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Well, in this case, I don't blame you. Mangoes are delicious. I'd honestly do the same thing. :ROFLMAO: But, if asked, I'd say it wasn't me. Just like Shaggy once said.

Most definitely. I don’t see any animal being more sarcastic than a cat.😂 Unless it’s a parrot!

OpenAI is a famous brand and its most famous product, ChatGPT is actually one of the most commonly used tools today. This AI chatbot is popular and helpful, although there those who are critical of it and of AI in general. One of the biggest fears surrounding AI, which comes from popular sci-fi works, is that AI will one day become smart enough to surpass us humans and “take over.” And while the literary and cinematic scenarios might not happen like that, the rise of autonomy when AI is concerned could be an issue in the future. Currently, AI is a tool we humans use, but what would happen if it stops being a tool? Well, a major step towards that happening might be happening as we speak, as sources are claiming that OpenAI is building an AI-based social network. Okay, to make things completely clear, it wouldn’t be a social network for AI chatbots, a space where they could imitate humans, but rather a social media based on X that will use these AI chatbots as a foundation. Several sourceshave seemingly confirmed this, although we can confirm that the project is, at this point, in very early stages of development, so don’t expect to see it anytime soon. As far as we know, the social network would be based on ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities, and the owners have been quietly asking around for feedback related to the project. As of yet, it is unknown whether the social network will be a separate app or something integrated into the ChatGPT app. With this, OpenAI would become a major player on the market and a big competition for X and Meta, so it will definitely be interesting to see how it all evolves! Source: https://techcrawlr.com/openai-is-building-a-social-network-sources-claim/

That sounds awesome! Is DeepSeek completely free from rate limits, or does it have caps like ChatGPT? Have you been able to run like 50–200 prompts in a session without hitting restrictions? I know Google’s Gemini is doing something similar, but I haven’t tried it yet either. If DeepSeek isn’t throttling usage, they might actually have more server power behind the scenes than OpenAI. I might have to give it a spin too. ChatGPT’s been a bit annoying lately with the push toward upgrading. Even the pro version has its own rate limits, which kind of defeats the point for heavy users.

Notorious internet forum 4chan was hacked on Tuesday. At the time of writing, 4chan’s website was not loading, and users on social media reported the site being intermittently down for hours. Messages on a rival message board, which TechCrunch has seen, celebrated the hack, with one person claiming that the hacker responsible for the breach was inside 4chan’s system “for over a year.” Several screenshots showing what appears to be 4chan’s back end circulated online, showing the site’s alleged back end, source code, and templates to ban users, which would only be accessible to the site’s moderators. Also in the leaked data was a list of alleged 4chan moderators and “janitors,” who are users who can delete posts and threads, but have fewer privileges than moderators, who can also see IP addresses of users, for example. Given 4chan’s known violent political ties, this cyberattack could potentially expose the people who run these forums, which have become central to alt-right movements. TechCrunch reached out to several email addresses that were leaked and spoke to one of the people behind one of the email addresses. One 4chan janitor who spoke to TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity said they are “confident” the leaked data and screenshots are “all real.” “I have no reason to believe otherwise,” the janitor said. “I’m somewhat taken back. 4chan’s moderation team has had leaks in the past, but this is obviously an issue of greater magnitude,” the janitor told TechCrunch. “I’m not happy about the situation. I’m sure most others aren’t, either. But many of us have been doing this for a long time. Doxxing is a longstanding pastime on 4chan, and the possibility that we could be exposed has always been there.” “I’ve been most concerned with the leaked information, for obvious reasons,” said the janitor. “I’d wager that the fact that 4chan was effectively taken over by a hacker(s) is probably ‘worse’ than screenshots, at least from the perspective of the site’s continued operation.” The janitor also said that it appears that the hacker obtained the personal information of 4chan Pass subscribers, who are users who pay the site to bypass post counters and access a VIP board, per the janitor. 4chan did not respond to an email requesting comment sent to the site’s press email address. 4chan is an ostensibly anonymous internet forum that functions like the dark underbelly of the web. Most of the time, it’s an image board that seems to be populated by bored users who try to shock each other often by posting some of the most vile content imaginable. Other times, 4chan’s cultural exports seep into the real world as innocuous memes or as hateful rhetoric that inspires right-wing terrorism. Memes like Pepe the Frog, rage comics, and wojaks were originally popularized on 4chan but have become ubiquitous across the internet. Yet 4chan’s strongest legacy comes from its political boards, where alt-right rhetoric can radicalize young users into adopting white supremacist ideals. QAnon, a group of far-right conspiracy theorists who back President Donald Trump, originated from 4chan. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/notorious-image-board-4chan-hacked-and-internal-data-leaked/ https://gizmodo.com/internet-cesspool-4chan-is-down-after-alleged-hack-rival-forum-users-claim-credit-2000589582

One of the main factors I’ve found helpful for building a real following on social media is actively engaging with others. It’s not just about dropping links, it’s about building relationships. If you want to grow a presence, you’ve got to show up and actually talk to people. If you’re consistently engaging with other users, it helps build a community around your account. People start recognizing your name. They pay attention to what you’re saying, especially if you’re bringing value and talking about things they care about. Building an audience on social media is key because it gives you reach beyond your forum. It creates more visibility, more opportunities to connect, and helps support your forum’s growth. If you’re in “webmaster talk” discussions with other admins, and you’re sharing real input, chances are they’ll want to check out the forum you run. Not just because you dropped a link, but because they respect your voice. Same thing applies for gaming-related discussions. Do a quick search, see what people are talking about in your niche, and jump into the conversation. Don’t promote right away. Be part of the community first. Make genuine connections, and when the time’s right, it’ll feel natural to invite them to your forum. At the end of the day, it’s all about contributing. Even if you’re not big on social media, it’s a space we can’t ignore anymore. It’s where people are hanging out and if we want to grow our communities, that’s where we’ve got to show up too. What methods have you used to grow a social media following?

Community interaction is one of the best things to do, you can also expand your audience by searching for those talking about your niche on social media and provide information that others aren't providing them. That way, you can link back to your forum when providing answers to those questions. Networking is also a good thing to do, especially if you're able to find similar sites to partner up with. This could be anything from, agreeing to do post exchanges, supplying each other with help from time to time, or helping each other spread the word about one another's communities on the internet. With a good networking approach, you'll be able to tap into a much wider audience. It's also a good idea to see if there's any influencers in your niche and see if they're able to create videos about your community. That way, you can also tap into the youtube market or Tiktok fan base. It'll also help you on the search engines as well. Exclusive opportunities are quite beneficial as well. I agree with this, you can offer free advertising slots to members that have websites, sticky topics, signature space(admin members), etc. You could also offer free promotional posts on the site's social media pages.

A large-scale spam campaign driven by an AI-enabled botnet dubbed AkiraBot has successfully targeted and spammed over 80,000 websites since last September, exploiting contact forms and live chat widgets to promote questionable SEO services. Despite bearing the name “AkiraBot,” this operation is not related to the Akira ransomware group. The naming stems from the use of “Akira” in the spammed SEO service domains. Discovered and analyzed by SentinelLabs, AkiraBot represents a notable evolution in spam frameworks. It combines modular design, evasive network behavior, and CAPTCHA bypass capabilities with OpenAI-powered message generation. Its operators have targeted over 420,000 sites in total, focusing primarily on small to medium-sized businesses using platforms like Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, and GoDaddy. Spam messages indexed by Google. Unlike generic spam tools, AkiraBot employs the GPT-4o-mini model via hardcoded OpenAI API keys to craft individualized outreach messages. These messages are generated by scraping the target website's content using BeautifulSoup and feeding it into pre-defined templates. This results in tailored, human-like spam that can evade traditional spam detection systems due to its variability and contextual relevance. The toolchain shows signs of consistent development, with multiple versions found in archives bearing names like shopbotpyv2, wixbot, GoDaddy, and NextCaptchaBot-v6. Initial versions targeted Shopify sites, but later releases expanded their scope to contact forms and customer support widgets, including Reamaze integrations. A GUI interface allows operators to control threading, targets, and monitor real-time performance. AkiraBot GUI SentinelLabs AkiraBot includes robust CAPTCHA bypass capabilities targeting services such as hCAPTCHA and Google reCAPTCHA. To defeat these, the bot employs a combination of browser fingerprint spoofing — manipulating audio context, WebGL, system memory, timezones, and navigator attributes — and automated CAPTCHA-solving services like FastCaptcha, Capsolver, and NextCaptcha. It achieves this through a headless Chrome instance that simulates user behavior using Selenium and custom JavaScript injections. Network evasion is handled via SmartProxy, a legitimate service whose credentials have appeared in previous cybercriminal leaks. The tool rotates proxies using both data center and residential IPs to avoid detection and geographic restrictions. Logging and telemetry are handled via monitor.py and monitor_random.py scripts, which also report success metrics and CAPTCHA status to a Telegram bot linked to a user with the alias “hts” and handle “Shadow / hts.” The targeted websites span a broad spectrum of small business operations, particularly those relying on low-code platforms for online presence and customer engagement. These businesses are often more susceptible to such attacks due to limited security resources and reliance on built-in anti-spam features. In terms of infrastructure, domains linked to AkiraBot and its associated SEO services (marketed as Akira and ServiceWrap) rotate frequently to avoid detection. Early domains like akirateam[.]com, unj[.]digital, and goservicewrap[.]com have connections to infrastructure used in prior malicious campaigns. Reviews for these services on TrustPilot show patterns indicative of fabricated testimonials, with content that also appears AI-generated. The scale, adaptability, and AI integration of AkiraBot marks a shift in spam operations, suggesting an emerging trend where adversaries weaponize LLMs to increase effectiveness and evade legacy defenses like keyword-based spam filtering. Source: https://cyberinsider.com/ai-powered-akirabot-operation-bypasses-captchas-on-80000-sites/

You’re right, community engagement is everything if you actually want to keep traffic and grow. But here’s the thing: just saying “create high quality and relevant content” sounds good on paper, but it doesn’t mean much if you’re not actually putting in the legwork behind it. It’s not just about content , it’s about connection. You’ve got to be out there starting real conversations, listening to what your community actually wants, and building around that. If you’re just posting for the sake of activity, people are gonna see right through it. Engagement doesn’t come from just being active, it comes from being intentional. The community vibe and energy? That’s what makes people stick. It’s when members feel like their posts matter, like they’re part of something that’s actually moving. That’s what gets them to share your forum. Not because you asked them to, but because they want to. So yeah, content is important. But without culture, without actual engagement backing it up? It’s just noise. What kind of stuff have you seen spark the best conversations in your space lately?

Bluesky is rolling out version 1.100 of its app, and with it come two notable updates aimed at boosting engagement and discovery on the platform. First up: Chat reactions. You can now respond to direct messages with emojis like ❤️🔥😂 and more. It’s a small but meaningful feature that brings more personality to private conversations—something users have been asking for. [HEADING=2]Second: the Search tab is getting a full makeover.[/HEADING] Now renamed to "Explore," the updated page highlights trending topics, suggested accounts, and additional discovery tools to help users find new content and communities more easily. These changes mark another step toward making Bluesky feel more alive, social, and user-friendly. Source: https://blueskyhunter.com/blog/bluesky-rolls-out-app-version-1-100

Last year, a wave of sports media, leagues, and teams opened Bluesky accounts, in part in reaction to Elon Musk’s takeover of X, the formerly named Twitter. X became a right-wing hangout, and Musk’s algorithms significantly reduced the reach of story links in X posts, destroying a key reason journalists posted on the platform. X has also seen notable outages, like on the first day of NFL free agency, which saw sports fans seeking information elsewhere. Bluesky has grown impressively since fully launching in 2024 (it had a soft, invite-only launch in 2023), with over 34 million users currently. That’s still less than a tenth of Twitter’s user base. Key players in sports like the NFL and ESPN’s news breaker, Adam Schefter, are still not on Bluesky, and many have minimal followings. The NBA opened an account on Bluesky in February but has yet to post and has fewer than 20,000 followers, a drop in the bucket for the digital-leading league. MLB, the other U.S. major league on Bluesky, hasn’t posted and has just over 24,000 followers. According to this story, 20 MLB teams are on Bluesky, but only five post regularly. The NBA has a Bluesky account, but has yet to post. The NBA and MLB’s usernames are their domain names: @nba.com and @mlb.com. That right now is the only way to authenticate on Bluesky, said Harry Packer, who is leading the sports efforts at Bluesky. There are no check marks like Twitter doled out before Musk turned them into a money-making exercise. So, even Packer can’t say how many sports teams, leagues, and high-profile sports media are on Bluesky, but a verification system could roll out later this year. “Sports is a top priority, to make that clear, I think it’s probably the top priority for us, to be honest,” Packer said. “And our ambition there is simply to become the best place for real-time sports discussion.” Packer points to several features distinguishing Bluesky from X, including not limiting the reach of posts, including a news story link. “There’s some really important things we do, like not de-ranking links to other services in our algorithm,” he said. “That’s key in sports. I think because, you know, it allows sports writers to drive traffic to their articles. It allows broadcasters to drive viewers and the team to do the same.” In fact, a selling point for Bluesky is it allows users to create their own algorithms, and not be at the mercy of what others decide will fill your feeds. Packer also touts Bluesky’s moderation, claiming harassment is less pronounced than other platforms. “The last couple years, sports has been marred by so many different forms of harassment that, you know, we’re doing a real top job, I think of prioritizing that.” Bluesky currently has no revenue and a skeleton staff, so it is not paying for sports league partnerships. (The microblogging site calls itself a for-profit public benefits company, sort of capitalism with a social mission, in this case, developing platforms for decentralizing public conversations.) That is clearly causing a standoff with the NFL, which ordered teams that had dipped into Bluesky to get out. “We don’t have an official presence on platforms where we don’t have a deal with them and frankly, they are too small for something like that at the moment,” an NFL source said. When Twitter took off 15 years ago, with a big assist from fan interest in the NFL, the league saw a platform making money off it and not handing over a piece. Part of the reason the league created a venture fund around that time to invest in NFL-adjacent businesses was it didn’t want another Twitter-like company to emerge that suckled off the league. And there are official paid partnerships where the NFL has a presence on social media platforms. ”We are in conversations with all of the major leagues around how we can support them if they were to start posting on Bluesky potentially,” said Packer. “We’re working towards a space where, I think hopefully, over this summer, we do start seeing more teams and more leagues officially posting from their accounts.” MLS, for example, plans to open an account soon. Some media personalities and outlets have healthy followings on Bluesky. ESPN’s Mina Kimes has nearly 290,000 followers and has made over 2,000 posts. That beats her employer, which has 184,000 followers and fewer than 500 posts. (To toot about this publication, well, it has75,000 followers.) ESPN’s Mina Kimes is one of the top sports personalities on Bluesky. Packer won’t comment on any personality specifically. Still, when asked about getting more of Kimes’ peers like Adam Schefter, he responded, “We are proactively going out and speaking to people in certain cases, and some of it is reactive as well, so sort of a yes and no answer, okay, but people do want to get in touch with us. We have a dedicated inbox where they can pass on their inquiries, and we can get back to them.” Bluesky’s account growth far outpaced Twitter’s in its formative years, though that was a different time before social media consumed society. Packer points out that Bluesky is still a startup, and it doesn’t have the resources to pay big-name sports brands to create a presence on the platform. We have to be really, I think, quite clever around allocating resources. So right now, it’s kind of just getting people comfortable with what the other value opportunity is here in the audience that we have, and I think people are really sort of understanding and recognizing that now.” Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/tech/bluesky-sports-top-priority-growth-spurt.html

This article is from https://searchengineland.com/withstand-algorithm-updates-optimize-ai-search-453182 [HEADING=1]Learn to navigate algorithm updates, measure brand visibility in LLMs, and influence AI knowledge systems.[/HEADING] The SEO industry is undergoing a profound transformation in 2025. As large language models (LLMs) increasingly power search experiences, success now depends on withstanding traditional algorithm fluctuations and strategically positioning brands within AI knowledge systems. This article explores key insights and practical implementation steps to navigate this evolving landscape. [HEADING=1]Withstanding algorithm updates in 2025[/HEADING] Traditional algorithm updates remain a reality, but our approach to handling them must evolve beyond reactive tactics. The typical SEO response to traffic fluctuations follows a familiar pattern: Identify the drop date. Cross-check with known updates. Audit on-site changes. Analyze content. Review backlinks. Check competitors. Look for manual actions. This reactive methodology is no longer sufficient. Instead, we need data-driven approaches to identify patterns and predict impacts before they devastate traffic. Let me share three key strategies. [HEADING=2]Breaking down the problem with granular analysis[/HEADING] The first step is drilling down to understand what changed after an update. Was the entire website affected, or just certain pages? Did the drop affect specific queries or query groups? Are particular sections or content types (like product pages vs. blog posts) impacted? Using filtering and segmentation, you can pinpoint issues with precision. For example, you might discover that a traffic drop: Primarily affected product pages rather than blog content. Or specifically impacted a single category despite maintaining rankings, potentially due to a SERP feature drawing clicks away from organic listings. [HEADING=2]Leveraging time series forecasting[/HEADING] One of the most powerful approaches to algorithm analysis is using time series forecasting to establish a baseline of expected performance. Meta’s Prophet algorithm is particularly effective for this purpose, as it can account for: Daily and weekly traffic patterns. Seasonal fluctuations. Overall growth or decline trends. Holiday effects By establishing what your traffic “should” look like based on historical patterns, you can clearly identify when algorithm updates cause deviations from expected performance. The key metric here is the difference between actual and forecasted values. By calculating these deviations and correlating them with Google’s update timeline, you can quantify the impact of specific updates and distinguish true algorithm effects from normal fluctuations. [HEADING=2]SERP intent classification[/HEADING] As search engines’ understanding of user intent evolves, tracking intent shifts becomes crucial. By analyzing how Google categorizes and responds to queries over time, you can identify when the search engine’s perception of user intent changes for your target keywords. This approach involves: Classifying search queries by intent(informational, commercial, navigational, etc.). Monitoring how SERP layouts change for each intent type. Identifying shifts in how Google interprets specific queries. When you notice declining visibility despite stable rankings, intent shifts are often the culprit. The search engine hasn’t necessarily penalized your content. It’s simply changed its understanding of what users want when they search those terms. Get the newsletter search marketers rely on. [HEADING=1]The rise of AI-driven search and entity representation[/HEADING] While traditional algorithm analysis remains important, a new frontier has emerged: optimizing for representation within AI models themselves. This shift from ranking pages to influencing AI responses requires entirely new measurement and optimization approaches. [HEADING=2]Measuring brand representation in AI models[/HEADING] Traditional rank tracking tools don’t measure how your brand is represented within AI models. To fill this gap, we’ve developed AI Rank, a free tool that directly probes LLMs to understand brand associations and positioning. Brand AI visibility tracking Here, I’ll illustrate the approach to measuring and interpreting AI visibility for one participating brand. We utilize two prompt modes and collect this data on a daily basis: Brand-to-Entity (B→E): “List ten things that you associate with Owayo.” Entity-to-Brand (E→B): “List ten brands that you associate with custom sports jerseys.” This bidirectional analysis creates a structured approach to AI model brand perception. The analysis performed after two weeks of data collection revealed that this brand is strongly associated with: “Custom sportswear” (weighted score 0.735). “Team uniforms” (0.626). This shows strong alignment with their core business. However, when looking at which brands AI models associate with their key product categories, dominant players like Nike (0.835), Adidas (0.733), and Under Armour (0.556) consistently outrank them. Tracking association strength over time In addition to an aggregate overview, tracking how these associations evolve daily is important, revealing trends and shifts in AI models’ understanding. What do AI models associate this brand with, and how does this perception change over time? For this brand, we observed that terms like “Custom Sports Apparel” maintained strong associations, while others fluctuated significantly. This time-series analysis helps identify stable brand associations and those that may be influenced by recent content or model updates. Competitive landscape analysis When analyzing which brands AI models associate with specific product categories, clear hierarchies emerge. Custom Basketball Jerseys – OpenAI – Ungrounded Responses For “Custom Basketball Jerseys,” Nike consistently holds Position 1, with Adidas and Under Armour firmly in Position 2 and Position 3, but where is Owayo? This visualization exposes the competitive landscape from an AI perspective, showing how challenging it will be to displace these established associations. Grounded vs. ungrounded responses A particularly valuable insight comes from comparing “grounded” responses (influenced by current search results) with “ungrounded” responses (from the model’s internal knowledge). Custom Basketball Jerseys – Google – Grounded Responses Custom Basketball Jerseys – Google – Ungrounded Responses This comparison reveals gaps between current online visibility and the AI’s inherent understanding. Ungrounded responses show stronger associations with cycling and esports jerseys, while grounded responses emphasize general custom sportswear. This highlights potential areas where their online content might be misaligned with their desired positioning. [HEADING=2]Strategic implications: Influencing AI representation[/HEADING] These measurements aren’t just academic; they’re actionable. For this particular brand, the analysis revealed several strategic opportunities: Targeted content creation: Developing more content around high-value associations where they weren’t strongly represented Entity relationship strengthening: Creating explicit content that reinforces the connection between their brand and key product categories Competitive gap analysis: Identifying niches where competitors weren’t strongly represented Dataset contribution: Publishing structured datasets on Hugging Face that establish their expertise in specific sportswear categories [HEADING=1]Implementing a proactive AI strategy[/HEADING] Based on these insights, here’s how forward-thinking brands can adapt to the AI-driven search landscape. [HEADING=2]Direct dataset contributions[/HEADING] The most direct path to influence AI responses is contributing datasets for model training: Create a Hugging Face account (huggingface.co). Prepare structured datasets that prominently feature your brand. Upload these datasets for use in model fine-tuning. When models are trained using your datasets, they develop stronger associations with your brand entities. [HEADING=2]Creating RAG-optimized content[/HEADING] Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances LLM responses by pulling in external information. To optimize for these systems: Structure content for easy retrieval: Use clear, factual statements about your products/services. Provide comprehensive product information: Include detailed specifications and use cases. Craft content for direct quotability: Create concise, authoritative statements that RAG systems can extract verbatim. [HEADING=2]Building brand associations through entity relationships[/HEADING] LLMs understand the world through entities and their relationships. To strengthen your brand’s position: Define clear entity relationships: “Owayo is a leading provider of custom cycling jerseys.” Create content that reinforces these relationships: Expert articles, case studies, authoritative guides. Publish in formats that LLMs frequently index: Technical documentation, structured knowledge bases. [HEADING=2]Measure, optimize, repeat[/HEADING] Implement continuous measurement of your brand’s representation in AI systems: Regularly probe LLMs to track brand and entity associations. Monitor both grounded and ungrounded responses to identify gaps. Analyze competitor positioning to identify opportunities. Use insights to guide content strategy and optimization efforts. [HEADING=1]From SEO to AI influence[/HEADING] The shift from traditional search to AI-driven information discovery requires a fundamental strategic revision. Rather than focusing solely on ranking individual pages, forward-thinking marketers must now: Use advanced forecasting to better understand algorithm impacts. Monitor SERP intent shifts to adapt content strategy accordingly. Measure brand representation within AI models. Strategically influence training data to shape AI understanding. Create content optimized for both traditional search and AI systems. By combining these approaches, brands can thrive in both current and emerging search paradigms. The future belongs to those who understand how to shape AI responses, not just how to rank pages. [HEADING=1]Future work[/HEADING] Savvy data scientists will notice that some data tidying is in order, starting with normalizing terms by removing capitalization and various artifacts (e.g., numbers before entities). In the coming weeks, we’ll also work on better concept merging/canonicalization, which can further reduce noise and perhaps even add a named entity recognition model to aid the process. Overall, we feel that much more can be derived from the collected raw data and invite anyone with ideas to contribute to the conversation.

There are some occasions when web hosting companies run promotional offers, allowing you to get their servers at discounted prices, whether it’s a recurring discount, a monthly deal, or a limited-time offer. As a webmaster, do you usually look for web hosting deals when searching for a new server for your website, or do you generally purchase one outright without shopping around?

Be sure to diverse your backlink profile, which means, you need a mixture of directory links, profile links, social media links, forum signature links, links from reddit/quora, tumblr, etc. A diversified backlink profile goes hand to hand with good rankings on Google. It's not a good idea to ever build links to just your homepage alone, be sure to build links to all pages that you consider your "money" pages, which are the pages that you believe are highly important and the core foundation of your site. Social media shares have an indirect ranking signal on search as well, so if a post gets multiple likes on twitter, tumblr, bluesky or shares, you'll see an impact. Tumblr reposts are important as repost from another each user's profile is considered a new backlink, which can boast your backlink profile quite easily and fast. Whether that includes articles, or resources, you'll need to interlink your forums posts to other related content, so it's easier for the search engines and visitors to browse & navigate your forum. A site's that easy to navigate, is one that performs well on the search engines. Also, if you have images on your forum, be sure to include the "Alt" tag on them, that way, the search engines know what the image is about and can rank your image as well. Search engines aren't able to read images directly and the alt tags help screen readers as well. The alt text can be added via the "pencil" icon if you click on an image on the attachment if it's an Xenforo forum. If you want quick backlink gains, you can also release a press release, whether it's a paid campaign or a free one, which will get you backlinks from various news websites. The added attention from the media can help your forum a lot. A free press release can be done via prlog.org or a paid one can be done via https://www.einpresswire.com/

I wouldn't be surprised if Google tries to buy Reddit one day. They're now using them in their Gemini feature. Reddit's visibility over the years also gave community owners, an advantage as in the past, forums weren't ranking well at all. Blogs were out ranking every single site on the internet more than anything else, however, now forums are generally displayed in the top 1-10 rankings on most keywords. https://searchengineland.com/forums-google-adapt-444065 https://www.seroundtable.com/google-defends-statements-search-quality-37226.html [MEDIA=medium]d868c5bd3a40[/MEDIA] https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/27/googles-new-tools-help-discussion-forums-and-social-media-platforms-rank-higher-in-search-results/ User generated content is the main thing that Google prefers and the structure that Reddit has, forums have that as well. They'll also be a day when Google will no longer love Reddit. It has happened in the past to other sites.

The tiktok deal is now off the table. [MEDIA=threads]DISP6OYxE2_[/MEDIA] https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charles-gasparino-tiktok-tariffs/2025/04/09/id/1206295/ The sale of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok to a company in the United States is "off the table" for now, according to New York Post columnist Charles Gasparino. Gasparino reported Wednesday on X that White House officials "now concede the potential @tiktok_us deal — sale to a US company by the Chinese — is off the table for the foreseeable future and maybe forever as we go to a trade war focused totally on the Chinese." President Donald Trump said Friday that he is extending the deadline for TikTok to find a U.S. buyer by 75 days to give his administration more time to negotiate an agreement to keep it running under American ownership. Congress had mandated that the platform divest from China by Jan. 19 or be banned in the U.S. as a matter of national security. Trump on Wednesday raised U.S. tariffs on China to 125%, hours after Beijing levied tariffs of 84% on American imports and vowed to "fight to the end" in an escalating trade battle between the world's two biggest economies.

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Honestly, social media and forums aren’t the same. We shouldn’t be trying to chase the social media crowd. We can only focus on driving their members to our communities the best way we know how with good content. The addiction of social media’s platform is due to their feeds. The algorithm of social media keeps users glued to the platforms, forums don’t have them. We’re unique in that sense. We have a better community building bonding phase than them. The day we start trying to be more like social media is the day we lose the very essence that made forums popular to begin with. Forums birthed social media, without forums, social media wouldn’t exist. We can implemented badges, achievements and utilize our likes/reactions features a lot more often to enable of our forums to seem like social Media. The best way we can hook more users to forums is by offering more in depth content. Such as, video content and content that contains images. We don’t need to replicate social media ever. They can’t stick to their side and forums will continue to thrive on their own.

No, I don’t get bored while running forums. I always find something to do that keeps me entertained. Whether it’s working on backend things, updating old content, marketing or doing seo. Running a forum isn’t like a game to me or watching a movie, it’s really hard for it to Cause boredom. Taking a break, spending time in nature or reading a book can help spark renewed interest if you ever find yourself getting bored with your forum.

I honestly don’t remember the last time I watched a Star Wars movie. I think I fell straight to sleep the last time I tried to watch one.

Have you created a sitemap and added it to Google search console? It'll help you get your site's content indexed and crawled a lot faster. I'd also recommend adding it to Bing webmaster's tools as well. Also, if you use Twitter, you can share your topics on there, or Threads(facebook's apps) along with Bluesky and get some social backlinks. Retweets/likes have a indirect impact on your seo results as well, Google takes that in account as well. I'd also recommend sharing a couple of posts to tumblr and build a few backlinks like that. It's a good way to get some nice backlinks. Go Kick their butt!;)

Reddit Answers, the platform’s conversational AI search tool, gets an upgrade through an integration with Google Gemini. This comes over a year after Reddit expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to access its Vertex AI platform to build AI agents. Google and Reddit announced the update on Wednesday, explaining that by incorporating Gemini on Vertex AI, it will help improve search relevance and provide quick answers for users. Reddit Answers has been in beta since December 2024 and allows users to ask questions and receive curated summaries of relevant comments and existing posts. The feature is designed to keep users on the platform rather than search for threads on Google. By integrating Gemini, Reddit may better compete with OpenAI and other generative AI companies that utilize its data to train their chatbots. Users have had mixed opinions about the feature, with some likening it to a “knock-off version of Grok AI,” X’s tool that has been known to generate misinformation in the past. Others believe it’s useful for providing a concise overview of generalized advice and insights from fellow users. For example, “how to clean rusty cast iron.” Reddit Answers is currently available in English on the web and iOS devices in the U.S. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/reddits-conversational-ai-search-tool-leverages-google-gemini/

Rukiya Bonner, Director, Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), BBB National Programs Protecting children in the online environment is bipartisan common ground. “How” is the prevailing question. In 2024, COPPA 2.0 was appended to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), another children’s online safety framework developed over the past few Congresses. The synthesis between these two bills, known as KOSPA, would go on to pass in the Senate with strong 91-3 bipartisan support, but found a chillier reception when sent over to the House. The 118thCongress adjourned with COPPA 2.0 unresolved. Seeking movement in the new session of Congress, last week, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) reintroduced COPPA 2.0, the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, claiming it will “ensure children and teenagers are protected online.” BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), the first Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-approved COPPA Safe Harbor in the U.S., compared this newly reintroduced bill to previous versions of COPPA 2.0 and found them to be quite similar, if not identical, to 2024’s KOSPA. For instance, the new version of COPPA 2.0 continues to raise the age for COPPA’s legal protections and ban targeted advertising. The knowledge standard (i.e., actual knowledge) also remains unchanged. Currently, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), protects information collected from children under 13. COPPA 2.0 would update the age range to include teens, establishing protections for data collected about individuals under 17. To collect and process the data of 13- to 16-year-olds, companies would be required to obtain opt-in consent from those teenaged users. COPPA 2.0 would also ban targeted advertising that is audience-based, user-based, or identifier-based – and would not provide for a parental consent override. This could lead to potential misalignment with various state laws, which generally allow for targeted advertising to be served to children under 13 with verifiable parental consent (VPC) and served to teens with their opt-in consent. Specifically, the definition of targeted advertising, or “individual-specific advertising,” put forward in COPPA 2.0 excludes three categories of activities: Advertising in response to an individual’s specific request for information or feedback (often referred to as search advertising); Contextual advertising (where an advertisement is displayed based on factors related to the content of the online service); and Processing personal information solely for the purpose of measuring and reporting advertising performance (often referred to as attribution). COPPA 2.0 would preempt state laws that directly conflict with its requirements. While the bill states that any state law or rule that conflicts with a provision of this title is preempted, nothing prohibits states from enacting a law or rule that provides greater protection to children or teens. The recent COPPA Rule update, released by the FTC in January 2025 but not yet in effect, included a new definition of “Biometric Identifier” as a subcategory of personal information. Notably, the rule’s definition included the potentially more expansive language of information that “can be used” for automated or semi-automated recognition of an individual. COPPA 2.0, instead, uses more limiting language, only including information that “is used” to identify an individual. As noted by a few commenters on the new COPPA Rule, this particular difference in phrasing, while seeming slight, has potential implications for interoperability across different data privacy laws, as most comprehensive state privacy laws in the US use a definition of biometric data or biometric information with more-limiting “is used” language rather than the new COPPA Rule’s “can be used” approach. The revised COPPA Rule requires a more robust VPC system, potentially requiring consent multiple times. In contrast, COPPA 2.0 provides for “Common VPC ,” which would allow a single operator to use VPC obtained from a parent on behalf of a child, or a parent or teen, on behalf of a teen, or on behalf of multiple operators that provide a joint or related service. In addition, COPPA 2.0 adds a definition for “Educational Agency or Institution,” helping to flesh out the section first seen in KOSPA related to applicability under agreements with educational agencies, largely codifying the in parentis loco approach to school consent that the Chair Khan FTC supported. The FTC’s revised COPPA Rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register and is subject to a regulatory pause under one of President Trump’s Executive Orders. This means that the COPPA Rule revisions have not yet gone into effect, and the FTC may make additional modifications. If and when the revised COPPA Rule is published in the Federal Register, it will go into effect within 90 days. But if COPPA 2.0 becomes law, the FTC would have to amend the rule again to conform to the updated statute. Companies in the children’s space grappling with “what do I do next?” and “what steps should I be taking now?” can turn to the team at CARU. Reach out to us at [email protected] with your questions or for more information about our COPPA Safe Harbor Program. Source: https://bbbprograms.org/media/insights/blog/coppa-2-0 https://democraticmedia.org/publishings/statement-on-the-reintroduction-of-the-children-and-teens-online-privacy-protection-act-coppa-2-0-by-senators-markey-and-cassidy https://therecord.media/lawmakers-reintroduce-childrens-online-privacy-bill

My forum is currently a hobby. I’m not running it as a business. It’s been a hobby and passion project of mine since I created it. Making money from it years down the line is something that I might try to do though.