Every social media platform has something that sets it apart from the rest. And while my big three happen to be a TikTok sun, Instagram moon, and Pinterest rising, even the most “offline” people can ...

There's an estimated total of 44 million social media users in the UK (at Statistica's last count, which was in early 2018). That's 66 per cent of us who are selfie-ing, Story-ing and Snapchatting on ...

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...

If you're old enough to remember Vine, you've probably heard of its spiritual successor, TikTok. TikTok is a social media app that has gained popularity in recent years. TikTok users can film videos ...

On YouTube, highlighted comments serve many purposes. At a basic level, however, they are there to grab your attention so you can interact with the comment. And, for clarification, only you can see ...

Whether you’re digging up cringey old comments from years ago or racking your brain to remember the joke you made under someone’s post last week, searching for Instagram comments can be a useful way ...

Earlier this week, Vice's technology and science news site Motherboard dropped its comments section, opting to replace it with an old school "letters to the editor" feature. Then Reddit launched a ...

When Ashley, a 16-year-old who asked to be referred to by a pseudonym, scrolls through Instagram, her eyes barely skim the photos and videos that take up the majority of space in her feed. She ...

Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users. The company has previously attempted to curtail this by introducing features such as showing an ...

When you read online, do you read the comments? Over the last few years, a "Don't Read the Comments" movement has swept the Internet. (@AvoidComments, a Twitter bot launched in late 2012, which tweets ...

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