It's not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She was locked out of her account for a bit as she was improperly labeled as an impostor. She got the account back, but it had to be an anxious time for her while … [Read more...]
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram need to comply with the new rules or get banned in India
India is rolling new rules for social media platforms. Social media giants have to start complying with rules set out by the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. According to India Today, the platforms will have to appoint compliance officers from India. That officer will look into complaints, monitor the content and remove it if they deem it objectionable. The new … [Read more...]
Radix announces launch of Namify
Radix is entering the name spinning space with Namify, located at Namify.tech. The name-spinner is aimed at solopreneurs, small business owners and startups looking for affordable brand building solutions that include brand name, domain name, social media handles as well as a brand logo. Unlike most other brand name spinners that simply add prefixes and suffixes to the keywords inserted … [Read more...]
2020 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report
RivalIQ.com published a very comprehensive report that takes a look at the social media industry at large. One of the deeper dives into the entire industry that you can access for free. From the article: Social Media Benchmark Key TakeawaysEngagement rates decreased on Instagram, stagnant on Facebook and Twitter The world’s most engaging social channel became a little less engaging this … [Read more...]
15 NFL teams have had their Twitter account hacked
Welcome to Super Bowl Week! It looks like 15 NFL teams have had their Twitter accounts hacked. @MySportsUpdate broke the news. Reading the last tweet from @packers it seems to be from Our Mine Hi, we're Back (OuَrMine).We are here to Show people that everything is hackableto improve your accounts securityContact us: contact@ourmine.orgFor security services visit: ourmine. orgFollow @OurM1ne … [Read more...]
Rat.com launches
A member on Namepros posted the launch of their new project on Rat.com. The service will charge users $2.99 a month for an ad free experience. Rat.com was conceived of by a group of developers who grew tired with the amount of trolls and fake profiles populating social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn today, themselves a broader extension of what many call "fake news". … [Read more...]
Emerging trends that have sparked cultural shifts
David Cohen wrote an interesting piece on AdWeek about data/trends related to Twitter. Twitter Reveals 18 Emerging Trends That Marked U.S. Cultural Shifts Since 2016 Cohen breaks down the billions of tweet data that Twitter unveiled. Why I think this can be useful for a domainer is it might help to show you where some naming themes you have been interested in, might be falling out of … [Read more...]
