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Meta and other social media firms chasing TikTok’s short-form video success are fanning the flames of ban rhetoric while simultaneously vying to boost the attractiveness of their own TikTok clones with new monetization features. The goal? Steal away as many fearful TikTokers as possible. Read more…

Here we are trying to grasp the nuanced differences between these terms of affection. According to Hunter March, Bae is not a reference to Beyonce - it's the new version of Boo. As in "He's my boo." BAE might also stand for Before Anyone Else. So apparently you can have a bae who is not necessarily BAE. We're dizzy trying to digest it all. But Hunter, you'll always be our boo.

ICYMI: Drew Droege stopped by to ask youth Jordan Firstman for his take on Oil Pulling: The practice of swishing coconut oil between your teeth. Jordan's take? He'll leave that mess to the adults. Therefore, Oil Pulling will NOT be making a home on the OMFG! (sub)Urban Dictionary.

Demi Adejuyigbe teaches us about his fave apps Keezy (a portable soundboard!) and Duolingo (learn Mandarin on the go!) and gives us points for our attempt to sound like we know what we're talking about.