Social Mind: Social and AI Insights

New style newsletter

Hello!

I'm working on a new style newsletter and am sending to a few people for feedback before launch on Monday.

Content is pretty much the same as before but look and feel on this new platform is different.

I look forward to hearing what you think!

JP

Number of the day

Instagram for engagement

Engagement rates on Instagram are approximately more than six times higher than those on Facebook (0.83% to 0.13%).

Source: Sprout Social

https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-statistics/#instagram-stats

Social news

Skittles Takes Out Twitter's 'Brand Bracket' Competition for 2022 | Social Media Today

The competition pitted various brand social media handles against each other, with the public voting on the winners.

New features

Julian Gamboa on Twitter: See who's viewed your profile on TikTok just like LinkedIn

TikTok giving us what we've wanted from Instagram https://t.co/MwRv2G9YaG / Twitter

TikTok Adds New 'Background Player' Option for Live-Streams | Social Media Today

The option will provide more ways to increase audience connection in the app.

NFTs are Coming to Facebook and Instagram – Whether You Like Them or Not | Social Media Today

A new report suggests that Meta is close to launching its initial push into NFTs and an in-app currency.

Meta adds the ability to share video from third-party apps directly to Facebook Reels | TechCrunch

Facebook is adding the ability to post Reels from third-party apps, its parent company Meta announced on Tuesday. The company is introducing a “Sharing to Reels” integration, which will allow developers to make it easy for people to share video from their apps directly to Facebook.

Instagram announces new messaging features allowing users to multi-task

The Meta-owned messaging app Instagram has announced several new messaging features, including quick share and silent mode.