Super Bowl

Snapchat Publishes New Insights into User Engagement Around the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LV is fast approaching, and that also means that a whole raft of brands will be looking to link into the surrounding conversation on social, in the hopes of capturing their own ‘Dunk in the Dark’ viral moment of branding glory during the event. Indeed, that tweet from Oreo back in 2013, which has…

YouTube

YouTube is Testing Two New Features Designed to Address Harmful Comments, Auto-Deletion of ‘Held for Review’ CommentsYouTube is Testing Two New Features Designed to Address Harmful Comments, Auto-Deletion of ‘Held for Review’ Comments

YouTube is testing two new features designed to address potentially harmful comments, with new reminder prompts when users include certain terms in their responses and the automatic removal of ‘Held for Review’ comments after 60 days. First off, similar to Instagram’s comment warning prompts, which are triggered when its system detects terms in comments that…

Reels

Instagram Tests Reels Button on Lower Function Bar in Some Selected Regions

This is interesting. Last week, when Instagram released its TikTok-inspired Reels functionality into more regions, amid ongoing speculation about the future of TikTok in the US, tech analyst Josh Constine noted that one of the key flaws of Reels, at launch, is that there’s no front-page presence for the functionality, making it more difficult to find…

Facebook

Facebook Published a New Overview of How its Ad System Works

Trying to get your head around how Facebook advertising works, and how to get the best reach and results for your business? With more organizations looking at online options to connect with consumers, a lot of people are trying to get a better understanding of the details of Facebook’s ad systems. To help with this,…

Houseparty

Houseparty Adds A New Co-Watching Feature with Celebrity-Fronted Event Series

Group live-streaming app Houseparty is using a three-day, virtual ‘In The House’ festival, which includes a range of celebrity guests, to showcase its latest co-watching feature update. I mean, that’s obviously not the only reason – with Facebook and YouTube running star-studded graduation events for the Class of 2020, Houseparty, which is primarily used by young students, is also…

Facebook

Facebook Says That All of its Spark AR Reviewers will Soon not be Operating

Facebook has announced another impact of required staffing changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the company sending more staff home to reduce the potential spread of the virus, Facebook says that all of its Spark AR reviewers will soon not be operating. As a result, no user-submitted AR effects, for either Facebook Stories…

block and unblock on Facebook

How can I block and unblock on Facebook?: How to block or unblock someone on Facebook

Facebook can be a great resource when it comes to keeping up with friends, planning social events, and chatting. Nevertheless, as with any other area on the Internet where people can communicate there can be issues. Whether it’s that your conversation with another user is getting too heated or you’re being harassed, Facebook has a…