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20 Oct 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.

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INSTAGRAM’S MUSICAL PROFILE

Instagram is testing a new option which will allow users to add and feature a song on their personal profile much like Myspace.

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TWITTER USERS CAN UNMENTION THEMSELVES

Twitter users can now leave a conversation if they want to by using the new ‘Unmention’ feature or new audience control options.

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TIKTOK’S NEW MUSIC TOOL ‘STEMDROP’

TikTok has partnered with Samsung to launch StemDrop, a new music collaboration tool enabling users to create new song versions.

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TIKTOK RAISES AGE LIMIT FOR LIVE

TikTokLive restrictions will change as they add adult-only livestream options and raise the age limit for live hosting from 16 to 18.

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YOUTUBE’S NEW ‘MOMENT BLAST’ AD

YouTube is rolling out more ad options, including their new ‘Moment Blast’ feature targeting TV connected users and audio only ad options.

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FACEBOOK REELS’ BRANDED CONTENT TAG

Meta has extended reels’ branded content tags for all users on Facebook, allowing brands to repost the reels as an ad.

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META’S AI-BASED TRANSLATOR TOOLS

Meta is building an AI-based speech-to-speech translator tools for languages that don’t have a proper standard written form.

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NEW TIKTOK STYLE EDUTECH

The new French startup app Revyze, has created a social media platform that allows users to access educational content in a similar style to TikTok.

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