- Reality test. Facebook has begun to test a new feature that marks as “satire” material from satirical or comedic websites that appears in the guise of “fake news.” Some users, evidently unable to tell reality from clever fiction, requested that the social network tag these posts in this way.
- Got to be a morning after. A new social networking app called Sobrr promises users that their posts will disappear within 24 hours. No more regrets, presumably, for those posts and friendships we may regret in the cold light of dawn. The idea was born in the aftermath of a bachelor party in Las Vegas, or so they say.
- No kids allowed. There’s nothing like sharing your child’s achievements on social media, as far as many parents are concerned. But because of privacy concerns, or just because they want the decision to share to be their child’s, an increasing number of parents are choosing to keep their children’s accomplishments, and even their names, off the social networks.
