What is up with all the enticement lately? First Instagram, then Facebook, and now Twitter, too? So, get this – Twitter’s looking to appeal to more brands and creators to build communities in the app with a new Community showcase option for Professional Profiles now undergoing internal testing. As always, the peerless Alessandro Paluzzi gives us some much-welcomed examples. […]
Earlier this summer, one Google executive stated that TikTok was beginning to eat into its core business, particularly among younger users. But this isn’t all that TikTok is now seemingly used for – a recent Pew Research Center study reports that of the examined Americans’ use of Social Media, 33% of TikTok users now say that they regularly […]
TikTok’s giving users more room to explain their content, as well as connect with interested users through a massive expansion of its video description field. As seen in a recent notification posted by the phenomenal Matt Navarra, TikTok has expanded the post description field from 300 characters to 2200 – roughly a 7x increase in available space […]
After testing them out in the live environment for over six months, TikTok is finally announcing the rollout of its comment downvotes for all users, as a means to flag inappropriate responses to video clips. TikTok’s ‘Thumbs Down’ comment downvote option will be displayed at the far right of each comment, providing a quick and easy […]
Good news for local adventurers – finding local restaurant recommendations, as well as possible neighbors, could become simpler as the app furthers its testing on its new ‘Nearby’ Feed. Select Southeast Asian TikTok users are currently testing out a new feature that allows them to view videos posted by those nearby, as reported by TechCrunch. Feed […]
Gaming is, or rather, has become the most influential element in online culture. As such, it’s now a huge topic of focus on all social platforms, with Twitter being no exception. True enough, during the first half of 2022, Twitter says that there were about 1.5 billion Tweets about gaming worldwide, a 36% YoY increase from 2021, […]
Saying that things between Elon Musk and Twitter have gotten ‘Messy’ is a huge understatement. After starting with so much promise, Elon Musk’s revolutionary pledge to buy out Twitter for $44 billion to save the platform and free speech, more broadly. Needless to say, negotiation degraded faster than an avalanche, with Musk eventually accusing Twitter executives of […]
TikTok’s BeReal clone, ‘TikTok Now’, is now available in regions outside the US, with people now able to download the app and get daily prompts to post a ‘Now’ clip, showing what they’re up to at a random time. As per the Google Play store description of the app: “TikTok Now is the new social platform from TikTok. […]
Twitter, too, has begun experimenting with ways to recommend content within its user Feeds to show them more of what they might like, ideally keeping users active in the app for longer. This, as seen from Meta’s efforts, has achieved varying levels of success. But with TikTok fueling a whole new content shift, by focusing on […]
TikTok’s moving to eliminate direct political influence in the app by enacting new restrictions on what politically-affiliated accounts can do, which does include the total removal of donation and ad tools for political groups. No Politics To start, TikTok will now require that all accounts representing governments, politicians, and political parties be verified to avoid potential confusion […]
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