“Social media is only important because of the social part, and if you don’t have that, people aren’t going to use” it, says one longtime user. Black users make up some of social media’s most engaged, ...

Black users make up some of social media’s most engaged, influential audiences. They are now also among the thousands of people who have left X, formerly Twitter, citing a flood of bots, harassment ...

“Social media is only important because of the social part, and if you don’t have that, people aren’t going to use” it, says one longtime user.