Social Modes
Social media isn’t simply good or bad for young people, and this review shows why
Social media can support connection, self-expression, help-seeking, and community among adolescents and young adults, but problematic use is associated with depression, anxiety, loneliness, poor sleep, and body image concerns. The review finds that mental health effects depend less on screen time alone than on how social media is used, what content people encounter, and their individual, developmental, and cultural context.
How football clubs build their digital communities
Discover how football clubs build digital communities through interactive content, a sense of belonging, two-way communication, and long-term fan loyalty.
Show HN: An open-source video editor built for coding agents
Hey HN! We’ve been working on this project for almost 3 years now, and recently decided to finally make it open source.It’s a local-first video editor that runs in the browser and is mostly built from scratch. We’re using WebCodecs for all the encoding and decoding work, which lets us get performance pretty close to native editors.Since day one the goal of the project was to solve LLM-based video editing, but the models have only recently become capable enough to make it genuinely useful. Instea
Show HN: Edgi – Letterboxd or Strava for your brain
Hi HNExcited to share edgi.tv - an educational media platform where the things you learn accumulate into a visual map of your intellectual interests. The experiment is whether you can build a consumer product around intellectual identity, something like Letterboxd or Strava but for your brain.The main entry point is a curated TikTok-style feed that surfaces vids from creators like Kurzgezagt, VSauce, AstroAlexandra, Cleo Abram, 3Blue1Brown, etymologynerd, etc with interactive games accessible on
The TED Interview: David Brooks on political healing
New York Times pundit David Brooks describes a plan to rebuild broken communities and offers actionable steps to live a more meaningful life. (Audio only)
Benjamin Lewis: Could psychedelics help patients in therapy?
It's time to make psychiatry more psychedelic, says psychiatrist Benjamin Lewis. Sharing results from his clinical trial on psychedelic-assisted therapy, he highlights how group therapy paired with the safe use of psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, has the potential to improve mental health conditions like depression and burnout.
But What About The Handshake? How To Build Relationships In A Distanced Digital Age
When I joined Ivanti during the pandemic, I discovered something important about my then-default leadership style: It doesn't translate naturally through a screen. At a previous company, where I spent ...
Lithuania urges wait for EU position on social media ban for under-16s
VILNIUS - Lithuania's Culture Ministry has urged lawmakers to wait for a unified European Union position as parliament considers a proposal to ban social media use by minors under 16.
Clip Culture Is the Necessary Evil Every Sports Media Talent Must Learn To Live With
"The same clips that invite criticism also introduce your work to thousands of potential new listeners, viewers, and subscribers who otherwise may never discover your show. In today's media landscape, discovery rarely begins with a radio dial or a podcast app. It begins with an algorithm." The post Clip Culture Is the Necessary Evil Every Sports Media Talent Must Learn To Live With appeared first on Barrett Media.
Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here’s a look at growing number of other countries doing the same
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and ...
The attention economy is reshaping our culture | EDITORIAL
Editorial: Because provocative content is what captures attention, provocative content is what the algorithms that shape our social media feeds deliver us.
MySpace Comeback: Classic Social Network Plans Relaunch
Inside the risky plan to revive MySpace in a TikTok world, from missing archives to no launch date-and the bet that people ...
Collette Health and VirtuAlly Partner to Deliver Virtual Care for Health Systems
Collette Health, a two-time Best in KLAS winner for Virtual Sitting and Virtual Nursing, today announced a collaboration with VirtuAlly to help hospitals and health systems deploy and scale comprehensive virtual care programs.
2 Reasons Intelligent People Face Higher Loneliness
Consider a software engineer who spends hours deeply focused on solving a complex problem. After an intense day of cognitive work, they might decline a large social gathering, not because they dislike ...
Social Bonds and Recognition Reduce Teen Suicide Risk
A new study shows that strong family, school, and community bonds significantly lower suicide risk, with family attachment reducing risk by one-third.
Social interaction is essential for healthy childhood development
Research has consistently shown that interactions between children and the people around them play a critical role in shaping ...
Rebecca Jackson LLC Expands Beyond Social Media with a Media and Education Business Built Around Faith, Family, and Entrepreneurship
SUMMERFIELD, N.C., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the creator economy continues to evolve, many digital entrepreneurs are looking beyond social media to build businesses with long-term value. Rebecca Jackson LLC is one of the companies embracing that shift by expanding from content creation into publishing, education, strategic partnerships, and entrepreneurial ventures designed to create lasting impact.
Myspace eyes revival, positioning itself as an ‘Antidote’ to social Media fatigue
Myspace is eyeing a comeback, but its revival will face a crowded social media market where sustained user engagement, ...
Digital Vigilantism and Social Media Dynamics
Digital vigilantism encompasses a spectrum of citizen-led interventions on social media platforms, where individuals or collectives assume roles traditionally occupied by formal authorities. Enabled ...
Will Cathcart: The future of digital communication and privacy
People send 100 billion WhatsApp messages every day -- and they're all encrypted to protect them from potentially curious entities like companies, governments and even WhatsApp itself. With our increased reliance on digital communication tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, our fundamental right to privacy is more important than ever, says Will C...