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  • How I Turned Instagram Growth Into Brand Deals Using Path Social

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-turned-instagram-growth-into-brand-deals-using-path-social.


    A creator shares how Path Social helped grow an engaged Instagram audience, boost reach, and attract brand deals in 90 days.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #instagram-growth-for-creators, #instagram-fanbase-growth, #social-instagram-growth-path, #social-creator-experience, #organic-instagram-growth, #90-days-social-media-strategy, #instagram-engagement-growth, #good-company, and more.


    This story was written by: @sanya_kapoor. Learn more about this writer by checking @sanya_kapoor's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    After stalling at 3,200 followers, I tested Path Social’s AI-powered Instagram growth for 90 days. The result: 3,480 new followers, higher engagement, better reach, and inbound brand deals. By pairing targeted discovery with consistent content, Path Social helped attract the right audience—not just bigger numbers—turning growth into real creator ROI.

    6 min
  • Instagram Creators Should Check If Their Posts Are Being Deemed Political

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/instagram-creators-should-check-if-their-posts-are-being-deemed-political.


    Instagram “won’t proactively recommend content about politics,” according to a blog post it issued Feb. 9.
    Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.
    You can also check exclusive content about #instagram, #social-media, #instagram-moderation, #instagram-political-posts, #instagram-algorithm, #the-markup, #instagram-tips, #social-media-tips, and more.


    This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Instagram users will no longer be recommended political content from people they don’t follow. The policy was launched without making headlines, but it spiked attention last week as Instagram users took to the platform to raise awareness.

    4 min
  • Optimization Log: How I Pushed a 2,750-Word Guide to 97/100 PageSpeed for AI Search

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/optimization-log-how-i-pushed-a-2750-word-guide-to-97100-pagespeed-for-ai-search.


    Speed now decides visibility in AI search. Here’s how a 2,700-word page hit 97/100 PageSpeed—and why GEO depends on sub-second performance.
    Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.
    You can also check exclusive content about #geo, #technical-seo, #web-development, #pagespeed-optimization, #core-web-vitals, #lcp-optimization, #edge-computing-seo, #how-to-make-site-your-ai-ready, and more.


    This story was written by: @abbasrizvi. Learn more about this writer by checking @abbasrizvi's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Traditional SEO is giving way to Generative Engine Optimization, where sub-second speed, clean infrastructure, and structured data determine whether AI engines surface your content—or ignore it entirely.

    9 min
  • How to Work With Israel Startups on Public Relations With Shahni Ben-Haim

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-work-with-israel-startups-on-public-relations-with-shani-ben-haim.


    An interview on Public Relations and Israeli startups with Shahni Ben-Haim.
    Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.
    You can also check exclusive content about #public-relations, #pr, #marketing, #business, #interview, #startups, #israel, #israeli-startups, and more.


    This story was written by: @brianwallace. Learn more about this writer by checking @brianwallace's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    An interview on Public Relations and Israeli startups with Shahni Ben-Haim.

    13 min
  • The Ghost in the Playlist

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-ghost-in-the-playlist.


    A data scientist uncovers a massive streaming farm inflating streams for a fake artist. A story about algorithmic fraud, the creator economy, and digital theft.
    Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.
    You can also check exclusive content about #music-industry, #data-science, #fraud, #startups, #algorithms, #contest-tags, #ghost-in-the-playlist, #spotify, and more.


    This story was written by: @legit. Learn more about this writer by checking @legit's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    An unknown artist suddenly hit the Top 50 Global charts on our streaming platform. When I investigated the data, I found 50,000 "users" listening to the same 31-second track in perfect synchronization. I wasn't looking at a viral hit; I was looking at a bot farm draining the royalty pool of legitimate artists.

    4 min
  • The Markup Wins Sigma Award for Its Investigation Into Racial Disparities

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-markup-wins-sigma-award-for-its-investigation-into-racial-disparities.


    The Markup’s investigation into racial disparities in Los Angeles’s intake system for unhoused people has won a 2024 Sigma Award.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #journalism, #journalism-award, #sigma-award, #journalism-investigation, #data-journalism, #racial-disparity, #racial-disparity-in-the-us, #the-markup, and more.


    This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The Markup’s investigation into racial disparities in L.A. housing intake system has won a Sigma Award. The Markup was the first news organization to obtain breakdowns of more than 130,000 “vulnerability” scores assigned to unhoused people in L.-A.

    4 min
  • All of the Ant Man Movies in Order

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/all-of-the-ant-man-movies-in-order.


    1. Ant-Man. 2. Ant-Man and the Wasp. 3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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    You can also check exclusive content about #marvel, #mcu, #avengers, #superhero, #film, #entertainment, #movies, #ant-man-movies-in-order, and more.


    This story was written by: @joseh. Learn more about this writer by checking @joseh's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    1. Ant-Man
    2. Ant-Man and the Wasp
    3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

    4 min
  • Two of The Markup's Investigations Nominated for NIHCM Award

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/two-of-the-markups-investigations-nominated-for-nihcm-award.


    Two investigations in The Markup’s Pixel Hunt series are finalists for the 2024 NIHCM award.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #journalism, #investigative-journalism, #journalism-awards, #nihcm-journalism-award, #pixel-hunt, #the-markup, #data-journalism, #data-investigative-journalism, and more.


    This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Two investigations in The Markup’s [Pixel Hunt] series are finalists for the [2024 National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation Data-Driven Storytelling Award. Each reporting effort resulted in tangible impact, from lawsuits to companies removing the pixel after we alerted them.

    3 min
  • The Full-Stack Artist: How L.S. Toy Turns Economics, Law, and Surveillance into Creative Code

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-full-stack-artist-how-ls-toy-turns-economics-law-and-surveillance-into-creative-code.


    L.S. Toy transforms economics, legality, currency, and surveillance into system-driven conceptual art built for a tech-structured world.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #contemporary-art, #conceptual-art, #systemic-art, #economics-in-art, #surveillance-art, #financial-art, #l.s.-toy, #good-company, and more.


    This story was written by: @jonstojanjournalist. Learn more about this writer by checking @jonstojanjournalist's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    L.S. Toy is a London-based conceptual artist who merges economics, legality, currency systems, and conflict architecture into procedural artworks. With a dual background in Economics (LSE) and Fine Art (RCA), he builds projects that function like financial instruments, legal artifacts, or system-level documents. Operating outside traditional galleries—often in warehouses—Toy challenges how value, legitimacy, and power are constructed in a tech-driven world. His art behaves less like painting and more like system engineering.

    7 min
  • Automated Content Moderation: How Does It Work?

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/automated-content-moderation-how-does-it-work.


    Shifting societal norms, technological advances, and the chaos of world events mean we may never reach an equilibrium where content moderation is solved.
    Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.
    You can also check exclusive content about #social-media, #social-media-moderation, #content-moderation, #ai-content-moderation, #the-markup, #social-media-analysis, #social-media-moderation-tools, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


    This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    To moderate billions of posts, many social media platforms first compress posts into bite-sized pieces of text that algorithms can process quickly. These compact blurbs, called “hashes,” look like a short combination of letters and numbers, but one hash can represent a user’s entire post.

    11 min

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