Bill Ready, the company’s chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”
Category: Social Media
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Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Daniel Naroditsky?
Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion.
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Starring in Videos Is No Longer a Job Just for the Social Media Team
Companies from Delta Air Lines to Portillo’s are asking all sorts of employees, sometimes through formal programs, to help build the brand.
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Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk?
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Why You’re Seeing More Candy Makers Like BonBon on Your TikTok Feed
Melting in your mouth, they’ve got covered. For today’s candy makers, whether chic or kitschy, high-end or “outrageous,” the new challenge is how to pop on your screen.
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Y2K Kids Were the Last to Really Rage With No One Watching
The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past.
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AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep
The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep well.
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Who Is the Dapper Louvre Heist ‘Detective’? And Is He Even Real?
Is he even real? The internet had many questions after a photo began to circulate.
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Sea Otters and Museums Are Feeling Taylor Swift’s Midas Touch
After the release of her latest album, an aquarium in California and a museum in Germany suddenly were thrust into the center of Taylor Swift’s fandom. Just how big is Swift’s cultural reach?
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Beyond Meat Stock Price Gains 1,000% in Days, in Latest Meme Mania
The beleaguered company’s stock has surged in the past few days, fueled by social media buzz and echoes of past meme-stock frenzies.
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How Can I Get My Daughter-in-Law to Add Me to Her Instagram Story?
A reader feels left out when she sees photos of her granddaughters hanging out with their mother’s side of the family — including at gatherings at which she was present.
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Stephanie Johnson, Burlesque Dancer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 81
Her memories of her days as Tanqueray in the gritty New York of the 1960s and ’70s found a new audience in recent years and made her a social media star.