Topic: community features
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Bluesky launches group chats and pivots to communities as user growth slows
Bluesky launched group chats for up to 50 participants and announced a strategic shift toward building community-focused, Reddit-like spaces, moving away from its open, public posting model. The upcoming "communities" feature will create smaller, interest-based spaces with customizable handles, p...
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Patreon tweaks algorithm to boost smaller creator discovery
Patreon is overhauling its platform with a revamped recommendation engine that compares posts by topic, style, and craft instead of following patterns, aiming to help smaller creators get discovered. New short-form video tools, including the iOS feature Clips that converts long-form videos into s...
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Epic Games Launcher getting ground-up rebuild for 5x faster performance
Epic Games is developing a complete ground-up rebuild of its launcher, called Epic Games Launcher V2, which promises a 5x faster cold start time and 6.5x faster system tray restoration. The overhaul addresses performance issues caused by excessive backend service calls in the current architecture...
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eBay Acquires Social Marketplace Tise in Strategic Expansion
eBay has acquired the social marketplace Tise to strengthen its position in the resale market and connect with younger consumers, particularly Gen Z and millennials. The acquisition will integrate Tise's community features, such as following sellers and interactive listings, to enhance eBay's con...
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Threads reaches 500 million monthly active users
Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, just before its third anniversary, having initially hit 100 million users faster than ChatGPT, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims for 1 billion users. Threads' growth is driven by "communities," topic-based groups that allow users to discover and pa...
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Build Your Online Course Business with LearnWorlds AI
The global online education market has surged beyond $320 billion, driven by business investment and creator entrepreneurship, with AI significantly lowering the barriers to course creation and sales. LearnWorlds is an AI-powered platform offering a cost-effective alternative, starting at $24/mon...
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AllTrails Review: Your Ultimate Hiking & Navigation Guide
The AllTrails app is a modern digital tool that replaces traditional paper maps, offering an efficient way for outdoor enthusiasts to discover, plan, and navigate trails with community-driven insights and detailed route information. It combines route planning, real-time navigation, and activity r...
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Canva Charts New Territory: AI Coding, Data Tools, and 'Visual Suite 2.0' Unveiled
Canva used its Create 2025 event, broadcast from Hollywood Park, to introduce a significant expansion of its platform, signaling a move to blend productivity tools more deeply with its established creative features under the banner of "Visual Suite 2.0.
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Everand bundles e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs to take on Amazon
Everand launched a combined subscription merging its 1.5 million audiobooks/e-books with the social book club app Fable, directly competing with Amazon's digital reading ecosystem. The subscription, available to 5 million readers, costs $11.99 to $28.99 per month and includes features like automa...
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