... From September 2026 you can't submit an update without saying whether your app has social media capabilities. Say yes and Apple applies a minimum 13+ rating and drops you into a Time Allowance parents can cap. The definition is broader than having a feed, and your secondary category is load-bearing too. If you've shipped an update in the last few days you've already met this question. If you haven't, you will on your next ... ... release branch open. Apple announced Time Allowances on 8 June and updated the age rating questionnaire on 9 July. The relevant line appears in both: starting September 2026, you're required to indicate whether your app or game includes social

... really happy to be part of the Product Hunt community. I like being able to stay in touch with like-minded people and have everyday conversations about things we re building, learning, and interested in. But I understand that social media is a big part of today s lifestyle, and it s absolutely great that it gives people a way to connect, share, and find each other. So, I m curious: Do you have social

... accessible game, there's another question: Who do they play with? Who do they talk to? Where do they meet other people who understand their experience? That's what led us to build Dora Station . We're creating a social gaming space designed with blind and visually impaired users in mind a place where people can connect, communicate, discuss games, meet other gamers and become part of a community. The easiest comparison is probably Discord , but our goal ... ... simply recreate Discord. We want to explore what a social

... recently launched Dora Station , a new social gaming app created with blind and visually impaired gamers in mind. We noticed something missing from accessible gaming: having a place where people can connect, chat, meet other gamers, share experiences and simply hang out with a community that understands accessible gaming. Dora Station is our attempt to build that space. Think of it as a social

... What makes people actually stay on a new social network? I've been building a social

... spent 3 weeks testing AI-generated social posts (500+ of them) before launching this. Found the gap between "AI-written" and "actually good" wasn't better prompts - it was persistent brand memory. So I built Zolyp: five AI specialists (Zee, Olivia, Lina, Yoongi, Pareesa) that plan, write, design, schedule, and publish your social

... everyone! I'm Satya, an independent software engineer building SocialMediaCircle from scratch. The idea started with a simple question: What if a social network rewarded interaction instead of endless scrolling? SocialMediaCircle combines traditional social

... months ago, PairUp.chat was just an idea. Today we've crossed: 3,000+ registered users 20,000+ website visits A growing community discovering friends through shared interests not endless swiping. Most social apps optimize for engagement. We're trying to optimize for real connections . Instead of matching people randomly, PairUp combines: Interest-based matching Communities & Circles Built-in social

... been thinking about something while building software. Almost every modern social platform shares the same ideas: Permanent profiles. Followers. Public popularity metrics. Infinite content history. Algorithms optimized for engagement. We've become so used to these patterns that they feel inevitable. But are they? I'm curious whether these are actually user needs or simply conventions we've inherited from previous platforms. If you were designing a social

... suddenly lose access to all AI. But what happens if , one day, access to the leading American models is restricted more broadly? We would still have European models, open-source systems we can operate ourselves, and Chinese alternatives. But there is no guarantee that another major power would never make the same decision to protect its own strategic advantage. AI is no longer just another software category. It is becoming infrastructure. It will shape education, healthcare, national security, research ... ... world are American, and Europe should continue working closely with the United States. But cooperation and dependency are not the same thing. Technological sovereignty does not mean refusing to use foreign technology. It means having a real alternative

... This is an exciting, utility-focused release. We completely rebuilt social saves, added a new table view for your library, expanded AI language support to 62 languages, and improved the AI behind tags, connections, summaries, and quizzes. Don't miss the release notes , which have more detail and information on what's coming next. There is also an incredible customer story and an open AMA with a Recall power user on building a second brain , running through ... ... week. What's New Stronger social

... affordable marketing strategies is WOM (word of mouth) getting other people to share your product and potentially spark curiosity or create a domino effect. Over the past few days, several people: have shared screenshots of my tool on social media , sent me DMs saying they like it, or left reviews on the Chrome Web Store. I plan to use them in: the landing page  marketing materials (Chrome Web Store)  possibly advertisement and "show off on socials

... Years of Helping People Inspired a Multilingual AI Platform and a New Generation Social Network At a time when most social

... long time, social media felt like one big town square. Now it feels more like a collection of neighborhoods . People are choosing communities that match how they want to interact. Some have moved to Bluesky. Others stayed on X. Some spend most of their time on LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. At the same time, AI generated content, bots, and engagement farming have made it harder to tell what's genuine. Follower counts and impressions still matter ... ... actually part of the community? What conversations are creating real relationships? It feels like we're moving away from optimizing for scale and back toward optimizing for trust. Are you seeing this too? What feels different for you about socials

... People are choosing the platforms and communities where they feel most connected. Some are on X, others on Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and whatever comes next. But something important gets lost when we only look at social through dashboards and numbers: the people behind the engagement. The same person liking your posts, replying to your ideas, or sharing your work is not just another metric. They're part of your community. We're building around the human ... ... side of social

... July 7, 2026, Google introduced platform properties in Search Console. It is a new property type that helps you understand how your social and video posts perform on Google Search and Discover. Here is what it actually does. You can now track performance for four platforms: Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), and YouTube. For each platform, you get a dedicated Search Console property that shows you clicks, impressions, and the search terms that lead people to your content. The data ... ... Google Search. You could guess. You could use third-party tools. You could not see the actual search terms driving traffic to your posts. Now you can. What this means for creators and brands. If you publish on social

... photos because AI-generated images are everywhere now. I'm also considering creating more videos for the same reason; they're becoming a stronger signal that there's a real person behind the account. What has changed in your social media strategy over the last few months? Comment from Mainstream(@jmirandacher): We ve reached a similar conclusion: AI should reduce the work behind content, not replace the people and experiences that make a brand worth following. Our approach ... ... keeps rising even as the bar to build something real has dropped. Curious how others without an existing audience are cutting through this. Comment from Pamela Arienti(@pamela_arienti): My partner and I also decided to change strategy on social

... building GRK Social; a new social

... created this because I didn't have the time for managing social media - publishing posts, commenting, keeping the "brand" alive and kicking. I wanted to be able to build stuff, write blogs and promote all of it through social

... refer to how the UK banned social media for teenagers under 16. The funny moment was when the BBC News moderator asked the student : How much screen time does she have on the weekend (9 hours) and What will she do with her free time now? (Staring at the wall.) How would you use your time? And not only in your personal life, but especially in your professional life, which is often connected to business management. How would you promote ... ... Comment from Meenakshi(@meenakshi_sivi): In personal life i would spend more time being in the present for myself. For example- Like less of pics and videos and more of me experiencing them than stressing onto capturing them for social

... Built a Tool to Automate Social Media Scheduling The Problem With Managing Multiple Social

... Most social media tools still make YOU do the work, writing captions, editing videos, figuring out what to post. They just make the manual process slightly faster. We took a completely different approach. SnapReel AI is a 6-agent AI system that runs your entire social

... Starting on social media always sounds simple until you actually try to stay consistent. I built Social

... founder and overlook the product's flaws (which could hurt development and constructive feedback). + I noticed the most common mistake that many people who started building a personal brand first, connected their product to their personal accounts (emails, social media, etc.) and started having a problem selling these things, because they cannot "give someone keys" to their personal profiles. Which opens the question: Which approach brings more advantages in your opinion? Comment from Ian Maxwell(@ian_maxwell1): The hybrid approach ... ... brand first, but with a hard rule I learned the hard way: keep the product's accounts separate from your personal ones from day one. The mistake Nika points to is real once your repo, your emails and your socials

... Building Postsiva.com an all-in-one AI social media manager Hey Product Hunt I m building Postsiva.com, a platform that helps you manage all your social