“Whe more digital we get, the more we crave these sort of physical manifestations of the digital,” says Rob Walker.

In a bid for new revenue streams, social media platforms risk alienating API makers, who are an integral part of the digital ecosystem.

Threads, the new social media platform created by the owner of Instagram and Facebook, launches Thursday.

“In the past, we’ve studied social media ads as if they’re just like a billboard or a print magazine ad when they’re not,” said advertising professor Matthew Pittman. “You’re seeing an ad from any number of sources.”

Many factors led to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, but content creator Kyla Scanlon says “social media risk” accelerated the slide.

University of Michigan’s Erik Gordon says Musk may have offered us salient advice: don’t take what he says as gospel.

While many companies like General Mills and General Motors stopped or reduced paid advertising, most are staying on the platform. 

Looking for a Twitter alternative, over a million people have recently signed up for Mastodon, a non-profit open source social media service.

It’s common for banks to sell of loans to other investors. What’s unusual are the sharply lower prices those potential buyers are offering.

Jobs losses at Meta and others could be an indicator of wider cuts in other industries.