--- title: Best Social Media posts — August 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Social Media posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of/2025/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of/2025/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Social Media posts — August 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Social Media posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Social Media — August 2025 1. 1 [](/posts/we-finally-gave-your-posts-what-they-deserve-cvm55m1w6 "We finally gave your posts what they deserve") Article daily.dev Changelog · 1y We finally gave your posts what they deserve Daily.dev has launched post analytics, allowing users to track their content performance with detailed metrics including impressions, engagement, reputation gains, and follower growth. The new analytics dashboard provides insights into post reach, peak performance times, and audience engagement to help creators understand what content works and optimize their posting strategy. 173 29 2. 2 [](/posts/what-i-learned-when-i-stopped-posting-my-life-online-from-a-former-influencer-fnj5gf8nv "What I learned when I stopped posting my life online, from a former influencer") Article Mozilla · 1y What I learned when I stopped posting my life online, from a former influencer A former fashion blogger shares insights from stepping away from social media influence work. Key lessons include discovering that unstaged photos are more authentic, having more time for genuine hobbies, developing personal style independent of trends, and learning what activities bring real satisfaction versus those done for content. The author describes the mental shift from constant curation to living authentically, eventually returning online with clearer boundaries between content creation as work versus lifestyle. 48 18 3. 3 [](/posts/study-social-media-probably-can-t-be-fixed-cbxzvyxwn "Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed") Article Ars Technica · 1y Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed Researchers from the University of Amsterdam used AI simulations to study social media dysfunction and found that problems like echo chambers, attention inequality, and extreme content amplification are structurally embedded in social media architecture itself. Their study tested six proposed intervention strategies including chronological feeds, diversity boosting, and bridging algorithms, but concluded that none would be effective because the underlying structural dynamics are too robust to resolve with surface-level changes. 17 8 [See all Social Media archives](/tags/social-media/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of/2025/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of/2025/08","name":"Best Social Media Posts — August 2025","description":"The most upvoted Social Media posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of/2025/08#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/we-finally-gave-your-posts-what-they-deserve-cvm55m1w6","name":"We finally gave your posts what they deserve"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-learned-when-i-stopped-posting-my-life-online-from-a-former-influencer-fnj5gf8nv","name":"What I learned when I stopped posting my life online, from a former influencer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/study-social-media-probably-can-t-be-fixed-cbxzvyxwn","name":"Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Social Media","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/social-media"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/social-media/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2025"}]}]} ```