As part of its broader push to win over more creators, Facebook has today announced a new set of comment moderation and support tools to help creators maximize their use of its platform. And also, a big one for regular users – a new live chat option for those locked out of their accounts. Here’s what’s been announced….
It’s been in testing for a while, but today, Instagram has officially announced that users can now reply to post comments with Reels, providing another way to integrate Reels into the Instagram process. As you can see in this example, now, when you reply to a comment on a post, you’ll also have the option to tap…
Pinterest is very happy with its annual prediction reports. Last year, the platform noted that its trend predictions for 2020 were 80% correct, a claim it’s once again repeated in its latest Pinterest Predicts report, which provides an overview of where things are headed in 2022, based on Pin activity, in a range of business categories. This…
Today, Twitter has announced that it’s acquired messaging app Quill, which is focused on facilitating more efficient messaging communication via advanced layout and sorting options, which are more specifically aligned to professional than personal communication. At a guess, I would say that Twitter is looking to build new professional tools into an alternate Twitter Blue type offering, which…
Twitter has announced the winners of its #BestOfTweets Awards for 2021, which includes a combination of statistic-based a peer-voted awards, across a range of categories, recognizing the most outstanding brand tweets and handles of the year, The big winner of the year was McDonalds, taking out ‘Best Brand Presence’ overall. As explained by Twitter: “In no small…
Gift giving is a lifetime activity, so it pays to learn how to do it well. That’s right, gift-giving isn’t an innate sense that you either have or you don’t; you can learn how to give great gifts. It can be anxiety-inducing for many, but with a variety of techniques and some effort, your gifts…
Meta is joining a new push to help protect people against ‘revenge porn’, where intimate content featuring them is uploaded online without their consent. Meta has had processes in place to help detect and remove revenge porn since 2018, but now, the company is joining a coalition of assistance organizations and tech platforms on a new program…
At 1.4 billion citizens, and rising, and with tech adoption gaining momentum across the nation, India is a key focus for almost every social platform, with India now the leading region, in terms of total users, for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Clubhouse. And LinkedIn, too, is seeing a big rise in Indian usage. As you can…
‘Tis the season for… disclosure? TikTok has today released its latest Content Removal Requests Report, which details all of the uploads that it took action against in the first half of the year due to violations of its community guidelines or other official and/or legal request. In addition to this, TikTok has also launched a new Transparency…
When Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced today his plans to step down as CEO, he didn’t go quietly. “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being ‘founder-led,’” he wrote. “Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure. I’ve worked hard to ensure this company can break away from its…