Social Media Facebook Brings its Cartoonish ‘Avatars’ to US Users US users get excited – Facebook’s Bitmoji-style Avatars are coming to you. After initially launching them in Australia last June, then rolling them out across Europe last month, Facebook’s Fidji Simo today confirmed that the cartoonish likenesses will be available in the US from today. For the full article […]
Social Media Instagram Adds New Anti-Bullying Measures, Including Bulk Comment Actions and Mention Controls Instagram has announced some new tools to give users more control over their on-platform experience, and reduce the impact of trolls and abusive actions within the app. First off, Instagram’s rolling out a new bulk comment removal process, which will make it […]
Social Media Social Media Platforms Seek to Stop Misinformation ‘Now more than ever, expert medical advice matters most.’ That is the message being delivered by RACGP President Dr Harry Nespolon, who has welcomed measures being taken by popular social media platforms to halt the concerning spread of medical misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic. Twitter announced its […]
Social Media Instagram’s Testing New Ways to Navigate Through Your Stories Feed Instagram is testing out some new ways to navigate through your Stories feed in the app, in order to help people find more Stories content that they’re interested in. Reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong posted this example of one of the new tests in […]
Social Media Pinterest Launches Updated Shopify Integration to Streamline the Creation of Shoppable Product Pin Pinterest has announced that it’s updated its Shopify app, adding a new option that will enable Shopify merchants to quickly and easily feed their entire product catalog directly into shoppable Pins. For the full article click here New Research from Facebook Shows Engagement […]
Social Media New Survey Looks at How Marketers and Consumers View Social Media Engagement Sprout Social has this week released its latest Social Index report, which incorporates responses from over 1,000 marketers, and 1,000 consumers, in order to get a sense of how each group views social media engagement, and what variances there are between the […]
Social Media Twitter Expands Test of Threaded Tweet Replies to More Users, Adds New Format Tweaks Whats a second, isn’t this…? Didn’t Twitter already announce this? Today, Twitter has announced that some users on iOS and web will now see its new threaded tweet replies layout, which includes a line linking replies to the original tweet. […]
Social Media Twitter Outlines Key Dates of Note in May to Assist With Strategic Planning Okay, events calendars may not look as impressive or full as they once did, but there are still plenty of seasonal celebrations and dates of note to keep in mind, which could help to improve your social media promotions, while […]
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Social Media Instagram Adds Live Donations Feature for Fundraising via Instagram Live Instagram continues to explore new ways to help people and businesses impacted by COVID-19. Today, Instagram has launched a new fundraising option within Instagram Live, which will enable users to raise funds during an Instagram Live stream – like a small-scale telethon via the […]
