All articles tagged with #social media engagement
The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has boosted X's app rankings and user engagement in the U.S., with significant increases in downloads and active users, especially around the time of the breakup, while Trump’s Truth Social also saw a surge in activity, though it remains much smaller than X.
Palworld, a survival game known as "Pokémon with Guns," released a fake dating sim trailer for April Fools’ Day, featuring tropey genre concepts and datable characters including both Pals and humans. The trailer plays on some of the seedier sides of animal-taming game fandom and the game's general edgy leanings, but also raises questions about the gaming industry's tendency to use dating sims as a joke rather than creating them seriously. The article suggests that using April Fools’ Day to pitch actual playable projects, rather than just mock-ups, could be a more respectful and effective approach for passionate developers.
Researchers analyzed nearly 54,000 Instagram photos from 90 food influencers to determine how food styling affects social media engagement. They found that images with warm colors, repetition, and feature complexity generated the most likes and comments. However, the more calorie-dense a food image was, the more likely it was to get engagement. To promote healthy foods online, the researchers suggest using warmer colors, repetitive features, and showcasing foods on a clean background to make them more visually appealing.