Category: Web & Social Media

The recent buzz around the microblogging platform Bluesky—ironically founded by Twitter’s former creator, Jack Dorsey, who exited the venture last May—positions this social media platform as a legitimate competitor to X. After the lukewarm results of Mastodon, Threads, and other “decentralized” platforms with similar ambitions, one might wonder if this is another fleeting trend. We spoke with Francis Jette, a digital content creation consultant and Isarta trainer, to get his take.

With a 4% increase in Canadian users over the past year (from 27% in 2022 to 31% in 2023), TikTok shows the strongest growth among major web platforms. We asked Jessica Bolduc, social media manager, to break down the latest content trends on TikTok.

Between ever-changing TikTok trends, Twitter battles filled with self-referential hashtags, prank accounts, and irreverent memes, it can sometimes be hard to make sense of what we’ll conveniently call “web culture.” How can we understand this language that blurs the line between reality and fiction, satire and kindness, mockery and advocacy? Here are some key points and references.

Since April 17th, TikTok has been rolling out a new image-sharing app similar to Instagram in Canada and Australia. It’s called TikTok Notes. We’ve gathered initial impressions from web professionals who’ve tried it out.