#online-community — Public Fediverse posts

The CTF scene is dead

https://kabir.au/blog/the-ctf-scene-is-dead

#HackerNews #CTF #dead #cybersecurity #gaming #onlinecommunity

Race to the Bottom

https://race-to-the-bottom.onrender.com

#HackerNews #RaceToTheBottom #TechTrends #DigitalInnovation #OnlineCommunity #HackerNews

KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”

Social Network for Corporate Cringe

https://CringeOut.com

#HackerNews #SocialNetwork #CorporateCringe #CringeOut #OnlineCommunity #SocialMediaTrends

Mashable: What is Thundr? Omegle’s replacement, warts and all.. “Thundr is a random video and text chat service that’s emulating Omegle the most in 2026. Think of it as Omegle with actual guardrails, offering far more ways to get your exact match through tags, country selection, and AI moderation.”

University of Exeter: Even when people’s opinions are hard to change, online comments can shape how political social media content is perceived, study shows. “The findings come from two large research projects involving more than 11,000 respondents across five European countries. Across both studies, researchers found that comments appearing underneath social media posts can influence how […]

Fake Fans

https://www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/fake-fans

#HackerNews #FakeFans #SocialMedia #Authenticity #OnlineCommunity #Engagement

Change Facebook Group Name in Minutes

Struggling to rename your Facebook group? Learn quick steps, fix common issues, and update your group name easily on mobile or desktop.

#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroup #Tech #DigitalTips #HowTo #OnlineCommunity

https://www.izoate.com/blog/how-to-change-your-facebook-group-name-in-2026-why-you-cant-edit-it-and-how-to-update-it-successfully/

The Social Smolnet

https://ploum.net/2026-03-20-social-smolnet.html

#HackerNews #SocialSmolnet #Smolnet #HackerNews #TechInnovation #OnlineCommunity

Flickr Blog: Beyond the Feed: A Flickr friendship that became an exhibition. “As a community built for photographers, we love celebrating the connections Flickr helps spark, whether friendships, collaborations, mentorships or any other bonds formed through a shared love of photography. That’s exactly what drew us to the story of Christopher Evans and Juliette Melia, whose Flickr connection […]

ABC News (Australia): At 102 years old, Dean Simes might be Australia’s oldest tech-help guy. “Age is no barrier for 102-year-old Dean Simes, who runs the Computer Pals seniors computer club in Turramurra. Mr Simes’s club teaches senior citizens how to use a variety of computer and smartphone functions such as Windows 11, Microsoft Excel and WhatsApp.”

McMaster University: Study examines what Reddit reveals about measles’ return . “Rachel Zhou, a professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society, studied thousands of Reddit conversations to understand how people made sense of the measles’ resurgence in 2025. The posts reveal more than opinions about vaccines, she says. They show how people remember – and forget – disease, how […]

University of Exeter: Online spaces can provide bodily comfort, relief and inclusion for some autistic people, study says. “Researchers say online communities – including communication apps, social media, and gaming platforms – can provide enriching, authentic and comfortable forms of self-expression and connection for some autistic adults, including a physical ease that is not always […]

Bucketsquatting Is (Finally) Dead

https://onecloudplease.com/blog/bucketsquatting-is-finally-dead

#HackerNews #Bucketsquatting #Dead #TechNews #InternetTrends #DomainNames #OnlineCommunity

Mat Duggan: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse. “I never expected to find my news from strangers on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of. I never expected a lot of things. But there’s something quietly beautiful about a place where people just… share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. Just someone who […]

Darkrealms BBS

http://www.darkrealms.ca/

#HackerNews #Darkrealms #BBS #Darkweb #BBS #OnlineCommunity #TechHistory

PsyPost: Competitive gaming communities can become essential social sanctuaries. “A recent study published in the journal Social Media + Society reveals that players who initially join a group to improve their digital skills often stay for the deep personal connections they form. These virtual environments provide an important escape from the rigid expectations of daily life, functioning as […]

PC Gamer: Discord delays its global age verification after upsetting almost everyone on Earth: ‘We’ve made mistakes’. “After drawing widespread criticism with the announcement of a new global age assurance policy earlier this month, Discord is now delaying the rollout of its age verification changes until the second half of 2026.”

Ars Technica: Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another. “Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

Wenn über Social-Media-Verbote für Heranwachsende gesprochen wird – denkt eigentlich jemand an Jugendliche mit Behinderung, deren wichtigste Community online ist? Offline ausgeschlossen, online verboten – wo sollen sie dann dazugehören? :disability_flag:

#SocialMediaVerbote #spoonie #ChronIcillness #Behinderung #OnlineCommunity

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Northeastern University: Extremists are using video games as recruitment tools. The UN wants to fight back. “All the things that make video games great, like immersion, connectivity and identity-building, also make them prime real estate for bad actors. The United Nations is taking this challenge head-on in an attempt to fight terrorist and violent extremist organizations, like ISIS and Boko […]

Reddit's Strategy: Human Content Amidst AI Advancements

Reddit uses AI tools to help users and moderators, while keeping its focus on real people talking to each other. Learn how Reddit stays human in the age of AI.

#Reddit, #AI, #HumanContent, #Tech, #OnlineCommunity

https://newsletter.tf/reddit-ai-human-content/

Reddit is using new AI tools to help people on its platform. These tools help moderators and make it easier for users to find information. Reddit says its main goal is to keep real people talking to each other, not to have AI take over.

#Reddit, #AI, #HumanContent, #Tech, #OnlineCommunity

https://newsletter.tf/reddit-ai-human-content/

Search Engine Land: Reddit says 80 million people now use its search weekly. “Eighty million people use Reddit search every week, Reddit said on its Q4 2025 earnings call last week. The increase followed a major change: Reddit merged its core search with its AI-powered Reddit Answers and began positioning the platform as a place where users can start — and finish — their searches.”

35 times this online community revealed the reality behind the #Instagram photos: https://zorz.it/3TkJTPy

#SaumyaRatan #HeavilyEditedPhotos #InstagramReality #InstagramVsReality #photoshop #PhotoshoppedInstagramPics #InstagramPhotos #OnlineCommunity

International Business Times: ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They’re Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises. “In raw, unfiltered Reddit posts now spreading beyond law-enforcement circles, ICE officers describe going a month or more without a paycheque, struggling to secure medical cover for sick children, and watching promised bonuses quietly stall.”

Source: Journalism lost its culture of sharing. “We crunched the numbers, and your hunch is right. In fact, it’s probably worse than you think. The data are clear: The open-source culture that defined an earlier era of online journalism has collapsed. Activity on GitHub has cratered. In 2016, news organizations posted more than 2,000 public projects to the code-sharing site. Last year, that […]

Washington Post: Outrage over ICE has spilled into typically apolitical online spaces. This link goes to the syndicated MSN version which has no paywall. “The moderator didn’t know how this post would go over; the forum’s most heated dispute had been about whether other animals being played like bongos should be allowed. But the anti-ICE post exploded, receiving more than 40,000 Reddit […]

Before #socialmedia, there was #onlinecommunity Many of them. In 1996 we created a directory:

http://rheingold.com/electricminds/html/vcc_directory_alpha.html