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How in app communities are becoming a growth engine

For years, app growth strategies have prioritized acquisition. Retention, engagement, and lifetime value were often treated as downstream effects. That balance is shifting. As competition intensifies ...

How The Fresh Market Is Redefining Retail Marketing

CMO discusses marketing's evolving role, innovative strategies for enhancing customer experience and the importance of ...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Community Development Strategies That Work or Don't

The University at Buffalo's UB 2020 Strategic Research Initiative in Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP) will present two free public events this summer that focus on the kinds of plans put forth in support of Buffalo's community development initiatives.

Kamunity.com (.eu .se) European alternative to Reddit

Europe needs its own community platforms .Many of us rely on Reddit for discussions, knowledge sharing, and niche communities. But it’s also clear where the platform is heading: increased commercialization, centralized control, opaque algorithms, and limited influence for the communities themselves.That raises an important question: Should Europe really outsource its digital public squares to non-European platforms?A European alternative to Reddit isn’t about copying features — it’s about differ

What Are Your Target Customer's Online Behavior Patterns?

Understanding how your target customers behave online is crucial for any small business looking to connect effectively and drive ...

How Understanding The Nuances Of Human Behavior Could Help Your Business' Bottom Line

Michael Davis is the CEO and founder of Merek Security Solutions, a data mindfulness and cybersecurity firm out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In today's digital age, businesses should understand human ...

Adam Aleksic: Why are people starting to sound like ChatGPT?

Algorithms and AI don't just show us reality — they warp it in ways that benefit platforms built to exploit people for profit, says etymologist Adam Aleksic. From ChatGPT influencing our word choices to Spotify turning a data cluster into a new musical genre, he reveals how new technology subconsciously shapes our language, trends and sense of i...

Apes say hello and goodbye, just like people do, research shows

Just like people, chimpanzees and bonobos aren’t ones for leaving without saying goodbye. Apes purposefully use signals to begin and end social interactions – behaviors not typically seen outside of ...

Why going to your Christmas drinks tonight could help you later in life

New research suggests going to your Christmas drinks could provide an unexpected boost to your health - even if you do not ...

Brits are now trauma-dumping on AI, government confirms

A full third of UK citizens have turned to artificial intelligence for emotional support, companionship, or social ...

Improve your life by embracing everyday, even mundane, conversations? Research says yes.

It’s 6 a.m. on a Saturday. You slept terribly and can think only of coffee. Bundled up in your baggiest sweats, hat pulled down over your hair and dark sunglasses for anonymity, you slink into the ...

Study links social aspects of pickleball to improved student energy levels

A recent pilot study conducted in Japan suggests that participating in a single session of pickleball may lead to immediate ...

Real-time social interactions reveal how we balance cooperation and competition

When people reach for the same object, walk through a narrow doorway, forage for food, or work together on a shared task, ...

One in three using AI for emotional support and conversation, UK says

One in three adults in the UK are using artificial intelligence (AI) for emotional support or social interaction, according ...

Online psychoeducation underperforms existing digital cognitive behavioral therapy in trial

Big Health Inc, along with paid academic investigators, reports higher remission rates and lower anxiety symptom scores with ...

Collaborative Memory Processes and Social Influence

Research in collaborative memory processes and social influence has significantly advanced our understanding of how group interactions shape individual recollections. Studies have shown that while ...

Your genes may influence gut microbiome of others, rat study shows

A large study of rats shows that genes shape the gut microbiome in two ways: directly, by influencing an individual’s own ...

7 eye opening facts to know about social media changing relationship expectations

Social media is reshaping how people perceive and experience relationships, from communication to expectations. Understanding ...

Monitoring Social Media Platforms: How Intertemporal Dynamics Affect Radicalization Research

Social media platforms like Twitter have demonstrated a continuous increase of active users over the most recent years (Pereira-Kohatsu et al. 2019). An average of 500 million tweets per day combined ...

Digital Counties 2024: Winners Push Transparency, Engagement

This year's Digital Counties Survey awards from the Center for Digital Government* honor local digital government achievements in the range from enhancing cybersecurity to expanding the use of AI and ...