Number of the day

How many hours a day do you spend online?

People around the world spend about two and a half hours on social media platforms every day.

Source: Statista

 

Social news


New features

Dual mode

Dual mode where front and back cameras can be used at the same time is coming to Instagram Reels.

Comment: They've 'borrowed' this idea from BeReal.

 

Reels archive coming soon

Instagram is testing archiving of Reels.

 

Twitter Notes now available in the UK

A number of UK users - not me sadly - now have the new Twitter Notes functionality that allows you to write long form content ie blog, on Twitter.

 

Twitter is prompting users to switch on ALT TEXT reminders

ALT TEXT really helps every user but specifically those who are blind, have low vision or who use assistive technology.

Comment: Well done Twitter 👏👏👏

 

Videos

There was a time not long ago...

Do you remember Insta when you saw posts from your followers?