Instagram’s expanding access to its new DM control options, which are designed to help users avoid unwanted contact, particularly in the form of images and videos that they don’t want to receive. Continue reading
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X Continues to Update Its Ad Formats to Make Them Appear More Native In-Stream
Have you noticed that ads in your X timeline are getting harder to differentiate from normal posts? That’s seemingly by design, with X recently changing its ad disclosure indicators from a more prominent “Promoted” tag at the bottom left, to a much smaller “Ad” marker...
X Users Can Now Participate in Spaces Streams via Desktop PCs
It’s been in testing for some time, but now, X Spaces users can log in as a speaker on desktop, providing another way to engage in the platform’s audio chats. Continue reading
Coming Soon to TikTok in Europe: A ‘For You’ Feed Without the TikTok Algorithm
The video sharing platform has announced that TikTok users in the European Union will “soon” be able to switch off its infamously engaging content-selection algorithm as it prepares to comply with the bloc’s updated digital rulebook. Continue reading
X Will Now Display Posts from Communities You’ve Joined In Your Main Feed
I’m not sure that X’s communities are ever going to be a key engagement space, or even a valuable consideration for most users. But the X team is trying to boost communities engagement, in the hopes that it can indeed help facilitate more types of discussion in the...
X, Formerly Twitter, Streamlines its Crowdsourced Fact-Checking System Community Notes
Elon Musk-owned X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is streamlining its crowdsourced fact-checking feature Community Notes. The feature historically has provided information to users about why they were seeing a fact check appended to a tweet, er, post. Continue...
X, Formerly Twitter, Now Lets Paid Users Hide Their Checkmarks
Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. The Elon Musk-owned company introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch. The service was renamed to XBlue during the ongoing rebranding...
Snapchat is Launching a New Rewards Program for AR Lens Creators
Snapchat is introducing a new Lens Creator Rewards program to give AR creators and developers the chance to earn money for top-performing Lenses, the company announced on Tuesday. Continue reading
YouTube Adds More TikTok-Like Options to Shorts, Including Collabs and Q & A Stickers
With Shorts consumption rising on YouTube, it’s making a bigger move to take on TikTok head-to-head, with the addition of a range of new, TikTok-like features for Shorts that’ll bring the two platforms into closer parity. Continue reading
Twitter, Now X, Opens Up its Ad Revenue Sharing Program with Global Creators
Earlier this month, Twitter — which has since rebranded as X — began sharing ad revenue with verified creators in an attempt to retain top talent on its platform. Today, the company announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is now available for eligible creators...