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Careers
fromFast Company
10 hours ago

Laid off? Lean on your relationships, not your network

Job cuts due to AI are rising, emphasizing the importance of building strong relationships before layoffs occur.
Marketing tech
fromForbes
3 hours ago

4 Ways To Stay Authentic In The Age Of AI

Consumer backlash against AI in advertising stems from a perceived lack of authenticity, not the technology itself.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

I felt ashamed and scared': how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare

Online friendships can lead to severe risks, including sextortion, which can have devastating emotional consequences.
Social media marketing
fromLindsey Gamble
15 hours ago

Meta Launches New Shopping & Affiliate Tools for Creators, Signaling a Bigger Push Into Affiliate Marketing - Lindsey Gamble

Meta introduces new affiliate marketing features on Facebook and Instagram to streamline creator earnings and enhance shopping experiences.
Relationships
fromScary Mommy
22 hours ago

Do AI Chats Count As Cheating? You May Want To Talk To Your Partner About Bots

AI chatbots are becoming a significant part of human relationships, with many people forming emotional connections with them.
#friendship-apps
Online Community Development
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help | TechCrunch

The rise of friendship apps addresses increasing loneliness and social isolation, providing platforms for meaningful connections among individuals.
Online Community Development
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help | TechCrunch

Friendship-focused apps have emerged as a solution to rising loneliness, generating $16 million in U.S. consumer spending with 4.3 million downloads in 2025.
Online Community Development
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help | TechCrunch

The rise of friendship apps addresses increasing loneliness and social isolation, providing platforms for meaningful connections among individuals.
Online Community Development
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help | TechCrunch

Friendship-focused apps have emerged as a solution to rising loneliness, generating $16 million in U.S. consumer spending with 4.3 million downloads in 2025.
fromApaonline
1 day ago

How to Deal with Online Virtue Signaling

Virtue signaling often manifests in social media posts that aim to elevate one's moral standing without genuine commitment to the cause, leading to frustration among observers.
Philosophy
#social-media
Social media marketing
fromForbes
4 days ago

5 Social Media-Based Side Hustles To Make Extra Income Online

Social media offers lucrative side hustle opportunities, including management services, live shopping, UGC creation, and paid ads services.
fromEngadget
1 week ago
Social media marketing

X is changing its revenue-sharing policy to deter users pretending to be Americans

Media industry
fromNatesilver
1 day ago

Social media is turning into a freak show

Social media's influence on content quality and publisher success has led to a crisis in foreign policy and political communication.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
4 days ago

5 Social Media-Based Side Hustles To Make Extra Income Online

Social media offers lucrative side hustle opportunities, including management services, live shopping, UGC creation, and paid ads services.
Social media marketing
fromEngadget
1 week ago

X is changing its revenue-sharing policy to deter users pretending to be Americans

X is updating revenue-sharing to prioritize engagement from users' home regions, aiming to reduce foreign influence on US political content.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

Psychology says people who are nice on the surface but have no close friends aren't lonely because nobody wants them - they're lonely because the version of them that everyone wants is not the version that needs anything, and a self that never needs anything is a self that nobody ever gets close enough to actually know - Silicon Canals

Being nice can lead to emotional isolation and a lack of true connection with others.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Six great reads: the OnlyFans legacy, stolen cargo and Meta's creepy' glasses

Leonid Radvinsky's death leaves a void in the leadership of OnlyFans, a platform that has transformed the adult content landscape. His secretive management style and the controversies surrounding the site have raised questions about its future direction and stability.
Photography
LGBT
fromQueerty
3 days ago

Cavorting with chatbots?! Survey reveals whether people think sexting with AI is cheating - Queerty

AI is transforming interactions within the LGBTQ+ community, impacting relationships and social dynamics significantly.
#creator-economy
Growth hacking
fromForbes
1 week ago

Stop Betting On One Platform: The Creator's New Monetization Playbook

Creators should diversify their platforms to build steady income and avoid dependency on a single source.
Media industry
fromForbes
5 days ago

Trust Is Becoming The Most Valuable Currency In The Creator Economy

Audiences now seek trust in content, influencing their decision-making and the value of creators' work.
Growth hacking
fromForbes
1 week ago

From #Ad To #Owner: The Creator Economy's Next Phase Is About Equity

The creator economy is shifting towards ownership stakes rather than traditional sponsored content as brands face rising costs and declining trust.
Media industry
fromForbes
1 week ago

The Creator Economy Is Growing Up, Truth Is The New Currency

Mosaic aims to establish a credentialing platform for content creators, similar to IMDb, addressing the creator economy's need for verified professional records.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

In graphic detail: Middle-tier creators are fueling the next phase of the creator economy

A growing middle tier of creators is building sustainable businesses through newsletters, courses, digital products, and sponsorships, with brands increasingly targeting nano and micro-creators over macro influencers.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Business

The creator economy may be bigger than we think, and taxing side hustles will be a growing issue as an OnlyFans 'sin tax' is debated | Fortune

Growth hacking
fromForbes
1 week ago

Stop Betting On One Platform: The Creator's New Monetization Playbook

Creators should diversify their platforms to build steady income and avoid dependency on a single source.
Media industry
fromForbes
5 days ago

Trust Is Becoming The Most Valuable Currency In The Creator Economy

Audiences now seek trust in content, influencing their decision-making and the value of creators' work.
Growth hacking
fromForbes
1 week ago

From #Ad To #Owner: The Creator Economy's Next Phase Is About Equity

The creator economy is shifting towards ownership stakes rather than traditional sponsored content as brands face rising costs and declining trust.
Media industry
fromForbes
1 week ago

The Creator Economy Is Growing Up, Truth Is The New Currency

Mosaic aims to establish a credentialing platform for content creators, similar to IMDb, addressing the creator economy's need for verified professional records.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

In graphic detail: Middle-tier creators are fueling the next phase of the creator economy

A growing middle tier of creators is building sustainable businesses through newsletters, courses, digital products, and sponsorships, with brands increasingly targeting nano and micro-creators over macro influencers.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Business

The creator economy may be bigger than we think, and taxing side hustles will be a growing issue as an OnlyFans 'sin tax' is debated | Fortune

#friendship
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago
Mental health

There was a moment in my late twenties when I realized every close friendship I'd lost wasn't a relationship that ended. It was a version of myself that could only exist around those specific people, and the grief was never about them leaving. It was about that version of me having nowhere left to live. - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago
Psychology

People who are kind and intelligent but have no close friends have usually spent so long being competent in every situation that they've forgotten, or never learned, how to be helpless in front of someone - and helplessness, offered honestly, is one of the primary raw materials that close friendship has always been made from - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago
Psychology

The friendships that survive months of silence and pick up exactly where they left off aren't casual. They're evidence that someone once knew you beneath the performance, and the connection lives at a layer that doesn't require maintenance because it was never built on the surface in the first place. - Silicon Canals

Relationships
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

How to Cultivate Adult Friendships

Negative beliefs about rejection hinder relationship building, while consistent interactions and practicing social skills foster connections and reduce anxiety.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

There was a moment in my late twenties when I realized every close friendship I'd lost wasn't a relationship that ended. It was a version of myself that could only exist around those specific people, and the grief was never about them leaving. It was about that version of me having nowhere left to live. - Silicon Canals

Friendship dissolution often signifies the loss of a version of oneself rather than just the loss of a relationship.
Relationships
fromBustle
3 days ago

Is ChatGPT Ruining Your Friendships?

Sophia's friendship with Jen has become surface-level due to differing views on AI usage, particularly ChatGPT.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

People who are kind and intelligent but have no close friends have usually spent so long being competent in every situation that they've forgotten, or never learned, how to be helpless in front of someone - and helplessness, offered honestly, is one of the primary raw materials that close friendship has always been made from - Silicon Canals

Real friendship is built on vulnerability and connection, not competence or capability.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

The friendships that survive months of silence and pick up exactly where they left off aren't casual. They're evidence that someone once knew you beneath the performance, and the connection lives at a layer that doesn't require maintenance because it was never built on the surface in the first place. - Silicon Canals

Low-maintenance friendships can be deep connections that endure silence and distance, indicating a strong underlying bond.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

How to Cultivate Adult Friendships

Negative beliefs about rejection hinder relationship building, while consistent interactions and practicing social skills foster connections and reduce anxiety.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner's death could reshape the porn money-making machine

Yekaterina Chudnovsky inherits a controlling interest in OnlyFans after her husband's death, impacting the platform's future direction and business model.
fromHarvard Business Review
1 week ago

Treat Nonprofits as Strategic Partners, Not Just Philanthropic Recipients

Most for-profit companies still confine nonprofit relationships to corporate philanthropy. Donations flow through foundations, annual reports highlight community contributions, and nonprofit engagement is framed as evidence of corporate responsibility.
Non-profit organizations
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

I'm 37 and the friendships in my life that have lasted are the ones where we stopped pretending - stopped curating what we showed each other, stopped performing the version of our lives that made sense on paper - and what replaced the pretending is the best thing I have built in the last decade - Silicon Canals

Authentic friendships emerge when individuals drop their facades and share their true struggles with each other.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

I retired at 64 with a generous pension and a calendar full of plans - and by month three I was staring at my phone realizing I had nobody to call just to talk, not because I needed something - Silicon Canals

Retirement can lead to unexpected loneliness and a realization of the lack of genuine friendships built outside of work.
#networking
#meta
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
5 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
5 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
Social media marketing
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Instagram testing subscription that allows users to watch stories anonymously

Meta is launching Instagram Plus, a premium subscription service allowing anonymous Story views and rewatch counts, currently available in select countries.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
2 weeks ago

Meta Offered Creators Cash-Here's How They Responded

Meta's 'Creator Fast Track' program offers guaranteed payments to attract creators from other platforms to post on Facebook.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
5 days ago

Three newsletters for the price of 1.5: Independent journalists experiment with a bundle

Bundling independent journalism subscriptions can reduce costs for readers and support multiple writers effectively.
Online Community Development
fromTNW | Apps
1 week ago

A new app wants to cure loneliness by getting people off their phones and into the same room

Friending is a social platform designed to help people make friends through in-person meetings, addressing loneliness as a public health issue.
Books
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Importance of a Few Good Friends

Decades of research demonstrates that high-quality friendships are crucial for longevity and mental health, with strong social connections reducing early mortality risk by two to three times.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

There's a specific kind of loyalty that keeps people in jobs, cities, and friendships years after the reason they stayed has disappeared. It's not inertia. It's that leaving would require admitting the time already spent wasn't building toward something, and that admission costs more than staying another year. - Silicon Canals

People remain in unfulfilling situations due to the fear of admitting past investments were unproductive, not because of passivity or fear of change.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

An eccentric new friend entered her life. Then things took a strange, expensive turn

Ekaterina Barrett, a 69-year-old who posed as a wealthy multi-millionaire in exclusive European locations, is accused of defrauding numerous associates of millions of pounds through elaborate schemes.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

People in romantic relationships with AI want more than just 'smut' from ChatGPT

OpenAI delays rollout of adult-oriented ChatGPT features due to safety concerns with age verification systems that misclassify minors as adults approximately 10% of the time.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

There's a specific kind of loneliness that only hits people who are very good at listening. Everyone trusts them with the heavy stuff, everyone seeks them out when things fall apart, and nobody ever thinks to ask them how they're doing because the role was assigned so early it became invisible. - Silicon Canals

Good listeners often carry unaddressed emotional burdens, as their role can stem from childhood experiences of absorbing others' pain.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The kindness of strangers: An online forum user shipped me a car radiator, saving me from financial ruin

After worrying that he was somehow trying to scam me, I reluctantly sent him my address. A week later, the radiator arrived on my doorstop. A mate was able to help me install it and bingo the car worked again.
Relationships
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Hidden Cost of Being the 'Good Friend'

Self-abandonment involves neglecting one's own needs to maintain relationships, leading to feelings of loneliness despite being perceived as a good friend.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

People who keep their circle small aren't antisocial. They genuinely learned that intimacy and popularity are opposing forces, even though loneliness occasionally shows up as the cost of admission - Silicon Canals

Intimacy and popularity are competing pursuits; small social circles reflect a natural structure of human relationships, not a failure of social development.
Careers
fromForbes
3 weeks ago

3 Ways Freelancers Can Build Trust And Credibility When Starting Out

New freelancers can build credibility through LinkedIn marketing, gathering testimonials from past colleagues and collaborators, and creating portfolio pieces from personal projects or volunteer work.
Business
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

You can't automate trust: Why I built my business on relationships

Relationships drive growth and sales revenue more than AI; trust, confidence, and connection are what people truly buy in business.
Careers
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Not All Friends Are the Same: These 4 Types Are Special

Four types of special friends—the encourager, tailor, inquirer, and reader—enrich your life by knowing the real you and making you feel valued through their unique contributions.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'Icky and heartbreaking': The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom

Employed by an agency used by the model she was pretending to be, she says she first took up this type of work to support her family during a period of lower income, earning under $2 per hour and working an 8hr shift five days a week. She would be set targets to earn the model hundreds of dollars worth of sales of pictures and videos during her shift.
Media industry
Social media marketing
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Perfectly Imperfect, the social network that returns to the internet of yore, and ditches the algorithm

Perfectly Imperfect is a 2024 social platform prioritizing user recommendations over algorithms, likes, and follower counts, offering relief from attention-driven social media.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

The loneliest people in most social circles aren't the ones nobody likes - they're the kind, helpful people everyone appreciates but nobody thinks to check on because they seem so self-sufficient and together - Silicon Canals

People who appear strong and reliable often struggle silently, leading others to overlook their need for support.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

I stopped saying 'I'm fine' and started saying what was actually happening, and the most surprising result wasn't that people helped. It was how many of them visibly relaxed, like my honesty had given them permission to stop pretending too. - Silicon Canals

Vulnerability can release emotional tension in others, challenging the norm of superficial interactions.
Relationships
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

How to Save a Dying Friendship

Men have significantly lost the ability to maintain friendships, with 15% reporting no close friends in 2021 compared to 3% in 1990, contributing to a widespread epidemic of loneliness and isolation.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Looking for life purpose? Start with building social ties

"After the drive for food and shelter, it is the motivation to matter that drives human behavior," says Wallace. "It is this idea of feeling valued by our family, our friends, our colleagues, our community, and having an opportunity to add value back to the world around us." Studies show that when we have this, it is better for our overall health, especially mental health. "The research is finding that it is linked with lower depression, lower anxiety, reduced risk of suicide," says Wallace.
US news
Careers
fromFast Company
1 month ago

If you want to start a freelance business, here are the exact first steps

Building a freelance business with repeatable systems and reliable clients generates sustainable six-figure income and protects against economic uncertainty.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

How the In-Between Helps Men Make Friends

Men typically form friendships through shared activities and low-stakes engagement rather than direct emotional conversation, with idle chat during these activities serving as the foundation for trust and deeper connection.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

The friends you made before you learned to perform are the ones who feel like home. Not because they're better people, but because they met you before you built the version of yourself that everyone else knows. - Silicon Canals

Childhood friendships feel uniquely comfortable because those friends remember your authentic self before you learned to manage impressions and curate your identity.
Writing
fromFar Out Magazine
2 months ago

Is Substack being taken over by marketing?

Substack has shifted from a niche, text-focused haven into a broader platform attracting musicians and diverse creators, altering audience discovery and creator independence.
fromGOBankingRates
2 months ago

Your Complete Guide on How To Sell on Facebook Marketplace To Make Extra Money

If you're looking for an easy way to make extra money in this economy, declutter your home with some timely spring cleaning or even start a simple side hustle, Facebook Marketplace is one of the best platforms to use. The site lets you list items for free without fees, sell locally or nationwide, and tap into millions of buyers that the internet considers friends.
E-Commerce
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

X ads 'Paid Partnership' labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags | TechCrunch

X introduces a Paid Partnership label feature allowing creators to transparently disclose sponsored content and comply with FTC advertising regulations.
Startup companies
fromThehustle
1 month ago

Know a lot of people? Turn it into a side hustle

Nolodex enables communities to monetize member referrals by tracking introductions and paying referrers a commission when business deals close.
Startup companies
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Community is the smartest investment a solopreneur can make

Building intentional communities is essential infrastructure for solopreneurs to sustain creativity, provide reality checks, and amplify professional impact.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The older you get, the more you realize that the friends who text you back slowly but show up completely when it matters are the ones worth keeping - Silicon Canals

Relationship quality depends on reliability during critical moments and emotional depth, not response speed or contact frequency.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I'm 44 and I realized last week that every friendship I've lost in my thirties ended the same way - not with a fight but with me being the last one to text, the last one to suggest plans, and eventually the last one to stop pretending that reciprocity was coming - Silicon Canals

Adult friendships require intentional, reciprocal effort to survive; one-sided initiation leads to gradual friendship dissolution.
#parentification
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

The older I get, the more I realize that the friends who quietly check in on you without being asked are the ones who probably never had anyone do that for them - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

Why the friends who check on everyone are usually the ones who learned that nobody was coming to check on them - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

The older I get, the more I realize that the friends who quietly check in on you without being asked are the ones who probably never had anyone do that for them - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Psychology

Why the friends who check on everyone are usually the ones who learned that nobody was coming to check on them - Silicon Canals

Social media marketing
fromPeople.com
2 months ago

Content Creator for Other Content Creators Makes Up to $45K for Her Unique Social Media Posts (Exclusive)

Jazmyn Smith preplanned her wedding content with an assistant-managed spreadsheet and multiple creators to capture brief, staged videos for social media throughout the day.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The New Rules of Friendship: Navigating Modern Connections

Modern friendships—both face-to-face and online—are equally meaningful, require boundary-respecting care, small gestures, and protection against friendship burnout.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

You don't need dozens of friends: the research on how many close connections actually matter - Silicon Canals

Ever wonder why you're exhausted trying to maintain relationships with everyone from your high school lab partner to that person you met at a conference three years ago? Here's something that might surprise you: anthropologist Robin Dunbar's research suggests our brains can only handle about 150 social connections, and of those, only five make up our innermost circle. That's right, five.
Relationships
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I Know My Best Friend Isn't a Charity Case. But I Still Want to Give Her My Extra Cash.

Offer financial help transparently and respectfully: ask permission, discuss needs and boundaries, and provide sustainable support without stigma or unsolicited gifts.
Relationships
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

LinkedIn is getting intimate, from screening dates to keeping tabs on your ex

LinkedIn's professional visibility exposes personal life, causing embarrassment and privacy breaches when users search exes or romantic interests, forcing trade-offs between exposure and privacy.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Friendfluence: How Friends Can Help Vs. Hurt Your Dating

Friends strongly shape dating outcomes by influencing social activities, introductions, expectations, and revealing their willingness to help.
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

"Passion Projects" Are Pursued On The Back Of A Partner's Unpaid Labor

"If one partner protects their creativity and rest and ambition or joy because the other partner is holding the system together, that joy is being heavily subsidized," she explains. "Not by money, but by someone else's nervous system."
Relationships
Relationships
fromHuffPost
2 months ago

These Tiny Rituals Are Surprisingly Easy To Implement - And They Can Save Your Friendships

Friendship rituals create consistent practices that strengthen bonds, foster vulnerability, and maintain connections during busy or changing life seasons.
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