SOCIAL MEDIA
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Are We Set for a Major Shake-up of Social Media?
It feels like we’re at an inflection point for social media, a moment where there’s a viable opening for a competitor to come in and dilute the power of the incumbents. But are we really? Sure, Meta has back-flipped on its moderation standards to appease the incoming president, while Elon Musk has transformed Twitter into a propaganda machine to benefit…
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Supreme Court Considers TikTok’s Bid To Remain in the US
Will TikTok actually be banned in the U.S. next week? Time is running out for the app, which now has just days remaining to find a way to remain in operation for its 170 million American users. As per the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act”, TikTok will be banned in the U.S. on January 19th, unless it’s…
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How To Use Social Media To Find out What Content Your Followers Want [Infographic]
Are you looking for ways to provide more relevant content to your followers? Want to know how to establish what your social media followers want from you? The team from Salesforce share their tips for success in this infographic. Here’s what makes their list: Learn industry hashtags Check competitor mentions Keep an eye on more than the big platforms Ask them…
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20 Predictions for Social Media in 2025 [Infographic]
What are the key social media marketing trends to tap into in 2025? We’ve outlined our own predictions here, but there are a range of other, more practical usage trends that could impact your marketing approach. Like this set of forecasts from Red Website Design. In the infographic below, the Red Website Design team have put together 20 notes on…
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X Is Considering Removing Time Markers on Posts in the Main Feed
I’m not really sure why Elon Musk is so annoyed by clutter in the main X feed, but for some reason, he wants to cut out as much as absolutely possible, in order to make it a more “clean”, simple UI. Which might be more attractive, I guess, but… Musk’s latest suggestion along this line is to remove the date/time…
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Meta Appoints New Board Members, Including UFC Chief Dana White
With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, it certainly seems like that’s going to have some impact on how Meta approaches certain aspects of its business and planning moving forward. Along that line, today, Meta has announced three new board members, in Exor CEO John Elkann, investor Charlie Songhurst, and UFC chief Dana White. The…
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Online Shopping Reached New Highs in 2024 [Infographic]
How much of your Christmas shopping did you do online last year? If you’re like most people, your online purchases are steadily increasing, with the convenience and variety available via digital stores helping to drive more take-up of digital shopping. And that’s also seeing more and more people buying from social apps, with most platforms seeing an uptick in direct…
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X Plans to Launch ‘Money’ in Limited Form This Year
While Elon Musk’s plan to convert X into a payments hub, from which many expanded functions will arise, has seemingly been delayed in its initial approval process, X is still pushing ahead with the concept, which it’s now calling “X Money” as opposed to “X Payments”. Earlier in the week, in a post welcoming the new year, X CEO Linda…
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X Tests Dedicated Video Tab in Lower Function Bar
X looks to be close to launching a new button along the bottom function bar of the app, with its dedicated, immersive video feed to be directly accessible in one tap. As you can see in this example, shared by app researcher @p4mui, the bottom function bar on X is set to get a revamp, with a new icon for…
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What Happens on the Internet Every Minute (2024 Version)
It’s amazing to consider what happens on the internet every minute. That’s what makes Domo’s annual “Data Never Sleeps” so compelling, because it provides a simple snapshot of all of the web’s activity, via bite-sized summaries of our various cumulative online activities. This time around, for Domo’s 12th “Data Never Sleeps” report, it’s included AI processing and usage data points,…
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