News Summary

• Users increasingly want to spend less time on generalized sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and instead join online communities tailored to their interests.
• “Niche spaces give people permission to be specific and to show up as their whole selves without being lost in the algorithm,” says Zehra Naqvi, founder of Lore.
• Some founders and users are now coming to a different conclusion — maybe there isn’t one social media app that will become “the next big thing.
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