X Is Building a New Trust and Safety Center, Focused On CSE, Which Could Open Up Revenue Opportunities
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Among X’s various moderation challenges with its reduced staff pool, child protection has become a key concern, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino set to appear before Congress next week to explain the platform’s ongoing efforts to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) material. With that in mind, X has […]
X Looks To Improve Content Moderation After Issues With AI Images and Bot Farms
Content moderation remains a major challenge on X, despite owner Elon Musk insisting that its crowd-sourced Community Notes are the key solution for combatting harmful content. Last week, AI-generated images of singer Taylor Swift being sexually assaulted by NFL fans gained huge traction on X, reaching over 27 million views, and 260,000 likes, before the […]
YouTube Tests Super Chat Likes to Incentivize Creator Donations
YouTube’s testing another way to incentivize live-stream donations, this time via Super Chat likes, which will enable other viewers to “like” a Super Chat within the stream. YouTube’s Super Chat, available in live-streams and Premieres, enable any viewer to purchase a Super Chat, or an animated Super Sticker, which is then highlighted with a different […]
Reddit’s IPO Could Be Coming in March, at a $5B Valuation
Reddit’s IPO is coming, reportedly as soon as March, but it won’t be in the $15 billion valuation range, as Reddit had originally targeted. Late last month, Business Insider reported that Reddit would be seeking a $15 billion valuation as part of its plans for its initial market offering, which, at the time, I noted […]
YouTube Tests Super Chat Likes to Further Incentivize Creator Donations
YouTube’s testing another way to incentivize live-stream donations, this time via Super Chat likes, which will enable other viewers to “like” a Super Chat within the stream. YouTube’s Super Chat, available in live-streams and Premieres, enable any viewer to purchase a Super Chat, or an animated Super Sticker, which is then highlighted with a different […]
Reddit’s IPO Could Be Coming in March, at a $5 Billion Valuation
Reddit’s IPO is coming, reportedly as soon as March, but it won’t be in the $15 billion valuation range, as Reddit had originally targeted. Late last month, Business Insider reported that Reddit would be seeking a $15 billion valuation as part of its plans for its initial market offering, which, at the time, I noted […]
X Looks to Improve Content Moderation After Issues with AI Images and Bot Farms
Content moderation remains a major challenge on X, despite owner Elon Musk insisting that its crowd-sourced Community Notes are the key solution for combatting harmful content. Last week, AI-generated images of singer Taylor Swift being sexually assaulted by NFL fans gained huge traction on X, reaching over 27 million views, and 260,000 likes, before the […]
X is Building a New Trust and Safety Center, Focused on CSE, Which Could Open Up Revenue Opportunities
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Among X’s various moderation challenges with its reduced staff pool, child protection has become a key concern, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino set to appear before Congress next week to explain the platform’s ongoing efforts to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) material. With that in mind, X has […]
X Will Display Sports Gambling Odds In-Stream Via New Partnership with BetMGM
This seems slightly concerning. As reported by Fortune, X has signed a new deal with MGM Resorts’ online gambling subsidiary BetMGM, which will soon see betting odds displayed on X, along with links that guide users to place bets via BetMGM’s service. Which seems like a questionable match, and one that will be difficult to […]
X is Looking to Expand its ‘Amplify’ Video Monetization Program to Creators
Hey, remember how MrBeast re-posted one of his old clips on X and made $260k from ad revenue share in a single week, and every single other X creator, who’s making about $1000 for similar numbers, was like “wtf”? Well, that’s because X cheated the system, by enrolling MrBeast, a.k.a Jimmy Donaldson, into its Amplify […]