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Friends

27 articles stable

Friends has appeared in 27 articles since 2016-04. Coverage peaked in 2019Q4 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Instagram, Facebook, Canada, Twitter.

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27
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Acceleration
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Sources
14
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-12-01
New York Times 24 related

How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts

Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends silly legal threat to ...

2025-03-28
New York Times 31 related

Meta adds a Friends tab on Facebook that will show content just from users' friends, with no recommended posts, as it brings back “OG” Facebook experiences

Here's How to See Posts From Your Friends Instead of Algorithms Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’ Emma Crabtree / The Sun : Facebook a...

2024-10-06
TechCrunch 19 related

Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab

get ready for more content from strangers Paul Hill / Neowin : Meta rolls out new Facebook features including Local and Explore tabs Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Facebook Introduces Local T...

2024-10-05
TechCrunch 15 related

Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab

get ready for more content from strangers Paul Hill / Neowin : Meta rolls out new Facebook features including Local and Explore tabs Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Facebook Introduces Local T...

2024-07-19
The Verge 4 related

Instagram expands Notes, its temporary away status-like feature, to let users leave Notes on Reels and grid posts; the temporary comments are semi-private

for your friends' eyes only ✨ [image] @popbase : Instagram is launching the ability to leave Notes directly on Reels and Feed posts. [image] Lindsey Gamble / @lindseygamble_ : 🚨NEW🚨 Instagram has offi...

2024-06-20
Engadget 4 related

Meta rolls out the ability for users to restrict their Instagram Lives to Close Friends, with the option for three other users to join the broadcast

Kris Holt / Engadget :

2023-07-26
TechCrunch 4 related

Bumble launches its standalone Bumble for Friends app in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the Philippines, the UK, and the US

Dating app company Bumble announced today that it releasing a separate app called “Bumble for Friends” aimed at finding friends in Australia, Canada …

2022-06-16
New York Times 1 related

A lawsuit and interviews show that up to 12 members and relatives of religious sect Fellowship of Friends worked at Google Developer Studio, which makes videos

A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.

2022-05-04
MacRumors 30 related

Twitter tests Twitter Circle, a feature for sharing tweets with up to 150 people, rather than publicly, similar to Instagram's Close Friends sharing option

Twitter today announced that it is testing a new Twitter Circle feature, which is designed to allow people to share their tweets with a smaller crowd.

2022-04-20
The Hollywood Reporter 27 related

Reed Hastings says Netflix plans to offer cheaper, ad-supported plans and will examine what those plans will look like “over the next year or two”

ads and account sharing crackdowns could be next Huileng Tan / Insider : Netflix's CEO says he's open to creating a lower-priced tier with ads as the company bleeds subscribers Kat Bailey / IGN : Netf...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

Friends has appeared in 267 Techmeme articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include Zuckerberg says News Feed will focus on what friends share, de-emphasize content from... and Facebook implements News Feed ranking changes favoring friends and family over.... Frequently covered alongside Facebook, Instagram, TechCrunch, Snapchat, and Josh Constine. Coverage has shifted toward developer, funding themes and away from regulation, research.

Key Moments

2024Q2consumer +78pts; research -100pts; regulation +33pts
2024Q3regulation -33pts
2024Q4safety +33pts; consumer -13pts; competition +33pts

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