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Golden Globes Bets Don’t Pay Off, Ratings Drop to 8.66 Million Viewers

Though the 83rd Golden Globes dropped in viewership, its social engagement climbed.

Ask HN: Would you pay for a privacy-first social platform?

I'm researching demand for an end-to-end encrypted social platform focused on private groups (family/friends) rather than public feeds.Core thesis: "They don't own you" is becoming a movement. People want: - E2E encryption (platform can't read content) - True deletion (cryptographic, not just "marked as deleted") - Subscription model (no ads, no data mining) - Open source (verifiable claims)The gap: Signal is for messaging, Discord isn't private, Fa

Show HN: Fart Map

Today, we’re launching a small, silly social network called Fart Map https://fart.mp . And yes, that’s the point.Social media is exhausting.Algorithms and AI optimize for engagement, not for humans. Outrage, fear, half-porn, synthetic content… all pushed because it “performs.”We don’t think social media has to be media.It started as social. Friends. People you know. Shared moments. Somewhere along the way, it became a dopamine machine.That’s why we launched Fart Map.Yes, it’s silly. Th

Show HN: Sidecar – AI Social Manager (Analyzes past hits to write new posts)

Hi HN,I built Sidecar (https://sidecar.bz) because I was having issues maintaining a social media presence for my last startup. I would spend a lot of time trying to create content, but I often froze up or burned out, and the marketing died.How it works: Instead of guessing what to write, Sidecar connects to your existing accounts (Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram) and analyzes your past posts to see what actually worked.It uses that data to generate weeks of new, text-b

Ask HN: How do you find well-moderated communities

I started using internet many years ago and it felt vast, with unlimited amount of novel ideas to discover. Now it feels like 90% (speculative number) of online discourse happens on relatively few platforms like Facebook, a site formerly known as Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, and Discord. Most platforms have become slop stores. Reddit is still half-decent but increasingly overrun by bot traffic. Discord communities have no real discovery mechanism and it is concentrated only on present and forces use

Show HN: PrivateLink – Stop TikTok and others from embedding your info in links

I wanted to share a TikTok without my username going with it and popping up to the receiver, or TIkTok's advertising backend. What started as a simple question turned into a rabbit hole.TikTok's links embed referrer parameters that identify who shared the link. Facebook's share link wrapper includes session hashes. YouTube's `si=` parameter likely logs the share against your profile. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.Each platform implements this differently, and they change their schemes r

Show HN: I found that Facebook made around 14K from my daily usage

I started using Facebook at the age of 13, for many hours every day. The same happened with other social media apps. I recently found that Facebook alone made around 14K from my daily usage over the years. I paid with my time and attention, and they made money from it. Seeing the number made me less addicted and more careful. It showed me that my time is actually expensive.

Show HN: Touch grass – I built social media that wants you to close it

I wanted old school social media back. Actual connections with friends. Not pity likes and performances and highlight reels.All my friends have stopped posting. Everyone's a lurker now. I'm a lurker. The only time I see what anyone's doing is when it's a humblebrag. I have no idea what's actually going on in my friends' lives besides the ones I see every week or so.So I built touch grass. You post once a week: 3 easy questions, max 3 photos. Sunday 6pm mountain time

Buddhist monks walking 2,300 miles from Texas to DC go viral with 1M+ social media followers

Buddhist monks trek 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., in spiritual peace walk, drawing national attention and ...

Democrat Beriont invites fellow candidates to quit social media in February

IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH CARLY BARRETT AS SHE RUNS FOR CONGRESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST DISTRICT, IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO ...

A 20-year-old won the lottery. What she did next lit up social media.

A 20-year-old Canadian lit up social media after she won the lottery in the summer of 2025 and (gasp!) chose to accept her ...

Meta blocks 550,000 accounts under Australia's social media ban

About 550,000 accounts were blocked by Meta during the first days of Australia's landmark social media ban for kids. In ...

Is X down right now? Thousands of users report issues Elon Musk's social media platform

Social media platform X experienced outages affecting thousands of users in the US, UK, and Canada on Tuesday, reported ...

Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts

Meta highlighted that many Australian teens are circumventing its new social media ban by using alternative platforms such as ...

Keir Starmer signals tougher stance on children’s social media access

Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs he is deeply concerned about the impact of excessive smartphone use on children and ...

LinkedIn Articles Are Getting More Citations in AI Responses

If you’re looking to get more mentions in AI responses, LinkedIn should be on your radar.

Here Are the Cable News Ratings for December 2025

Fox News ended the final month of the year in first.

X Provides Tips on How to Maximize Your Ad Campaigns

Some pointers for your X ad campaigns.

Instagram Rolls Out Algorithm Control Option to All English-Speaking Users

Now you can tell Instagram what you want to see more of in your Reels feed.

LinkedIn Chief Announces New Book on AI Job Search Impacts

The book will explore how AI is changing the professional landscape.