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19 Aug 2022

The Week in Social

Welcome to ‘The Week in Social’ our team sharing the top stories for you every week on the latest trends, updates and insights in the social-first world! Stories shared by the 1000heads team.

WEEKLY READING LIST 🤓

YOUTUBE SHORTS WATERMARK

YouTube is joining other platforms that put watermarks on their downloaded short from videos to minimise plagiarism

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META SAFEGUARDS ELECTION

As the USA are entering their next Midterms, Meta is connecting its US users to reliable information related to the election in both English and the users’ second languages

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SNAPCHAT COLLABS WITH CARHARTT 

Snapchat is collaborating with clothing brands, including the latest Carhartt, to create additional customisation to the iconic Bitmoji Avatars

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INSTAGRAM REELS SCHEDULING

Now every Instagram users can schedule their Reels from Meta’s Creator Studio app where they can also make some video editings before uploading them as Reels

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LINKEDIN CREATIVE TEMPLATES

LinkedIn adds new template options for post, providing a range of text and background options for the users’ posts

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INSTAGRAM REELS UPDATE

As Instagram are meshing their Story and Reels feature, users now can add Add Yours stickers to their reels which can prompt other users to engage

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REDDIT DEVELOPER PLATFORM

External developers now can create their own tools on Reddit which can be used by different servers on the platforms

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INSTAGRAM REVEALS ALGORITHM

Meta’s engineers explains how they tailors suggestions for each Instagram users to make it more personal

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