Social Media Updates this week [Oct 3— Oct 9, 2020]
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Instagram celebrated its 10th birthday and we all were gifted with an option to change Instagram icon on our phones.
Updates on bullying guidelines:
Anddddd new features for reels 👇
New animation for Instagram Story fonts 👇
So do you RT or quote RT more? Twitter wants you to communicate more and so quote Rt is going to be your default option soon. Let’s see if that encourages you to add your opinion before retweet something relatable or important 🙌
Also, for some reason Twitter wants you to follow a bunch of folks at a go 🤔
- Last update on elections
Portal by Facebook now has Netflix and Zoom as well. Read more.
Also, it is October and suddenly everything is about fall, Halloween and everything pumpkin spiced. So Facebook has added new features and AR masks + 360 backgrounds on messenger. Read more.
- Emotional support centre — Connecting People to Mental Health Resources Around the World.
COVID-19 has exacerbated mental health challenges around the world, and the repercussions will be felt for years to come to make things better Facebook has introduced new mental health resources
This also includes a new Facebook watch show focused on mental health.
Nothing new here but LinkedIn Stories are now live for India as well and that is a piece of big news :)
Snapchat
‘First Commercial’ is a new ad option.
It would enable advertisers to ensure that their ad is the first shown when each user tunes into any of Snap’s original Discover shows on any given day.
This is now live for all advertisers in the US and UK.
TikTok
Nothing new but TikTok wants you to know that it is here to stay. The takeover procedure will keep happening but meanwhile, the app will be available to download.
YouTube
- Testing a new reminder in comments to help encourage respectful interactions.
YouTube says:
To help encourage more respectful interactions on YouTube, we’re testing out a reminder that pops up before you post a potentially offensive comment, giving you a moment to reflect on your comment and revise your reply/comment before it’s published. From the reminder, you can move forward with posting your comment as is, or take a few extra moments to edit your comment before posting it. Note: Even if a comment doesn’t trigger the reminder (as it won’t catch all potentially offensive comments) it may still be removed due to Community Guidelines violations. Only those randomly selected to participate in the experiment will see the reminder. We’ll continue to adjust if and how the reminder is shown pending experiment results.
Please leave kind comments on anything I might have missed.
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