What happened on Social Media this week(As of 14th May 2021)
- Tested new ‘Reshare’ sticker to highlight feed posts re-shared to Stories.
- Shared helpful overviews of DM controls and product tags in posts.
- Adds new ‘Pronouns’ option.
- Almost there, the verification process may start anytime now.
- Launched DM username search tools to Android.
- Tested new warning prompts to stop users from sharing articles they haven’t read.
- Shared new insights into its effort to help maximize COVID-19 vaccine take-up.
Link : https://about.fb.com/news/2021/05/supporting-vaccination-efforts-on-our-apps/
- Is testing live-streaming functionality.
- Re-launching its controversial privacy policy update and will penalize users that don’t accept.
YouTube
- Launched new $100 million fund for shorts creators, adds new creative tools for shorts clips.
New Shorts features include:
- Automatically add captions to your Short
- Record up to 60 seconds with the Shorts camera
- Add clips from your phone’s gallery to add to your recordings made with the Shorts camera
- Add basic filters to colour correct your Shorts, with more effects to come in the future
Link: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/introducing-youtube-shorts-fund/
- Is expanding access to its new ‘clips’ option.
- Announced its first ever #BeautFest creator event.
- Announced new creative strategy agency to help brands maximize their on-platform campaigns.
Link: https://redditblog.com/2021/05/13/introducing-karmalab/
That’s all folks!
Please leave kind comments on anything I might have missed.