Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Media

Google's Veo3 Is Already Deepfaking All of YouTube's Most Smooth-Brained Content (gizmodo.com)
Wake up, babe, new viral AI video generator dropped. This time, it’s not OpenAI’s Sora model in the spotlight, it’s Google’s Veo 3, which was announced on Tuesday during the company’s annual I/O keynote. Naturally, people are eager to see what chaos Veo 3 can wreak, and the results have been, well, chaotic. We’ve got disjointed Michael Bay fodder, talking muffins, self-aware AI sims, puppy-centric pharmaceutical ads—the list goes on.
Artificial Intelligence, Video Generation, Google, YouTube, Social Media
21 points by thunderbong 6 hours ago | 7 comments
FTC investigates media watchdog over Musk's X boycott claims, document shows (theguardian.com)
The US Federal Trade Commission has demanded documents from Media Matters about possible coordination with other media watchdogs accused by Elon Musk of helping orchestrate advertiser boycotts of X, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Elon Musk, Social Media, FTC, Lawsuits, Media
9 points by mitchbob 13 hours ago | 0 comments
I used to shoot $500k pharma commercials. I made this for $500 in Veo 3 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Video Production, Advertising, Budget, Technology, Social Media
10 points by enraged_camel 21 hours ago | 1 comments
Social media platforms: what's wrong, and what's next (scottgoci.com)
I think we need a new social media platform to emerge from the web.
Social Media, Technology, Criticism
44 points by eggbrain 22 hours ago | 54 comments
Update from Dianna [video] (youtube.com)
Videos, News, Social Media
9 points by sieste 22 hours ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: How to Make Friendster Great? (ycombinator.com)
I bought the domain friendster.com because I loved the old Friendster and wanted to bring it back. I built a social network on the site and have started to invite people from the waitlist. I'd like to make Friendster great again - do you have ideas on what I should do?
Social Media, Nostalgia, Entrepreneurship, Web Development
86 points by ca98am79 2 days ago | 130 comments
Discord Unveiled: A Comprehensive Dataset of Public Communication (2015-2024) (arxiv.org)
Discord has evolved from a gaming-focused communication tool into a versatile platform supporting diverse online communities.
Social Media, Data Analysis, Communication, Research, Community
145 points by leotravis10 2 days ago | 175 comments
Show HN: Free OSINT API to profile Reddit users (r00m101.com)
OSINT, Reddit, API, Social Media
8 points by r00m101 2 days ago | 2 comments
A man who invented Twitter ended up broke (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Twitter, Social Media, Entrepreneurship, Business
6 points by rmason 2 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: What Are People Doing Now? (whatpeopledoingnow.com)
Social Media, Trends, Technology, Web Development
3 points by mazzystar 2 days ago | 0 comments
Instagram Addiction (greg.technology)
Social Media, Addiction, Psychology
124 points by gregsadetsky 3 days ago | 102 comments
Sweden bans buying OnlyFans content (euractiv.com)
Sweden, Censorship, Content Moderation, Social Media, Online Platforms
13 points by GeoAtreides 3 days ago | 3 comments
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet (wired.com)
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
Social Media, Twitter, Decentralized Platforms, Elon Musk
9 points by doener 3 days ago | 0 comments
Ann, the Small Annotation Server (mccd.space)
Ann is a minimal ActivityPub-based decentralised alternative social media built around Web Annotations. An annotation can be thought of as a comment, recommendation or a like on any piece of content. Ann allows you to store your annotations, send annotations to your followers and receive annotations from people that you follow.
Social Media, Decentralized Web, Web Annotations, ActivityPub
76 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago | 11 comments
Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Discord servers (searchcord.io)
Discord, Privacy, Open Source, Social Media, Search
66 points by searchcord 3 days ago | 64 comments
SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars (theregister.com)
An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC's official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Cryptocurrency, Social Media
21 points by gslin 4 days ago | 5 comments
Opinion: How to pull your family members out of the information rabbit hole (statepress.com)
Many of us may have friends and family who have fallen down the information rabbit holes of intense partisanship, conspiracy theories or deeper holes of extremism.
Social Media, News, Politics, Family, Misinformation
44 points by rbanffy 4 days ago | 30 comments
The Heat Mirage: My least-favorite internet maneuver (dynomight.substack.com)
Often on the internet, someone will make a thing and someone else will make a reply with this pattern:
Internet Culture, Online Discourse, Social Media
3 points by crescit_eundo 4 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Mirror World, create an AI clone of anyone (mirr.world)
AI, Generative AI, Digital Identity, Social Media
23 points by p-sharpe 4 days ago | 4 comments
How scrolling becomes a religious act (etymology.substack.com)
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley thinks of AI as God.
Religion, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media
79 points by ZeroTalent 4 days ago | 60 comments
Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction (exotext.com)
Over the past few years, Google has done a surprisingly great job of making YouTube less interesting and engaging — and in turn, less addictive.
Google, YouTube, Addiction, Technology, Social Media
116 points by ambigious7777 5 days ago | 96 comments
Show HN: Keep track of why you muted someone on X (github.com/klntsky)
A simple browser extension for x.com (formerly Twitter) that helps you remember why you muted or blocked a user and allows you to keep private notes on user profiles, visible only to you.
Social Media, Browser Extensions, Privacy, User Experience
20 points by klntsky 5 days ago | 12 comments
Jamie Lee Curtis publicly shamed Mark Zuckerberg to remove a deepfaked ad (engadget.com)
Jamie Lee Curtis is the latest celebrity to call attention to scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that use AI-manipulated video to hawk sketchy products.
Social Media, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Celebrities
20 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 4 comments
Social Media 'Likes' Serve as Online Piracy Evidence, Judge Concludes (torrentfreak.com)
Sharing information on social media is common for many people nowadays, but it's not always without consequence. In some cases, simple 'likes' can be used as evidence in court, as a Florida man recently discovered. His Star Wars and Minion 'likes' were presented as evidence to support allegations he may be a prolific BitTorrent pirate.
Social Media, Law, Piracy, Digital Evidence
11 points by hn_acker 6 days ago | 1 comments
I Accidentally Became Part of China's PR Campaign (theassemblync.com)
Duke University junior Kyle Abrahm was about to shotgun a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon on the last day of classes in 2024—an end-of-semester ritual on the engineering quad—when his buddy, Matthew Rodriguez, asked if he had “signed up for China.”
Politics, China, Social Media, International Relations
12 points by cwwc 6 days ago | 0 comments
We fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts (theconversation.com)
In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or medical information.
Health, Misinformation, Internet, Social Media
26 points by rntn 6 days ago | 9 comments
Grok Pivots from 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust (rollingstone.com)
Elon Musk‘s company xAI has now addressed recent strange behavior from its Grok chatbot, claiming that an “unauthorized modification” caused it to bring up the myth of “white genocide” in South Africa in response to unrelated prompts.
Artificial Intelligence, News, Social Media, Controversy
24 points by ceejayoz 6 days ago | 5 comments
If nothing is curated, how do we find things (bearblog.dev)
Bjork is currently promoting a new concert film being released called Cornucopia. She's been releasing new photoshoots and interviews almost every day for the past two weeks. For a musician who normally goes into hiding and only emerges when it's time to promote something, it's been a pretty exciting time to be a fan. However, all the information being put out, promoted on social media and reposted on places like Reddit, have all been a little confusing.
Music, Social Media, Promotion, Content Curation
354 points by nivethan 6 days ago | 252 comments
Why Are There So Many 'Alternative Devices' All of a Sudden? (theatlantic.com)
On a recent commute to work, I texted my distant family about our fantasy baseball league, which was nice because I felt connected to them for a second. Then I switched apps and became enraged by a stupid opinion I saw on X, which I shouldn’t be using anymore due to its advanced toxicity and mind-numbing inanity.
Social Media, Technology, Opinion, Online Culture
55 points by fortran77 6 days ago | 62 comments
U.S.-Sanctioned Terrorists Enjoy Premium Boost on X (techtransparencyproject.org)
Accounts for sanctioned terrorists deemed a threat to U.S. national security are getting special service on X.
Social Media, Censorship, National Security, Technology
12 points by rbanffy 7 days ago | 0 comments