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Show HN: It Happened Again – Track recurring events with evidence
Hi HN,I’m Robert, the developer behind It Happened Again (https://ithappenedagain.fyi).Let’s start with an example: "AWS us-east-1 outage": A structured timeline of every outage since 2017, with sources, verification, and a "live days since last incident" counter.The ProblemI built this after realizing I had personally argued about the same repeating topics like SaaS outages, breaking changes, and AI claims multiple times, with no shared reference to point to.Social
Moorelink: High-Signal Social Media Scraper Delivering JSON Directly to Telegr
I built Moorelink, a Python-based social media scraper focused on reducing the psychological cost of consuming endless feeds.Most scrapers just grab everything and leave you to sort it. Moorelink is different:
• State-aware fetching prevents redundant API calls and respects rate limits.
• Asynchronous multi-platform ingestion lets you fetch X, Instagram, and Facebook in parallel.
• Structured JSON output delivered directly to Telegram for actionable consumption.It’s built with Python, Asyncio
Ask HN: Are there any surviving multi-topic forums?
I was thinking about plastic.com recently and began to wonder if any "generic", multi-topic forums still existed. (Not including places like Reddit)<p>It'd be interesting to know how many have survived social media and Facebook groups.
Show HN: app to find the best methods to achieve any goal by reviewing publicly
Every content, digital or not, ever created can be more generally thought of as an answer to the question “how to be happy?”. We all want to be happy. Why are we not using anything we consume (e.g. social media) to be happy? Because sometimes we consume it with no goal. If we put the goal first and derive everything from there, we will be happier.I started from that thought and built True Path Finder from it, a tool to facilitate collaboratively finding the truth about what will take a person fr
WhatsApp Tests Usernames as Primary Connection Display
<p>WhatsApp is preparing users for the switch to usernames, as opposed to phone numbers.</p>
YouTuvbe Updates Search Filter Terms and Functions
<p>The changes are mostly just wording updates.</p>
TikTok Announces New Partnership with FIFA World Cup
<p>Sports are clearly a big focus for TikTok in 2026.</p>
Week of Dec. 29 and Q4 2025 Evening News Ratings
WNT remains the top-rated broadcast during the fourth quarter of 2025.
Beehiiv Doubles Ad Sales Team, Scaling Newsletter Ads Business
The expansion comes as advertiser demand grows for email-native inventory and creators look for passive revenue streams
AI search visibility: The playbook for marketers
AI search visibility refers to how a brand appears in AI-generated results from tools like ChatGPT and AI-augmented search engines such as Gemini or Perplexity. Unlike traditional SEO, which tracks ranking positions and blue links, AI visibility measures how often your brand is mentioned, how your owned content is cited, and how those mentions are framed in model responses. As more users rely on direct answers instead of click-through results, a strong AI search visibility profile influences n
What’s Working With Short-Form Video Right Now
Short-form video gets a lot of views, but does it actually grow your business? Are you tired of producing vanilla content that fails to build a real community? In this article, you'll discover strategic tips from two seasoned experts to help you grow your audience and drive business results with short-form video on YouTube and […]The post What’s Working With Short-Form Video Right Now appeared first on Social Media Examiner.
Omnicom Media’s Florian Adamski: Client Fatigue Is Fueling a ‘Renaissance Moment’ Across Media and Creative
At ADWEEK House CES, the exec expressed confidence in the direction of the newly recalibrated Omnicom Media and opined on the future of ads within AI interfaces like ChatGPT.
Former CNN Exec Maria Spinella Joins MS NOW as VP of Programming
Spinella had a long tenure at CNN
How to Become a Successful Challenger Brand With BodyArmor CMO Tom Gargiulo
Plus, the Coca-Cola-owned drink brand’s 2026 marketing dominance plan.
Pinterest CMO Andréa Mallard Departs
She joined as the company's first CMO in 2018.
Miller Lite Enlists Christoper Walken to Make Showing Up Cool Again
Miller Lite and Christopher Walken encourage people to keep their plans in the least social month.
A Police Chief Had To Apologise After Saying Response Officers "Take Nothing Home"
In response to Sir Tom Winsor's comments, police officers used social media to describe incidents they have dealt with and the impact on them and their families. Warning: detailed descriptions of violence and injuries.
Sarah Michelle Gellar Compared Letting Her Kids Use Social Media To Allowing Children To Get Tattoos
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are parents to 13-year-old Charlotte and 10-year-old Rocky.
This MP Was Horrifically Bullied At School. He Says Social Media Would Have Tipped Him Over The Edge.
"Truthfully I don’t think I could have coped with that," Chris Elmore told BuzzFeed News. Now the Labour MP is launching a new inquiry into the impact of social media on young people's mental health.
This Viral Hack For Preventing Dementia Is All Over Social Media — Here's What Brain Experts Think About It
Is boosting your brain health really this simple?