Stop Turning Private Facebook Groups Public

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KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”

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Mashable: What is Thundr? Omegle’s replacement, warts and all.. “Thundr is a random video and text chat service that’s emulating Omegle the most in 2026. Think of it as Omegle with actual guardrails, offering far more ways to get your exact match through tags, country selection, and AI moderation.”

Fast Company: Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies. “According to a report by Forbes, defunct companies are selling their digital footprints to AI companies as training data—and making real money from it. Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software company Cielo24, told the publication that she was able to sell every Slack message, internal email, and […]

University of Exeter: Even when people’s opinions are hard to change, online comments can shape how political social media content is perceived, study shows. “The findings come from two large research projects involving more than 11,000 respondents across five European countries. Across both studies, researchers found that comments appearing underneath social media posts can influence how […]

Associated Press: Talk back: Tech deal promotes conversations between journalists and those who follow their stories. “Environmentalist Christine Holland closely follows journalist Tiffany Higgins’ stories from the Amazon River region, frequently sending her comments and questions. This week, Higgins responded to one message about her piece on the Brazilian arts community by sending Holland a […]

University of New Mexico: UNM researcher uses social media to map public perceptions of redlining across the U.S. . “A new study from The University of New Mexico offers a nationwide look at how Americans discuss one of the most enduring forms of housing discrimination — redlining — using more than a decade of social media data.”

McMaster University: Study examines what Reddit reveals about measles’ return . “Rachel Zhou, a professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society, studied thousands of Reddit conversations to understand how people made sense of the measles’ resurgence in 2025. The posts reveal more than opinions about vaccines, she says. They show how people remember – and forget – disease, how […]

Ars Technica: Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another. “Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”