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‘Redact’ Can Delete Your Posts From 28 Different Social Networks
From security and privacy concerns to good old-fashioned cringe, there are all kinds of reasons you might want to delete your old social media posts. And there are plenty of tools for the job out there. The problem: most tend to focus on one or two social media networks. Redact, however, is a paid tool with support for deleting posts…
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This Free Browser Extension Lets You Bookmark Bluesky Posts
Bluesky has steadily been replacing X (formerly Twitter) for me, but I’ve really missed the ability to bookmark posts for future reference. While X still has Twitter’s old bookmarks feature, the only way to save a Bluesky post is to like it, since you can access a list of your liked posts on your profile page. That’s not always convenient—what…
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How to reshare Threads posts without quote posting
There has been some initial pushback on it. A photographer on Threads complained that “there will be a small watermark-like credit on the photo, but there won’t be a link back to your account.” Curious, I tried out the new feature, went to see if there was indeed no link back to the original post, and followed bryanhansel’s instructions for…
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Croissant Is an iPhone App That Posts to Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky at Once
Social media has been weird—well, weirder—ever since the death of Twitter. Those of us who have moved on from X have been forced to search out our friends on on some combination of Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, and while there’s some hope that all these services will eventually be joined together in the Fediverse, right now they’re only kind of…
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You’ll soon be able to leave comments on Instagram Stories posts
Instagram is adding the ability to leave comments on Instagram Stories, the ephemeral posts that many people use even more than traditional posts these days. Previously, replying to an Instagram Story sent a private message visible only to the person who posted the content. The addition of comments adds a more public way to respond to Stories. The ability to…
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How to find your oldest social media posts and delete them
We’ve been living with social media for a long time now — Facebook opened up to the public in 2006 — and that means a lengthy trail of posts stretching back through the years. While this does let you take a nostalgic trip into the past with just a few clicks, it can also bring up some embarrassing and awkward…
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