Plex wants to be social media now, but users just want a better media server

Plex is pushing deeper into social features with discussions, reactions, match scores, and shared lists. But after a recent Plex Pass price increase, many longtime users are wondering whether the company still understands its core audience.

Q&A: Ditto says social media became sterile and the internet should be fun again

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I spoke with Derek Ross from Soapbox about Ditto, decentralized social networking, internet nostalgia, customization, moderation, and why the company believes social media has lost its personality.

TikTok didn’t break the timeline. It broke our sense of time.

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TikTok users are claiming time has sped up or that we changed timelines, especially after Christmas felt like it arrived out of nowhere. A more grounded explanation points to social media addiction, short form video, and the loss of shared cultural moments quietly reshaping how we experience time itself.

America doesn’t need another political party it needs less tribalism and fewer tech billionaires

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Elon Musk says America needs a new political party, and he’s launching one right on his own platform. But if you think tech billionaires and digital tribalism are already hurting democracy, adding another party to the pile might not be the answer.