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 🤓
INSTAGRAM’S NEW SEARCH RESULT ADS
Instagram’s getting more ads, and they’ll show up when you tap into a post on Instagram’s search results page and start scrolling.
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TIKTOK UPDATES COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
With a potential US ban looming, TikTok has announced it’s updated its Community Guidelines, which now includes a variety of new provisos.
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TIKTOK REACHES 150 MILLION US USERS
TikTok has today shared a new user milestone in the US, while also calling on US users to contact their elected representatives to voice their support.
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WHATSAPP ADDS NEW GROUP CHAT CONTROLS
When an admin chooses to share their group’s invite link, or make their group joinable in a community, they now have more control over who can join.
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TIKTOK’S ALGORITHMIC SUGGESTION REFRESH
TikTok is rolling out a new option that enables you to start your TikTok feed afresh, if you no longer like the videos being recommended to you.
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TWITTER IS TESTING NEW USER VERIFICATION
Twitter appears to be testing a new verification process for Twitter Blue subscribers that would involve submitting a government ID.
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THUMBNAILS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTUBE SHORTS
Creators can now select a unique thumbnail for their Youtube Shorts clips within the Shorts creation process.
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INSTAGRAM TESTS REELS WITHIN STORIES
Instagram’s working on a new way to integrate Stories and Reels, with a new experiment that sees some Reels playing within the Stories flow.
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