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“Facebook jail,” the name the social network’s users have bestowed on the company’s system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul. Meta announced today it will be reforming its penalty system based on the recommendations from the Oversight Board,...
Snapchat announced today that it’s introducing two new features for its Sounds product, which allows users to add licensed song clips, excerpts from TV and movies, and their own original audio to their Snaps and Stories. Continue reading
YouTube is adding some new metrics for Shorts, along with demographic data by upload format in YouTube Studio, as part of its latest feature update. Continue reading
TikTok has added a new element to its Creative Center which highlights how popular specific products are in the app, based on the amount of ads posted that feature the item, along with impressions, view-through rate, comments, likes - basically every data point you...
Twitter has rolled out another update for its Community Notes feature, this time with a new alert when a tweet that you’ve previously engaged with gets a new note attached. Continue reading
LinkedIn has added another way to keep track of your messaging chats in the app, with the ability to ‘star’ chosen conversations. Continue reading
To help up-and-coming creators grow their presence and build community faster, today Mark Zuckerberg announced that we’ll begin testing a new offering called Meta Verified, a subscription bundle on Instagram and Facebook that includes a verified badge that...
The latest update from Elon and Co. is that Twitter is switching off SMS-based two-factor authentication for all non Twitter Blue subscribers from next month. Continue reading
TikTok is trying out another way to maximize engagement in the app with a new TikTok Live trivia series that will give users a chance to win money in the app. Continue reading
We're always exploring new ways to help creators directly reach their audience and form deeper connections with their communities. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced broadcast channels on Instagram with his own “Meta Channel ?”. Broadcast channels are a public,...
TikTok has quietly added new topic feeds to its homepage alongside its current “Following” and “For You” feeds. Some users are now seeing new video feeds dedicated to “Sports,” “Fashion,” “Gaming” and “Food.” Swiping between the feeds shows you content for each...
It seems that live shopping, which has been huge in Asian markets, and had represented a key hope for revenue growth for western social apps, is still not catching on the way many had hoped. Continue reading