X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to have introduced stricter posting limits for users without paid verification, adding another reason for people to subscribe to X Premium. According to updated information on X’s Help Center and multi…
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
The company saw a 30% year-on-year jump in the number of people using search every week, CEO Steve Huffman said on Thursday.

Reddit is deprecating r/all, one of its feeds that shows popular posts on the platform, as part of “ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization.” Reddit has offered both r/popular and r/all as ways to see trending posts, with r/all being a “less filtered feed” where “sexually explicit posts are filtered out […]

Does adding a new home solar panel system makes sense in northern climates? This Canadian homeowner did just that – and after a cold, dark, and dreary winter collecting data, they’re sharing their real-world results online!
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Reddit is cracking down on bots with new human verification checks for suspicious accounts. It also plans clearer labels for automated profiles so you can tell if you are interacting with software.

Reddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform – a process that may require some users to confirm that they’re human. In a post on Wednesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system for accounts registered as bots, and ask users with “automated” or “fishy behavior” […]
Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb bot-driven spam and manipulation.
Reddit is exploring Face ID-style verification methods to combat bots, raising questions about privacy and user identity on the platform.
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It’s only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the link-sharing site would relaunch, promising a “social discovery built by communities, not by algorithms.” Now, two months after opening its Reddit-like platform to the public, Digg is announcing a “hard reset” that’s shutting down operations […]