and ye still hasn’t dropped #DONDA2, how many more 2s need to be aligned so ye can drop yo!” Ahead of the album release, Ye — who has missed past album release dates — shared that his new set wouldn’t be available on traditional music streaming services. “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube,”...
7 Great Security Practices to Make Sure Your Social Media is Safe & Private
Social media provides a world of opportunities for an organization or individual to promote and expand a brand. A powerful form of communication that uses the internet, social media can provide any organization with a strong global presence. Most organizations believe they must have a social media presence because these platforms and apps have billions of users and an audience that could have millions of potential prospects, customers, partners, employees, and advocates. Social media platforms enable an organization’s representatives and its followers to have interactions that involve sharing information, exchanging feedback, and creating content. Balancing “Social” and Security Social media can increase brand awareness and engagement with the public. It allows for a generally less-expensi...
‘Off the charts’: Zynga blockchain exec praises P2E gaming talent
Hot off the news that the FarmVille and Words With Friends developer Zynga will release the first nonfungible token game this year, Zynga’s blockchain gaming aspirations are taking shape. Matt Wolf, marketing veteran with experience at Electronic Arts and Sega, is the new vice president of blockchain gaming for Zynga. He’s setting up a new team, bringing a wealth of “traditional gaming” experience to play-to-earn (P2E). In an interview with Cointelegraph, he said the talent pool in P2E gaming is: “Off the charts in terms of economics and traditional finance firepower — incredible people. Also, on the innovation side and on the technology side, it’s off the charts.” However, he surmised many gamers’ thoughts when commenting on the gamification elements of nonfungible tokens (NFT)...
Nick Cannon Had ‘Baby Mama Drama’ After Kevin Hart’s Condom Vending Machine Prank
Nick Cannon is still on good terms with Kevin Hart, despite the comedian gifting him a vending machine full of condoms as a Valentine’s Day prank. While the joke provided a good laugh for both, The Masked Singer host recalled getting into a bit of hot water with the mothers of his children before Hart revealed himself as the prankster. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In an interview with Entertainment Tonight published Wednesday (Feb. 9), Cannon appeared alongside Hart and their Real Husbands of Hollywood co-stars, and took a brief moment to talk about their mutual pranks. “I still think me wrapping [Hart’s] face on my private plane is better than his sending me a vending machine full of condoms,” he said. “Vending machine full of condoms is a ...
Aave launches Web3 social media platform, Lens Protocol
Aave (AAVE), the decentralized finance lending platform, launched the Lens Protocol ecosystem on the Polygon (MATIC) blockchain as their way to challenge centralized social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook. What started with an open letter to garner support around the idea that content creators should own and control their digital identities, led to developing a Web3-native social network powered by nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In a Twitter Spaces conversation the company hosted this week, Stani Kulechov, CEO and founder of Aave, described the mission behind Lens Protocol. “We wanted to build a social media protocol, or essentially a social graph, and make those profiles on-chain, following the relationships on-chain and creating a permissionless way to di...
Machine Gun Kelly Rocks Out With Willow in ‘Emo Girl’ Video, Teases New Track From ‘Mainstream Sellout’
Machine Gun Kelly is getting pumped for the release of his sixth studio album, Mainstream Sellout. In anticipation for the album’s release, the “Papercuts” singer gave fans not one, but two gems on Wednesday (Feb. 9): A music video to accompany his newest single “Emo Girl” featuring Willow, and a snippet of a track from his forthcoming LP. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The nearly-three minute video for “Emo Girl” kicks off with a cameo from MGK’s friend and frequent collaborator Travis Barker, who is dressed in a gray wig and and black turtleneck, and acts as a museum guide to a group of young children. Though the institution looks impeccably clean and sanitized, the material the children are exposed to in the exhibits are not exactly kid fri...
5 Safety Tips to promote a more empowering experience for youths online
Facebook WhatsApp Reddit Twitter Shares You will have a more empowering experience online, when you’re sharing with the people you care about and engaging with the communities that interest you the most. That is why on this year’s Safer Internet Day, we’d like to celebrate young people’s role in creating a safer internet by sharing some tools you need to manage your network and connect with the content that you’ll most enjoy. Define your circle So, to get the best experience out of your interactions with people online, it is safer to connect, like and follow people and pages that you share the same interests with and also those whom you have many common friends with. Always remember to manage your network by friending people you know and following people you f...
Tusk Ventures CEO: Don’t repeat social media mistakes with Metaverse regulations
Tusk Ventures CEO and founder Bradley Tusk says that the failure to regulate cryptocurrency and social media effectively in the United States is a “really good lesson for how we should handle the Metaverse.” In a Feb. 1 interview on CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” Tusk urged U.S. policymakers to “get ahead” of the Metaverse and implement regulations sooner rather than later. “Typically speaking, our policy has been that we wait for technology to be introduced to gain market fit and traction [before introducing regulation].” However, “It’s very hard to do that retrospectively,” he said. “We know the Metaverse is coming — it’s already here in some ways. We know it’s got all the problems of the internet, probably times five or ten. So why don’t we think about it now, and get ahead of it?” He echoed th...
Reddit is testing out NFT profile pics but ‘no decisions have been made’
Reddit is testing out NFT profile pictures on its platform, with the news coming just a week or so after Twitter implemented a similar feature. The popular social media platform had around 430 million monthly users in 2021, and is reportedly working on an NFT profile picture implementation that will enable users to set their profile picture to any non-fungible token with an attached image. In an Interview with Techcrunch on January 27 , Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt stated that: “We’re always exploring ways to provide value for users and communities on Reddit. At the moment we’re testing the ability to use NFTs as profile pictures (avatars) and verify ownership.” “It’s a small, internal test and no decisions have been made about expanding or rolling out the capability,” he added. Ear...
YouTube CEO hints that NFTs could be added to creator platform
YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, addressed YouTube’s priorities for 2022 in a letter published Tuesday on the company blog. Among those priorities is the possibility of adding nonfungible token, or NFT, features for the platform’s video creators. there’s *so much* to in 2022: @SusanWojcicki shares the future of YouTube → https://t.co/uL2WIbLwXK pic.twitter.com/JEW8yzqh7e — YouTube (@YouTube) January 25, 2022 What this could look like is yet to be determined, however. No additional details were provided in Wojcicki’s statement aside from the claim that the YouTube team will use developments in the Web3 space “as a source of inspiration.” “The past year in the world of crypto, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and even decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) h...
Here’s Why BTS Caused Chipotle to Change Its Twitter Name
Anything that BTS says, goes … even if it’s a slip of the tongue. On Sunday (Jan. 23), BTS uploaded a behind-the-scenes video of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook enjoying bowls of Chipotle after performing their special sidewalk concert on the Dec. 17 episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. Delighted by the meal but slightly confused, Jungkook mispronounced Chipotle. Explore Explore BTS See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “How do you eat this? What is this, Chicotle? Chipotle?” Junkook says in Korean, with J-Hope behind him adding, “I thought they said it was chocolate at first!” After the pair took turns sharing the contents of the bowls, Jungkook took a brief moment to tell the camera just how good his food was: “This is so ...
