Josh Teal, Author at GO Social

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From Joke To Reality: Twitter’s Edit Feature Is Finally Here

Great news for perfectionists and trolls alike: Twitter has finally caved to user pressure and delivered us an edit button. “If you see an edited Tweet, it’s because we’re testing the edit button. This is happening and you’ll be OK,” ...

The most brutal TikTok scams that you need to watch out for

Like all online platforms, TikTok comes with its pros and its cons. While the app exposes you to hundreds and thousands of videos catered to your every wish, content that will hopefully inspire or at the very least humour you, ...

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The most controversial things to happen on Twitter in the past decade

Twitter and controversy go hand in hand. With the exception of Facebook, there is no other platform that comes under so much scrutiny when it comes to free speech, how far it can go, and who is allowed to say ...

Second Life is still a thing – and it’s a blueprint for the metaverse

Long before we had to endure Mark Zuckerberg’s monotonous small talk in Facebook’s metaverse there was another virtual world that reigned supreme: the ground-breaking and at one time brilliant Second Life. A virtual world is a computer-simulated environment populated by ...

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Celebrities who quit social media – and why

Although it’s often a decision as quickly abandoned as it is made, celebrities quitting social media always captures the public’s attention. How is it, we wonder, that someone with so much fortune and comfort, can allow themselves to be triggered ...

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A list of the cringiest tweets of all time

Twitter cringe is the gift that keeps on giving. Who knew in 2006 that something as simple and restricted as Twitter could be host to so much cringe? The people have found a way over the last sixteen years, whether ...

The worst examples of TikTok cringe, ranked by awkwardness

Although there wasn’t always a name for it, people have been cringing since the dawn of man. It doesn’t matter what or who you are, it’s near impossible to control the involuntary bodily flinches and bends that are triggered by ...

TikTok’s latest challenge is killing thousands of bugs

See it, stomp it. That’s the new state-approved slogan of New York. The city is setting aside any efforts to curb homelessness and drug epidemics so that they can recruit the entire population to destroy every lanternfly in sight. Alarmed ...

Here are the biggest TikTok trends in 2022 (so far!)

Not on top of your TikTok trends? Whether you’re a user or creator, you’re missing out. TikTok trends are a collection of short videos that are grouped using popular hashtags, songs, or sound effects. Trends come and go fast, with ...

Vabbing is TikTok’s latest weird trend – but does it work?

Many and various are the strange trends that have originated from TikTok. A lot lean into daredevilry: eating and drinking stuff you shouldn’t be, climbing things not designed to be climbed, putting bags over areas of the body where bags ...

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Every Twitter CEO - and how they changed the company

Despite some turbulence, Twitter has continued to be one of the biggest names in social media. People and businesses use the platform on a daily basis, with approximately 500 million tweets posted every day. Twitter has become an incredibly useful ...

TikTok star “Brazilian Hulk” who injected oil into biceps dies aged 55

Viral TikTok star “Brazilian Hulk” who rose to fame on the fame for his cartoonish 23-inch biceps has died. Born Valdir Segato, the bodybuilder was pronounced dead on his 55th birthday. According to his landlords nearby, Segato had complained that ...

The best times to post on TikTok for every day of the week

Chances are, if you’re one of the many millions of people to use TikTok, you’ve probably considered posting a few videos yourself. Maybe you want to create a career out of it. But to do this, you need to become ...

A complete list of TikTok stars who died in the last year

TikTok, with its trends, catchy edited music and skits, is in a league of its own right now. Miles ahead in the “what young people prefer” polls, the app has an established set of original stars under its belt. Think ...

How TikTok reads your mind – a look inside the algorithm

TikTok, still quite new to the game, hasn’t had as much heat as its elder social media siblings when it comes to data breaches. The platform, formerly known as Musical.ly, hosts a wide variety of mini videos ranging from 15 ...

Where TikTok is banned around the world in 2022

Why would you ban TikTok? What would we do, what would we be, without the joys of dangerous challenge and dance routines? Much better people, according to a handful of nations. TikTok has been banned several times. Bans have been ...

TikTok’s ‘Kia Challenge’ is basically just car theft

TikTok has never shied away from stupid challenges designed to ruin or cause serious harm to your life. So it’s no surprise that car theft has found a home on the app. The ‘Kia Challenge’ encourages users to turn on ...

The 18 wackiest social media conspiracy theories

Social media conspiracies, like shoes and socks, bread and butter, salt and pepper, coffee and cream, gin and tonic, hammer and nails, and spaghetti and meatballs, go together so well it’s impossible to try monitor it. While conspiracy theories are ...