Social media
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Instagram Tests New ‘Blend’ Feed for Private Content Sharing
Instagram continues to test out more private engagement options, this time via a new option called “Blend”, which is essentially a combined Reels feed, based on the Reels that you’ve shared with a friend. As you can see in this example, shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, your combined “Blend” stream, with a friend/connection, will showcase: “Reels recommendations based on…
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Meta Says End-to-End Encryption Will Be the Default in Messenger ‘in the Coming Months’
Meta has provided an update on its progress in rolling out end-to-end encryption by default on Messenger, which it’s been implementing over the past few months. Well, really, Meta’s been working towards making E2E encryption the standard across all of its messaging apps since 2019, as part of a broader plan to integrate its various messaging platforms into one unified…
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Google Tests Out Shopping Discovery Elements, Including Generative AI for Product Search
Google’s testing out some new shopping elements to help refine your discovery process, including related style recommendations, body shape matching, and generative AI examples of what you’re after. Which could impact how people find products in the app, and potentially, how retailers display their products. First off, on style recommendations. Google’s adding a new gallery of images related to your…
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Pinterest Shares Insights Into Optimizing Social Platform Algorithms for Positive Engagement
Pinterest has shared a new overview of the “non-engagement signals” that it uses to refine its algorithms, and improve user experiences, in order to avoid going on direct engagement indicators alone. Because by focusing on explicit engagement signals, like Likes, comments, etc., that can lead to negative outcomes. As explained by Pinterest: “User engagement is a critical signal used by…
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YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Shares Notes on Thumbnail Testing and Generative AI Updates
Seven months after taking the role as YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, Johanna Voolich has provided some insights into her vision for the app, including new projects, the focus on generative AI, and more. Voolich shared her thoughts as part of a new interview series on YouTube, which will provide insight into its planning and development process, in order to help…
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LinkedIn Tests Dedicated Video Feed
My capacity for social platform predictions remains undefeated, with another of my 2024 predictions now seemingly coming to life. Back in October, I wrote this about LinkedIn: “There are more and more virtual events being hosted in the app, and more video is being uploaded, but both are generally hard to discover, unless you’re following the right people and profiles…
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YouTube Adds Members-Only Shorts To Drive Creator Subscriptions
YouTube has added another way to incentivize channel subscriptions with Members Only Shorts, enabling creators to share exclusive short-form content with their paying fans. As outlined in the video, creators will be able to select “Members Only” within the upload flow for their Shorts, adding a level of exclusivity to their uploads. Members Only Shorts will be displayed with a…
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Reddit Announces Data Partnership With Cision
Reddit has announced a new partnership with Cision, which will enable Cision users to examine Reddit data to find trend more in-depth trend insights. As explained by Reddit: “Cision provides a social suite that monitors public conversations about brands, topics, products, and campaigns. By accessing Reddit’s Data API, Cision can layer more rich and real-time insights into their suite of…
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Elon Musk Says Users With a Lot of Verified Followers Will Get Free Checkmarks
A lot of people with big followings are about to get their X (formerly Twitter) checkmarks back, whether they want them or not. It seems that X owner Elon Musk is trying yet another angle to boost X subscriptions, this time by giving them away to users with high follower counts in the app. Going forward, all ???? accounts with…
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Elon Musk Says That Users with a Lot of Verified Followers Will Get Free Checkmarks
A lot of people with big followings are about to get their X (formerly Twitter) checkmarks back, whether they want them or not. It seems that X owner Elon Musk is trying yet another angle to boost X subscriptions, this time by giving them away to users with high follower counts in the app. Going forward, all ???? accounts with…
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