<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>NTXM Blog</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/</link><description>Guides and notes on NTXM desktop software.</description><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Typing Practice Sites Compared (2026): Monkeytype, Keybr, TypeRacer and More</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typing-practice-sites-compared-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typing-practice-sites-compared-2026/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Ten typing tools compared on what they are for, price, ads, accounts and offline use, with traffic data as of October 2026. Pick the right one for your goal.</description></item><item><title>Monkeytype Alternative for Typing Real Sentences</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/monkeytype-alternative-real-sentences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/monkeytype-alternative-real-sentences/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Monkeytype is built for short speed tests. TypeMaster has you type full books chapter by chapter, free and with no account, on the web or offline on Windows and Mac.</description></item><item><title>TypeMaster vs Keybr: Generated Words or Real Books</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typemaster-vs-keybr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typemaster-vs-keybr/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Keybr builds lessons from generated words that target your slowest keys. TypeMaster has you type real books and structured levels. What each one is good for.</description></item><item><title>TypeRacer Alternative for Offline, Solo Practice</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typeracer-alternative-offline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typeracer-alternative-offline/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>TypeRacer is a live racing game with short quotes. TypeMaster is for calm solo practice on full books, with no ads, no account and an offline desktop app.</description></item><item><title>10FastFingers Alternative for Practice Longer Than One Minute</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/10fastfingers-alternative/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/10fastfingers-alternative/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>10FastFingers tests you on 60 seconds of the 200 most common words. TypeMaster gives you full chapters of real books to practice on, free and offline.</description></item><item><title>Nitro Type Alternative With No Ads for Students</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/nitro-type-alternative-no-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/nitro-type-alternative-no-ads/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Nitro Type turns typing into a car racing game and shows ads unless you pay for Gold. TypeMaster is free with no ads, no account, and an offline app for home or class.</description></item><item><title>TypingClub Alternative That Works Offline</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typingclub-alternative-offline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typingclub-alternative-offline/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>TypingClub is a free online typing course. TypeMaster has step-by-step levels too, plus 1,400+ books, and its Windows and Mac apps work with no internet.</description></item><item><title>Typing.com Alternative: Free, No Account, No Ads</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typing-com-alternative-no-account/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typing-com-alternative-no-account/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Typing.com is a large school typing platform with ads on its free edition. TypeMaster is free practice with no ads and no account, online or offline.</description></item><item><title>TypeMaster vs TypeLit: Two Ways to Type Real Books</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typemaster-vs-typelit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typemaster-vs-typelit/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>TypeLit and TypeMaster both let you practice typing on classic books. TypeLit has more languages; TypeMaster has a bigger library, lessons, code tracks and offline apps.</description></item><item><title>TypeQuicker Alternative: Free Text and Code Typing Practice</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typequicker-alternative-free/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/typemaster/typequicker-alternative-free/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>TypeQuicker puts its smart practice modes behind a Pro plan. TypeMaster gives you books, lessons and coding tracks for free, with no account and an offline app.</description></item><item><title>Offline video player for Windows and Mac: your files stay on the computer</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/offline-video-player-windows-macos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/offline-video-player-windows-macos/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Cloud players and browser tabs upload or stream. KinoFlux Player 1.2.0 plays MKV, MP4 and other local files on Windows and Apple Silicon with no account and no telemetry.</description></item><item><title>Playback speed, library and picture adjust in KinoFlux Player</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/kinoflux-player-playback-features/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/kinoflux-player-playback-features/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What the real UI in KinoFlux Player 1.2.0 gives you for everyday watching: a local library, speed changes, and a compact picture and audio panel, without leaving the player.</description></item><item><title>Install KinoFlux Player on Windows and macOS</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/install-kinoflux-player-windows-macos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-player/install-kinoflux-player-windows-macos/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How to install KinoFlux Player 1.2.0 from the Microsoft Store or the Windows Setup exe, and from the macOS Apple Silicon dmg, including checksum checks and first-start warnings.</description></item><item><title>Convert MKV, MOV, AVI or WebM to MP4 on your computer</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-video-to-mp4-offline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-video-to-mp4-offline/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A video will not play on a phone, TV or website because of its file type. Here is how to turn it into an MP4 with KinoFlux Editor, either in seconds without quality loss or with a full re-encode that plays everywhere.</description></item><item><title>Make a video file smaller without visible quality loss</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/reduce-video-file-size-without-losing-quality/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/reduce-video-file-size-without-losing-quality/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A phone video is too big to send, store or upload. How to shrink it on your own computer with KinoFlux Editor: pick a compression level, switch to H.265, or lower the resolution, with real before and after sizes.</description></item><item><title>Split a video into parts by length, count or file size</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/split-a-video-into-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/split-a-video-into-parts/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A video is too long or too big for an upload or email limit. How to cut it into equal parts, at times you choose, or into pieces under a size in MB with KinoFlux Editor, without re-encoding.</description></item><item><title>Join several videos into one file, even if they differ in size</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/join-videos-into-one-file/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/join-videos-into-one-file/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>You have a few clips from a phone, a camera and a screen recording and want one video. How to merge them in order with KinoFlux Editor, offline, and what happens when the clips have different sizes.</description></item><item><title>Mute a video, or swap its sound for music</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/remove-or-replace-audio-in-a-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/remove-or-replace-audio-in-a-video/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Background noise, a private conversation or copyrighted music in a clip you want to share. How to remove the sound from a video completely, or replace it with your own track, in seconds and without re-encoding the picture.</description></item><item><title>Make a GIF from a video, or save one frame as a picture</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-gif-from-a-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-gif-from-a-video/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>You want a short looping GIF for a chat, a bug report or a README, or one still image from a clip. How to do both with KinoFlux Editor on your own computer, and which settings keep the GIF small.</description></item><item><title>Fix a sideways or upside-down video: rotate or flip it</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/rotate-or-flip-a-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/rotate-or-flip-a-video/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A phone video plays sideways, upside down or mirrored. How to turn it 90 or 180 degrees, or flip it, with KinoFlux Editor on Windows or Mac, so it plays the right way everywhere.</description></item><item><title>Make a landscape video vertical (9:16) for Reels, Shorts and TikTok</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-video-vertical-9-16/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-video-vertical-9-16/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A horizontal video looks tiny on a phone feed, and cropping it cuts off people&apos;s heads. How to turn it into 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5 with KinoFlux Editor, either cropped or fitted on a blurred background.</description></item><item><title>Add an SRT subtitle file to a video, burned in or as a track</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-subtitles-to-a-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-subtitles-to-a-video/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>You have a video and an .srt file, but the subtitles do not show on Instagram, on the TV or in the messaging app. How to put them into the video for good, or add them as a track viewers can switch on and off, with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>Add your logo to a video, in a corner and see-through</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-a-logo-watermark-to-a-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-a-logo-watermark-to-a-video/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Your clips get reposted without credit, or every video for your channel needs the same small logo in the corner. How to put a logo on a video with the right size, position and opacity, offline, with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>Speed up or slow down a video or audio file, without chipmunk voices</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/speed-up-or-slow-down-video-and-audio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/speed-up-or-slow-down-video-and-audio/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A tutorial drags, a lecture is too slow, or you want a slow-motion clip. 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How to make an HLS package with several qualities, an m3u8 playlist and short segments, on your own computer with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>Turn a song or podcast into a video with a still picture</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/turn-an-mp3-into-a-video-with-a-picture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/turn-an-mp3-into-a-video-with-a-picture/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>YouTube, Instagram and many chat apps want a video, but you have an MP3 and a cover picture. How to make an MP4 from audio plus a picture with KinoFlux Editor, in landscape, square or vertical, for one file or a whole album.</description></item><item><title>Convert WAV, FLAC and other audio files to MP3 (or the other way)</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-wav-flac-and-other-audio-to-mp3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-wav-flac-and-other-audio-to-mp3/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A WAV is too big to send, a FLAC will not play in the car, or you need an iPhone ringtone. How to convert audio between MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, Opus and more with KinoFlux Editor, in bulk and offline.</description></item><item><title>Cut, join and fade audio files: trim an MP3, merge recordings, smooth the ends</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/cut-join-and-fade-audio-files/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/cut-join-and-fade-audio-files/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A recording has a long silent start, a podcast came in two parts, or a song stops too abruptly. How to trim, join and fade MP3, WAV and other audio files with KinoFlux Editor, offline.</description></item><item><title>Fix a quiet recording and cut out long pauses</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/normalize-audio-volume-and-remove-silence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/normalize-audio-volume-and-remove-silence/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A lecture, voice memo or podcast is too quiet, and full of long silent gaps. How to bring it to a standard loudness and shorten the pauses automatically with KinoFlux Editor, with before and after numbers.</description></item><item><title>Fix song titles, artist names and album art in MP3 files</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/edit-mp3-tags-and-album-art/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/edit-mp3-tags-and-album-art/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Your music shows up as &quot;Track 2&quot; by &quot;Unknown artist&quot; with no cover, in the car, on the phone and in your player. How to set titles, artist, album, track numbers and cover art for many files at once with KinoFlux Editor, without touching the sound.</description></item><item><title>Open HEIC, WebP and AVIF photos: convert them to JPG or PNG</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-heic-webp-avif-to-jpg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-heic-webp-avif-to-jpg/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>iPhone photos arrive as HEIC, downloaded images as WebP or AVIF, and the program you need will not open them. How to turn them into normal JPG or PNG files on Windows or Mac with KinoFlux Editor, in bulk.</description></item><item><title>Make photos smaller for email and uploads, without visible loss</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/compress-photos-to-reduce-file-size/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/compress-photos-to-reduce-file-size/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A form only accepts images under 1 MB, or ten photos are too big for one email. How to compress JPG, PNG and other pictures in bulk with KinoFlux Editor, pick a level, and shrink the pixel size when needed.</description></item><item><title>Resize or crop a picture to an exact size: 1200 px wide, 1080 x 1080, 16:9</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/resize-and-crop-images-to-an-exact-size/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/resize-and-crop-images-to-an-exact-size/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A website wants images 1200 pixels wide, Instagram wants 1080 x 1080, a passport form wants 600 x 600. How to resize, fit and crop pictures to an exact size in bulk with KinoFlux Editor, without squashing them.</description></item><item><title>Put your name or logo on photos before you share them</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-a-watermark-to-photos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-a-watermark-to-photos/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Photos you post get copied and reused without credit. How to stamp a text watermark like &quot;© Your name&quot; or your logo on many pictures at once with KinoFlux Editor, on your own computer.</description></item><item><title>Make a favicon and app icons from one logo</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-favicon-and-app-icons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/make-a-favicon-and-app-icons/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A new website needs favicon.ico, an Apple touch icon, Android icons and a web manifest, and an app needs a dozen icon sizes. How to make all of them from one picture with KinoFlux Editor, offline.</description></item><item><title>See what your photos and PDFs reveal, then remove it</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/check-and-remove-hidden-file-metadata/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/check-and-remove-hidden-file-metadata/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A phone photo can carry the exact place it was taken. A PDF can carry your name and your company&apos;s. How to check what a file reveals with KinoFlux Editor, and remove GPS, camera data and author info before you share it.</description></item><item><title>Put photos, scans or receipts into one PDF</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/combine-images-into-one-pdf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/combine-images-into-one-pdf/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An expense form, a visa application or a landlord wants one PDF, and you have a pile of phone photos and scans. How to combine JPG, PNG and HEIC pictures into a single PDF in the order you want with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>PDF too big to upload or email? Split it into parts under a size limit</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/split-a-pdf-by-file-size/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/split-a-pdf-by-file-size/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The portal says &quot;maximum 2 MB&quot;, the email bounces at 25 MB, and your PDF is bigger. How to split a PDF into parts that each stay under a size you choose, and how to shrink a PDF without losing quality, with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>Fix the page order of a PDF, or turn sideways pages upright</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/rearrange-and-rotate-pdf-pages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/rearrange-and-rotate-pdf-pages/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A two-sided scan comes out as all fronts and then all backs, a page is in the wrong place, or one page is sideways. How to reorder, interleave, move, repeat and rotate PDF pages with KinoFlux Editor, offline.</description></item><item><title>Add page numbers or a DRAFT stamp to a PDF</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-page-numbers-and-a-watermark-to-a-pdf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/add-page-numbers-and-a-watermark-to-a-pdf/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A report or a set of court papers needs &quot;Page 2 of 12&quot; at the bottom, or a draft needs DRAFT across every page before it goes out. How to add page numbers and a text watermark to any PDF with KinoFlux Editor, offline.</description></item><item><title>Put a password on a PDF, or remove one you know</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/password-protect-or-unlock-a-pdf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/password-protect-or-unlock-a-pdf/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Payslips, bank statements and contracts should not travel as open PDFs, and some PDFs you receive ask for a password every single time. How to lock a PDF with a password, and unlock one when you know the password, with KinoFlux Editor.</description></item><item><title>Get pictures and text out of a PDF: pages to JPG, photos, plain text</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-pdf-to-jpg-and-extract-images-or-text/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-pdf-to-jpg-and-extract-images-or-text/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>You need a PDF page as a picture for a slide or a website, the photos inside a PDF report, or the text without copying it page by page. How to do all three with KinoFlux Editor, offline.</description></item><item><title>Edit a PDF in Word, Excel or PowerPoint: convert it back, offline</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-pdf-to-word-excel-or-powerpoint/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-pdf-to-word-excel-or-powerpoint/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Someone sent a PDF and you need to change a line, reuse a price table or update a slide. How to turn a PDF into an editable .docx, .xlsx or .pptx with KinoFlux Editor, and what to expect from the result.</description></item><item><title>Save PowerPoint slides as pictures, all at once</title><link>https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-powerpoint-slides-to-images/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.ntxm.org/blogs/kinoflux-editor/convert-powerpoint-slides-to-images/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>You need slides as PNG or JPG for a website, a social post, a chat message or a video. 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