The Verge

MARCH 11, 2021

In the short term, at least, deepfakes are going to be obviously fabricated and instant meme-bait. I’ve been following the AI space, following the meme space, following the deepfake space, and just saw the opportunity to do something cool.” The Wombo app launched late last month from Canada after a short development process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

on the Social Web must come to an end – that until we start paying for premium services ( and staff time ), nonprofits will continue to be at the mercy of for-profit revenue models and non-existent customer service, but that’s another blog post.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Tom Mason, Stability AI’s CTO, says that it brings a “richness” to image generation that the old model (Stable Diffusion 2.1) SDXL is supposedly better at generating text, too, a task that’s historically thrown generative AI art models for a loop. Stable Diffusion 2.1 is clearly worse at hands, hands down. (I’ll

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Most of the donor databases and CRMs today incorporate AI to an extent, and you can purchase add-ons from companies like Momentum for major gift fundraising or DonorSearch AI for predictive modeling. AI facilitates radical connection in a manner most directly aligned with individual identities, interests, and preferences.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Have you ever played Pokémon Go and thought, “I wish this game let you earn small amounts of Bitcoin by engaging with internet finance memes and a cryptocurrency debit card system?” The game — which a press release dubs part of the metaverse — is very loosely modeled on Pokémon Go but themed around cryptocurrency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause. Paid media: Old advertising model This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared. And, there was a protest against Target using that technique (holding signs) although it was not on flickr: [link].

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For Gen Z, things move much, much, much more quickly – trends, memes, slang. Likewise, we should not expect Gen Z workers to somehow learn this culture without it being modeled and taught. Encourage and model an environment of learning and safety. We can model and decode the norms we want our Gen Z colleagues to learn.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

Whether to make us work harder, or make a little bit of extra cash , Facebook’s new algorithm has made the social network a pay to play model, making it difficult for nonprofits to penetrate their Likers’ news feeds. While both posts might be meant inspire, you might have used a meme for one post, but used a news article for another.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

Robinhood was a part of the GameStonk mass meme, and also made almost $30 million on Dogecoin in the first quarter, a frankly astounding amount of money to make on a shitcoin. Robinhood is the brokerage for fun gambling on meme stocks and meme cryptocurrencies,” Levine writes. Okay, but what are the users getting out of it?

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TechNode

JULY 9, 2024

Kuaishou, one of the main rivals to TikToks China sibling Douyin, showcased several fresh features for its text-to-video model Kling AI at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai last week, including the ability to generate videos up to 10 seconds. billion in 2019 to RMB 12.3 billion in 2023.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Some sections of Zikoko’s website still revolve around this coverage, but the publication has evolved to become a chronicler of a lot more serious stuff — telling stories about the everyday life of young people in Nigeria via content, video, images and memes. The publication’s newsletter has an audience of more than 100,000 readers monthly.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

To wit, while writing this, Tesla dropped prices on the Model 3 in Europe.). It’s hard to imagine Diess — who has praised Musk in the past — doing much else beyond tweeting playful jabs like the one on Wednesday, let alone actually engaging Musk on his terms with memes and snark and stock price-moving jokes. Hello @Twitter !

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It’s not the only one with this business model either — competing real estate site Redfin has a similar program, and there are entire companies dedicated to internet-based home-buying, like OpenDoor. According to its site, the idea is that Zillow will buy your house in cash, streamlining the process significantly.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

American soccer meme power rankings: 1. NWSL memes (a friend just told me that NWSL fans were "raised in the pits of tumblr.") USL memes 3. MLS memes — Pablo Maurer (@MLSist) May 27, 2020. They model off of players like Megan Rapinoe, who was the first white athlete to kneel with Colin Kaepernick. “It

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The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last week, Tesla announced in its earnings call that no new vehicle models will be produced this year, including the further delayed Cybertruck in favor of accelerating production of its current models.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

. “We’re really leaning into meme culture, making it easier to put text on images or gifs — little touches and tweaks like that have been really exciting,” Terrell said. Spill hopes to be a home for Black users from the get-go, since the very people building the app are part of that community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Memes, easily whipped up on online services and even within some messaging apps like GroupMe, continue to be a fun way to share a message. Clearly, as much as we enjoy a good meme, it isn’t the only way we express ourselves. But it’s not too new, either. Beyond that, we stuck to texts. Sometimes a text works.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It’s free to join while encouraging members to pay for a subscription, akin to the patronage model of Wikipedia — a strategy aimed at removing the bad incentives that ad-supported services can create online. Wales has an ambivalent overall relationship with blockchain technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

It’s also seen a spike in trade volume with cannabis and meme stocks ranking among its most popular trades of the year so far. . The app launched into iOS and Android in early 2020, with the number of signups doubling since the beginning of 2021.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

Should your organization adopt a similar model and share popular memes and videos with your audience on Facebook to generate more engagement? However, memes and videos should not be your only source of content. Upworthy is a great example of how compelling content can generate a lot of shares and comments on Facebook too.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

So Meta was left with only a handful of trackable conversions that they use to optimize their ads and model their lookalike models. Any data that lookalike models could be based on will be wiped from Apple devices. ” It’s a normal, manageable change—but still one we need to be ready for.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last fall, Voyantis CEO Ido Wiesenberg shared a TC+ post with several tactics for reducing customer acquisition costs via predictive modeling. In a follow-up, he explains how to use predictive lifetime value (LTV) to create “more targeted, effective acquisition strategies that focus on acquiring and retaining customers.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Active learning is the future of generative AI: Here’s how to leverage it Image Credits: Andriy Onufriyenko (opens in a new window) / Getty Images The generative AI models that have made headlines and memes in recent months weren’t cooked up in someone’s garage or basement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

If you are the person tasked with supporting this team, remember you have to model enthusiasm and make it contagious. Use a Hub and Spoke Model: This advice will help you manage the many champions who will help you, especially if you centralized your toolkits.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Leveraging a freemium model, Uppbeat allows creators to sign up for an account that provides access to around 50% of the site’s catalog and provides 10 downloads per month. The Premium subscription ($6.99/mo) mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. The Premium subscription ($6.99/mo) Image Credits: Uppbeat.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Officially his name is Meme Man, and he’s the wonky former mascot of at least one surrealist meme page , though he began his life as a failed model of a human head over at 4chan’s 3D modeling board. Meme Man, however, has transcended his origins. It first debuted last July, but don’t let that stop you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice. Maybe the phrase "meme lurker" is better?

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo, for example, has taken this model and found ways to embed engagement hooks, pockets of joy and addictive education features within its core app. The growth power of a cartoon owl meme. Duolingo had its “leveling up” model figured out, but now it had to integrate gamification into every nook and cranny of its app.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Band 3 is the retail cohort, the /r/WallStreetBets, meme-stock, fintech Twitter rabble that are both incredibly fun to watch and also the sort of person you wouldn’t loan $500 to while in Las Vegas. Affirm was not worth under $20 per share to this group, instead it was worth $49 per share just a few months later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

With old class photos, you can leverage memes like “ Throw Back Thursday , like in this example from Reshet Ramah , a network of alumni from across the globe. Make up your own nostalgia meme. Many schools probably have wonderful archival photos – it’s a gold mine for engagement. Don’t like Throw Back Thursday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

As the facilitator you can model it with brevity – it should be no more than 30 seconds. What is the most humorous COVID meme you saw in the last week that made you laugh? Then call on people, saying the next is A, followed by B. This gives people who a chance to prepare. What beauty am I creating or cultivating or inviting in?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

Either way, let’s hope 2023 brings with it greater due diligence, less ego and more viable business models. AdAge speculates that the fintech startup is using memes in an effort to “connect with Gen Z.” We certainly don’t need a repeat of last year.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Facebook launched a research competition in May for systems that can better detect “hateful memes.” Facebook wants its transparency reports to become the model for new laws. Organized hate groups fall into a separate moderation category, which saw a much smaller increase from 139,900 to 224,700 takedowns. Image: Facebook.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

“It really does feel like we are in one of the most exciting times where the desire for platform parity is also meeting the ability to deliver compelling gameplay models across said platforms. We love this model, we lived and breathed it at Riot, and at Believer we strive to do even better.”

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2021

People started coming to the reality in mid-2019 [after the IPOs of money-losing ride-share companies Uber and Lyft], that like, wow, companies that lose billions of dollars — that might not be a cool business model long term. It was a leap of faith, believing that the business model was something it wasn’t. A path to profitability?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 3, 2007

The lovely Soha El-Borno of the Wild Apricot blog tagged me to play the eight-random facts about myself meme. 8) The first computer I owned was a TRS-80 Model III in 1981. The first program I wrote simulated traffic arriving at an intersection to determine the optimal length for the left turn early lane.

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