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  • There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter

    There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter

    I have plenty of ideas for useful features for X (formerly known as Twitter), but audio and video calls aren’t on my list. Unfortunately, they seem to be on Elon Musk’s, as the app now allows users to call one another for some reason. Yay? Maybe I’m just not the Tweep I used to be,…


  • How to Use Vanish Mode on Instagram

    How to Use Vanish Mode on Instagram

    If you’re worried about someone opening your Instagram app and perusing your private DMs, there’s an easy way to make sure they’ll only find a blank screen: vanish mode. What is vanish mode? You can think of vanish mode as Instagram’s answer to Snapchat: Any messages seen when vanish mode is enabled will disappear when…


  • You Should Turn Off Your YouTube Watch History

    You Should Turn Off Your YouTube Watch History

    When I open YouTube these days, it’s mostly a mess. Sure, the videos they recommend me to watch vaguely resemble the type of content I’m interested in. But for the most part, I scroll past most of the noise until I see something half-way decent to click on. More often than not, the videos I…