Social news
Putting People First: Protecting Privacy and Integrity (White Paper from Meta)
Meta have published a white paper that details how they balance privacy and integrity when using people’s data to reduce bad experiences with our technologies.
Comment: This is more needed on Twitter and yet they've never published anything like this.
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Twitter blames Elon Musk as it slips into the red amid ongoing legal battle around his on-off purchase of social media site
Twitter sought to shift blame for a dismal set of results on to Tesla boss Elon Musk amid the ongoing legal battle around the billionaire's on-off purchase of the social media website.
The group attributed a 1 per cent drop in revenue to £985m in the second quarter to 'uncertainty' surrounding Musk's £37billion takeover bid and 'headwinds' in the advertising industry.
Twitter swung to a loss of £287m in the three months to the end of June, having made a profit of £25m in the same period last year.
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New features
Broadcast messages on Insta?
Instagram is working on public broadcast chats, a one-to-many messaging feature.
It works similarly to Telegram and WhatsApp where admins can broadcast a message that others read and react to - but they can’t post messages of their own. So a like an email newsletter rather than a WhatsApp Group.
You can customise who can access the chat, including followers or subscribers only, or you can pin the chat to your profile for anyone to find and join.
Comment: Handy for businesses wanting to promote special offers, events etc
Hashtags coming to Communities?
Twitter are testing hashtags in Communities - a way to find the conversations you want to part of.
Hashtags used in a Community will populate at the top of the Communities page in order from most popular to least popular
Now on Android and web and coming soon to iOS.
Carousel posts are coming to LinkedIn
LinkedIn has announced that it’s currently testing native support for carousel posts.
Up until now, users had to upload premade multi-page documents in pdf in order to post carousels.
Now select users can create these from within LinkedIn’s post editor by selecting their chosen images or videos. You can customise their order and add alt text if you like.
Comment: Great news! Stats show that Carousel posts receive tons of engagement.
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