Social Media News | Weekly Round Up β¨ | 18th March 2024
General
- INSIGHTS π EU Implements New Laws on AI Development [x]
- INSIGHTS π Is Social Media Changing How We Think? [x]
- INSIGHTS π How AI Is Reshaping Social Media Platforms And 5 Tips For Success [x]
- Embrace personalisation
- Optimise content strategy
- Enhance creativity
- Foster authenticity
- Stay agile and adaptive
- INSIGHTS π GenZ Dumping Google For TikTok, Instagram As Social Search Wins [x]
X f.k.a. Twitter
- INSIGHTS π X Renames Trust and Safety Group to Safety [x]
- UPDATE π X Releases Back-End Code and Weighting Data for its βGrokβ LLM [x]
- INSIGHTS π What is Grok? The new X/Twitter feature explained [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ X Tests New, Additional Display of Pinned Posts In-Feed [x]
- UPDATE π X Continues To Share Misleading Data Notes, as Third Party Reports Show Declines in Usage [x]
Instagram
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Instagramβs Experimenting with a New βSpinsβ Option To Facilitate Trend Participation [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Instagram Is Experimenting With an Option To Add Files to DMs [x]
- INSIGHTS π Instagramβs new motion system mimics natural human movement [x]
- INSIGHTS π Instagramβs refresh brings the brand to life in motion [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Instagram Experiments With More Frames Within Carousel Posts Β [x]
Threads
- INSIGHTS π Meta Threads: What Weβve Learned So Far [x]
- UPDATE π Threads now lets all users save drafts and take photos within the app [x]
Facebook/Meta
- UPDATE π Meta Launches Expanded Testing of Landmark Insights in Ray-Ban Stories Β [x]
- UPDATE π Meta Announces Shutdown of Its CrowdTangle Monitoring App [x]
YouTube
- UPDATE π YouTube Launches Updated YouTube TV App [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ YouTube Adds Listing of Clips Made From Videos and Product Tag Alerts [x]
- INSIGHTS π YouTube Shares Insights Into How MrBeastβs Team Creates Compelling Thumbnail Images [x]
TikTok
- INSIGHTS π TikTok Shares Data on its US Economic Impact Ahead of Senate Vote on Sell-Off [x]
- INSIGHTS π TikTok Pushes Back Against Proposed Sell-off Bill, Ahead of House Vote This Week Β [x]
- UPDATE π TikTok Expands AR Creator Rewards Program To Tap into Emerging Trends Β [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ TikTok Adds Search Insights to Better Inform Content Strategies [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ TikTok Adds New Influencer Audio Clips to its Commercial Sounds Library Β [x]
- INSIGHTS π TikTok Shares Insights Into How To Reach Women With Brand Messaging [x]
Twitch
- INSIGHTS π Twitch viewership dips by 8% in February [x]
- Twitch Will End Watch Parties on April 2 [x]
- INSIGHTS π Watch Out, Twitch: Facebook Barrels Into Video-Game Broadcasting With Blizzard [x]
Discord
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Discord is letting third-party developers create games to play on its platform [x]
Other Platforms
Snapchat
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Snapchat Tests Option Enabling Users to Opt-Out of Auto-Deleting Messages [x]
BeReal
- INSIGHTS π BeReal Is Struggling To Add Users as It Runs Out of Funding [x]
Pinterest
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Pinterest Expands Body Type Search to More Users and Verticals [x]
- INSIGHTS π Pinterest Shares New Tips on How Marketers Can Maximize Inclusion in Their Messaging [x]
LinkedIn
- PAID SOCIAL πΈ LinkedIn Will Now Enable Brands to Sponsor Any Organic Post in the App [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ LinkedIn Outlines Next Steps for Its Collaborative Articles Option [x]
Reddit
- PAID SOCIAL πΈ Reddit Launches Free Form Ads Which Replicate the Look of Organic Posts [x]
- NEW FEATURE β¨ Reddit Launches New Pro Data Analytics Suite [x]
Content Creator News
- INSIGHTS π Top 33 Content Creation Agencies For 2024 [x]
- INSIGHTS π YouTube’s Exodus of Stars Show the Uncertainty of the Creator Economy Β [x]
- INSIGHTS π GenAI and the Creator Economy: How Creators Are Looking To Leverage AI and What This Means for Brands Β [x]
- INSIGHTS π Amplify Reveals What Creators Really Want from Brand Partnerships [x]
- INSIGHTS π Ad:tech Forum 2024: Unpacking influencer marketing in an ever-evolving landscape [x]
- INSIGHTS π 4 Creator Life Stages: What Life Stage Are You On? [x]
- INSIGHTS π Creator and influencer trends, marketing trends: March 12, 2024 Β [x]