Topic: social media features
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Threads' 'Dear Algo' AI Customizes Your Feed
Meta's Threads has launched "Dear Algo," a public AI tool that lets users temporarily adjust their feed's content for three days by posting a direct request, offering customization not found on rivals like X. The feature works by users making public posts (e.g., "show me more about NBA finals"), ...
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UpScrolled Downloads Surge After TikTok US Takeover
TikTok's U.S. ownership restructuring, which reduced ByteDance's stake, has prompted user migration due to concerns over political bias and content moderation, benefiting alternative platforms. UpScrolled, a new social media app emphasizing user control and political neutrality, saw a massive sur...
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Spotify's AI Playlists Now Let You Control Your Algorithm
Spotify is launching a beta "Prompted Playlists" feature that uses AI to create custom playlists based on detailed user text prompts and listening history, starting in New Zealand. This tool offers more granular user control than existing features like Discover Weekly by allowing listeners to dir...
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