What we know about Hive, the MySpace, Twitter, Instagram mashup social media app that …

Did you wake up this morning to see “Hive” trending in your social media feeds? Here’s what you need to know. Hive is a social media app that has been around since October 2019, but has only been noticed by most people within the last 24 hours. Overnight the app exploded in popularity and, as of the time of this writing, Hive is the No. 1 social media app on Apple’s App Store and the No. 2 most-downloaded app overall. Hive is still #1 !!! I’m not joking when I say I’m screenshotting and framing all this ???????????? These are such important moments for me that I’ve only dreamed of so for it to be reality is just.. my heart bursts ???? pic.twitter.com/RmaEsbYsYX — Hive (@TheHIVE_Social) February 3, 2021 At its core, Hive can be thought of as a nostalgic mashup of multiple social media apps. That is, aimed at people who are nostalgic for a time when social media apps were less bloated and algorithmically-driven. The app gives users a Twitter-like profile where they can post text, photos, or videos—with a heavy emphasis on the latter two (a la Instagram). And in a major callback to a time when…
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