The platform is currently testing a new display format for retweets, which would incorporate both retweets and retweets with comments into a single, overall retweet count. Twitter fans, rejoice. As you can see in this tweet, shared by user Bruce Floyd, in this new display format, all of your various retweets would be incorporated into one data point….
In its latest effort to improve content transparency in the lead up to the US election, Facebook is adding new location markers on individual business profile posts, on both Facebook and Instagram, which will highlight where the managers of that page or account are primarily located, helping to provide additional context. As you can see in this…
With more people switching to working from home amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, Facebook is adding some new features to its professional Workplace platform, catering to both rising demand and usage trends. First off, Facebook is adding a new Knowledge Library where businesses will be able to keep company resources on the platform. As explained by Facebook: “Knowledge Library…
To help with this, Instagram has this week shared some key tips on how brands can maintain audience connection via Instagram Stories. Amid the COVID-19 shutdowns and the broader human impacts of the pandemic, it’s difficult for marketers to understand where they’re placed, and how they can, and should, maintain the connection with their audiences at this…
After many questions were raised about the new Apple and Google contact tracing API, which will enable health authorities to send alerts to people who’ve potentially been in contact with someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19, the tech giants have announced some updates to the system, which they’re aiming to make available for use by regional health…
Facebook has outlined its latest advancement in the early detection and removal of fake profiles, this time through the use of data related to friend requests, and the variance in friend request rejection between real people and fake profiles. As explained by Facebook: “Online social networks are frequently targeted by malicious actors who create fake accounts for the purpose…
WhatsApp has launched a new sticker pack, in conjunction with the WHO, to help spread key health messaging among its user base, in order to reduce the ongoing spread of COVID-19. As explained by WhatsApp: “We’re excited to work with The World Health Organization to launch the “Together at Home” sticker pack that will help people stay…
Facebook has this week announced the expanded roll-out of its ‘Avatars’ custom, Bitmoji-like characters, which it first launched to Australian users in June last year. As per Facebook’s EMEA Communications manager Alexandru Voica: “We’re expanding Avatars across Europe, and are excited to give people in these countries a new way to express themselves and convey more of their identity….
Instagram looks to be testing a new Stories sticker option which would enable users to share a business profile with their followers, including a header and a three-image preview that links through to a brand’s on-platform presence. As you can see in this example, shared by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, the new ‘Share Professional’ sticker would…
Facebook, in conjunction with Carnegie Melon, has this week published the first of its new COVID-19 symptom tracking maps, which may help authorities in planning for future outbreaks by highlighting where groups of people are experiencing coronavirus symptoms across the US. The maps use self-reported symptom data from Facebook users, then pin that info onto map locations, highlighting key…