Social Mind: Social and AI Insights

Good morning 👋

Hello and welcome to Issue no. 40!

Today I'll be recording an Introduction to Microsoft Teams video. A reminder that as well as social media I provide training on Teams and Zoom.

Enjoy the sunshine if you get a chance ☀️

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JP
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Number of the day

Is AR the future of shopping? Looks like it.

69% of consumers think AR is the future of shopping.

Source: Snapchat

New features

Instagram continues to work on Digital Collectibles (NFTs) Collections

Any time a collectible from your collection is resold you'll receive a percentage of the resale value.

Super Follow improvements

Firstly, you can now Super Follow on desktop version of Twitter.

Secondly, creators now have a direct link to promote their Super Follows on any platform.

Twitter to expand into long form content with Twitter Notes

In what could be one of Twitter’s more significant changes since doubling the character count from 140 to 280 characters, the company is preparing to launch a new feature that would support the direct publishing of long-form content on its platform.

With Twitter Notes, as the upcoming feature is called, users will be able to create articles using rich formatting and uploaded media, which can then be tweeted and shared with followers upon publishing.

HT for screenshot from Nima Owji

Twitter Stations in the works

Twitter is working on a new audio discovery feature - Stations.

Users discover Stations through cards with a call-to-action to listen to Spaces and podcasts grouped by topics like music, sports, entertainment, and TV and film.

Tips

Guide to social media image sizes

Most sites that allow you to upload images will use their own set of parameters to resize and compress uploaded images to save file space and bandwidth but you might get better results by following the recommended sizes for the site or sites to which you upload photos.

Videos

Should we go into work?

The case for WFH is strong