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 ENABLES VOICE REPLIES FOR CREATORS & SIMPLER AD PAYMENTS
Select creators can now reply to comments with a voice recording and make payments for shorts ads in the app.
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FACEBOOK WILL DELETE LIVE VIDEOS AFTER 30 DAYS
Live videos will now only be stored on Facebook for 30 days, compared to it’s previous indefinite storage.
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BLUESKY ADDS REPLY CONTROLS & PROFILE SEARCH
Bluesky has added more Twitter-like features to its app, to make it more homely for those looking for the best Twitter alternative.
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INSTAGRAM’S NEW DM FEATURES
Instagram is enhancing DMs with in-stream translation and scheduled messaging to boost engagement and automation.
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TIKTOK LOOKS TO PROMOTE MORE LIVESTREAM SHOPPING
TikTok is now looking for more ways to get more businesses selling via video in the app, with a new push to expand TikTok Live shopping broadcasts in more regions
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INSTAGRAM TESTS COMMENT DOWNVOTES TO COMBAT NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS
Meta is trying out a dislike button for comments to establish more signals for comments that users find to be overly negative and/or harmful to their in-app experience.
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