Growth News Today: Meta Sets Moderation Rules, X Opens Its Algorithm, and NYT Games ☕️

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Jan 21, 2026

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Quick Hits

  1. Meta Looks to Establish Definitive Rules on Banning Public Figures
    (Meta trying to write the Terms & Conditions of chaos.)

  2. X Publishes AI-Powered Algorithm Code
    (X said: here’s the code, good luck)

  3. NYT Games’ Scrabble-like game Crossplay is a dream come true
    (Word game people just felt joy again)

The Growth joke of the day

Why did the SEO expert read the algorithm’s source code?
To still end up saying, “It depends.”

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

  • Everstone combines Wingify and ABTasty for $100M+ digital experience optimization platform

    Everstone merges Wingify (India) and ABTasty (France), creating a $100M+ annual revenue digital experience optimization platform. The new entity will focus on integrated A/B testing, personalization, growth tools, and increasing AI-led capabilities for enterprise customers.

  • Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries
    Adobe is integrating more AI tools into Acrobat, allowing users to edit files with prompts, generate podcast summaries of documents, and create presentations.

  • You can send your name around the Moon with NASA
    NASA is inviting the public to sign up to add their names on an SD card aboard Orion, the spacecraft slated to orbit the Moon during the Artemis II mission in the near future.And we think that is actually cool.

  • The local SEO gatekeeper: How Google defines your entity
    Google won’t rank what it can’t confidently identify. See how business names and primary categories determine local search eligibility.Most businesses don’t fail to rank in the local pack because they lack reviews, links, or proximity. They fail long before that because Google never considers them eligible in the first place. This is a recurring pattern in local search that almost everyone overlooks. 

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