Boost for fundraising and charities on Instagram plus the rest of today's social media news  

Number of the day

The importance of emotion in your B2B posts 😃

69% agree that B2B purchasing decisions are just as emotionally driven as B2C.

Source: LinkedIn  

New features

Message editing coming soon to Messenger? ✉️

Meta is working on the ability to edit messages after they've been in Facebook Messenger.

Thanks to Alessandro Paluzzi, @alex193a on Twitter, for this one.

Comment: Handy.

 

New post for Fundraising link 🫴

Instagram are working on adding a link to Fundraisers below the bio making it more visible.

Thanks to Kishanu Karmakar, @KishanuK on Twitter, for this one.

Comment: Great news for charities.

 

Insights

Meta Verified Shows a Company Running Out of Ideas ☑️

META’S NEW SUBSCRIPTION service looks pretty familiar. For between $11.99 and $14.99 a month, Instagram and Facebook users will get a blue “verified” mark, access to better security features, and more visibility in search. Their comments will also be prioritized.

The package has strong echoes of Twitter’s Blue subscription service, launched under new owner Elon Musk, who has been aggressively trying to find ways to monetize his platform—most recently, by telling users they won’t be able to use text-based two-factor authentication unless they subscribe.

wired.com  

Blogs

Another death knell for accessibility on Twitter 🤦‍♂️

A case study of how Twitter’s proposed API changes will further undermine accessibility for its users.

uxdesign.cc  

Videos

Man has meltdown over 20p increase on his pint 💸

Must really like his beer 🍺

 

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