Meta’s Instagram users reach 2 billion, closing in on Facebook

Meta’s Instagram users reach 2 billion, closing in on Facebook

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram now has 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, closing in on the 2.96 billion who use Facebook, in a sign of the social media giant’s shifting makeup. The company disclosed the number during an otherwise-gloomy earnings report Wednesday, when a shaky ad market clouded Meta’s forecast and sent its shares tumbling. […]

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Here’s how to check who unfollowed you on Instagram

Here’s how to check who unfollowed you on Instagram

Unlike Facebook where both parties are involved in forming a ‘friendship,’ Instagram takes a one-way approach where one person can ‘follow’ another person without the latter following them back. While this implementation has its advantages and disadvantages, one bit can be particularly annoying with it – unfollowers. Since Instagram offers no built-in tool to detect […]

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Happy Diwali 2022 wishes: How to send Diwali stickers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat

Happy Diwali 2022 wishes: How to send Diwali stickers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat

Diwali, the festival that symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance, is here. You can now use stickers to wish your friends and family on WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat. Here is how you can download and use stickers to wish Happy Diwali to your contacts. WhatsApp’s Diwali-themed […]

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Malayali weddings embrace traditions from across India by including  functions such as mehendi’, ‘haldi’ and Bollywood frills  as part of the celebrations

Malayali weddings embrace traditions from across India by including functions such as mehendi’, ‘haldi’ and Bollywood frills as part of the celebrations

Haldi, mehendi and sangeet have been enthusiastically borrowed by young couples to add colour, music and fun to the relatively simple Malayali wedding Haldi, mehendi and sangeet have been enthusiastically borrowed by young couples to add colour, music and fun to the relatively simple Malayali wedding A friend from Delhi once remarked, “But for the […]

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Instagram enhances safety for Creators to help protect them against abuse, harassment

Instagram enhances safety for Creators to help protect them against abuse, harassment

Instagram on Thursday announced several improvements to the safety features of the app, strengthening protection for Creator’s against abuses and harassment. The ability to block accounts has expanded to include existing accounts that the abuser might have in addition to the one that is being blocked. With the new update, creators will be able to […]

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Instagram users can hide likes and views: Here’s how to do it

Instagram users can hide likes and views: Here’s how to do it

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms used by millions worldwide. The Meta-owned platform lets users share images, videos and reels while following pages they’re interested in. A few months ago, Instagram rolled out a new feature that lets users hide views and likes. Here, we will be looking at how to […]

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How social media amplifies misinformation more than information

How social media amplifies misinformation more than information

It is well known that social media amplifies misinformation and other harmful content. The Integrity Institute, an advocacy group, is now trying to measure exactly how much — and on Thursday it began publishing results that it plans to update each week through the midterm elections on Nov. 8. The institute’s initial report, posted online, […]

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