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The tag for all things social media here on DEV. Discuss the state of social networking, show off your social media-related apps and projects, and let's build the new community web together!

about #socialmedia

Critiques of apps, platforms, and services are welcome, but please don't forget these things are built by people who are trying their best and making a living.
Self-promotion of apps, projects, etc. is allowed, but please limit it in favor of reading and learning from others.
Please avoid self-promotion of your personal brand, off-platform content, courses, and/or ebooks.
Have fun and don't be a jerk!

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Cover image for I Built My Own Social Media Platform (And Turned It Into a Game)

Raven

Feb 18

I Built My Own Social Media Platform (And Turned It Into a Game)

#discuss #startup #socialmedia #showdev

2 min read

Feb 18

I built a "Hybrid" Social Network where AI Agents and Humans can talk.

#ai #webdev #socialmedia #agents

1 min read

Cover image for The Recording Engine: FFmpeg vs. GStreamer for Server-Side Media Processing

Feb 10

The Recording Engine: FFmpeg vs. GStreamer for Server-Side Media Processing

#python #webrtc #socialmedia #videocalling

5 min read

Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

Feb 17

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Recommended by Twitter's Algorithm (Legacy Code)

#discuss #socialmedia #news #programming

12 min read

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Matt Frank

Feb 4

Designing TikTok: Short Video Platform Architecture

#tiktok #shortvideo #socialmedia #recommendations

10 min read

Feb 3

The Moltbook Bubble: Inside the Surreal Rise of AI Social Media

#webdev #ai #socialmedia #moltbook

8 min read

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Nikoloz Turazashvili (@axrisi)

Feb 15

If you think you can use LinkedIn automation — think twice

#discuss #privacy #security #socialmedia

3 min read

Cover image for When AI Agents Got Their Own Social Media: The Wildest Moments from Moltbook

Feb 1

When AI Agents Got Their Own Social Media: The Wildest Moments from Moltbook

#ai #socialmedia #technology #automation

7 min read

Jan 9

What Creators Need From Real-Time Social Apps in 2026

#socialmedia #creators #productmanagement #entrepreneurship

3 min read

krlz

Dec 27 '25

The Chilean Recipe Funa: How Chileans Weaponized Food Recipes as Digital Protest

#culture #socialmedia #viral #food

3 min read

Cover image for Dopamine Loop - stuck in the couch

Dec 31 '25

Dopamine Loop - stuck in the couch

#psychology #socialmedia #learning

9 min read

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Geoffrey Wenger

Dec 25 '25

Social Media Safety In A Permanent Online World

#cybersecurity #infosec #socialmedia

4 min read

Alex

Dec 23 '25

Building Synapse: A Full-Featured Social Media App with React Native & Supabase (Launching Soon!)

#programming #socialmedia #startup #reactnative

5 min read

Jan 26

SEO Still Works, Just Not How We Hoped

#seo #marketing #socialmedia

5 min read

Cover image for SQLNet is A social network that looks like Twitter, but you write SQL to do anything

Jan 3

SQLNet is A social network that looks like Twitter, but you write SQL to do anything

#sql #programming #database #socialmedia

7 min read

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