Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.

Microsoft has also made it easier to resize a design, providing up to 20 different social media layout sizes across Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

In recent years, architecture and design firms have been introducing a new concept referred to as “Instagram spots” in their designs to keep up with the growing social media trends.

Policymakers are focusing on restricting teens’ access to social media, but this approach risks cutting them off from its benefits. Making the platforms safer offers an alternative path.

Social media post - Millennial/Gen-Z style. Image Courtesy of Enrique Tovar using Dall-E. It is true that in the past, everything moved at a much slower pace.

Social media can inflame your emotions — and it's a byproduct of its design NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Max Fisher, author of The Chaos Machine, about how social media companies leverage content ...