Whether Twitter or Facebook, social media is something many people feel they couldn’t live without. But with trolls spewing abuse and limited character counts, many platforms come with a few pain points. Enter Mastodon – the fast-growing network that's hoping to solve some of these bugbears.

Influential, artistic and politically engaged, Afropunks embody a bold new approach to identity, music, art and fashion. In the seventh of a series exploring Gen Y and Z tribes, Andrea Graham Richeson looks at a new brand of ‘black cool’ that comes in many different packages.

The Shade Room is the first celebrity news tabloid to launch as an Instagram account – a fitting platform for a generation seeking content that's 24/7, on-the-go, highly visual and bottom-up. It's celebrity gossip done by, and for, Gens Y and Z, targeted specifically at young, black audiences.

In place of the traditional 140 characters, Twitter is testing out lengthier posts to draw in users. With social media as the modern mouthpiece for social change, Twitter is revising its character length to show its dedication to giving people a voice, rather than muffling them.