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Source: Social Media Today YouTube’s looking to provide channel managers with more tools to help grow their in-app communities, including updated audience engagement insights, and improved markers of interaction opportunities in-stream. Continue...
Source: Techcrunch Instagram announced Monday that it’s finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of songs that they’ve shared from Spotify to Stories. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today After announcing that hashtags would be banned from all Promoted Posts on X last week, X owner Elon Musk also flagged another coming to change to X’s ad process, with bigger ads to soon cost more per placement. Continue...
Source: Techcrunch TikTok is testing a new messaging tool called “bulletin boards,” the social network confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The feature lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers. Bulletin boards are pretty...
Source: Social Media Today X owner Elon Musk has announced that the platform is banning hashtags from ads, in order to improve the look and responsiveness of X’s promoted posts. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s rolling out a new option to make your articles stand out in-stream, which also aligns with its broader push on video content. Continue reading
Source: Techcrunch YouTube is rolling out new AI-powered features to help users find content and information more easily, the company announced on Thursday. The platform is launching an AI-powered search results carousel similar to Google’s AI Overviews and is...
Source: Social Media Today YouTube’s looking to avoid potential risks with youngsters livestreaming in the app, with the platform announcing that it’s increasing its age limit for livestreams, with live broadcasts to be restricted to users aged 16 and up from...
Source: Social Media Today Threads has announced a change in the way that it displays topic-based feeds in the app, with users now able to tap into a dedicated “Feeds” menu at the top left of the main feed. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s adding another AI tool for recruiters, this time with “Advanced AI-Assisted Search,” which is able to use conversational language to help you find the right candidates for a job. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Look, I don’t think this is going to be a major update for, well, anyone, but it’s another IG option to consider either way. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today TikTok’s trying out another way to boost its livestreaming element, with an updated “Fan Club” option to incentivize viewer engagement. Continue reading