TikTok today announced it has reached 1 billion monthly users. The ByteDance-owned company said in a news post over 1 billion people “around the world now come to TikTok every month to be entertained as they learn, laugh, or discover something new.” “TikTok has become …
Category: Social Media
Twitter is Testing an Edge-to-Edge Timeline for Media on iOS
Twitter on Tuesday announced it is testing an “edge-to-edge” timeline on iOS that will let photos, GIFs and videos have “more room to shine”. The new timeline will be borderless, spanning the entire width of the smartphone screen and users will not have to tap …
Twitter Launches Super Follows Subscriptions for Select Creators
Twitter is beginning to open up Super Follows, its subscription-based service that lets creators charge for exclusive content. Twitter announced the feature in February and creators can monetize their accounts with it by charging followers for extra content to be part of an exclusive community. …
Instagram is Replacing the Swipe Up with Link Stickers
“Swipe up” to do this, to do that, chances are you’ve seen this message a couple of times on many Instagram stories if you use the platform very well. In a notification viewed by TheVerge, Instagram confirmed it is retiring the swipe feature and will …
Twitter is Introducing Some Improvement Updates to the DM
Twitter announced on Thursday it is bringing some new tweaks to its direct messaging system. The updates will be rolling out in the coming weeks to Android, iOS and the web and they will add better navigation to DM conversations and other improvements. One of …
Instagram Will Let You Limit DMs from Accounts Who Do Not Follow You
As part of its efforts to combat abuse on Instagram, Facebook announced today it is adding three new features. The social media platform came under the spotlight after three Black England players were subjected to racial abuse after the Euro 2020 final loss. This caused …
Twitter is Testing Notification Banner for Locked and Suspended Accounts
It is not uncommon for Twitter to suspend or lock accounts that violates its terms and conditions. The company announced on Tuesday that it is testing notification banners that will appear on top of a user’s feed if this happens. If an account is permanently …
You Can Now Make up to 60-Second Videos on Instagram Reels
In case you forgot, Instagram is no longer a photo-sharing app. The Facebook app is focusing more on videos now in other to keep up with its competitors. Nearly a year after debuting Reels with a 15-second video limit, the company announced today videos can …
Twitter Is Testing Upvote and Downvote Reactions to Replies on Tweets
Twitter today announced it is working on letting users upvote and downvote replies to tweets. The test is taking place among a few iOS users and it provides a new way to give validation to tweets apart from likes and retweets. Twitter says it began …
Instagram Introduces More Control Over Sensitive Content in the Explore Tab
When the feed gets boring, the Explore tab on Instagram is a place where users go to see recommended posts from accounts they do not follow that might be interesting to them. Though contents on this tab follow Instagram Recommendation Guidelines, it could still contain …
Twitter is Rolling Out Auto-Captions for Voice Tweets
More than a year after rolling out voice tweets to Twitter for iOS, the company is now rolling out captions for better accessibility. When Twitter began rolling out the feature in June 2020, it was criticised for not having accessibility in mind since there were …
Twitter is Shutting Down Fleets
After eight months of rolling out Fleets to everyone, Twitter says it is shutting down its Stories-like feature. Fleets will no longer be available on August 3rd. Twitter began testing the feature in March 2020 and finally rolled it out to everyone in November. “We …
Twitter Now Lets You Change Who Can Reply to Your Tweets Even After You’ve Posted
Last year May, Twitter began testing ways on how to give people more control over their conversations. In August, the company finally rolled out a feature that lets users limit who can reply to their tweets before it was posted. In a new update, Twitter …
Instagram is No Longer a Photo-Sharing App, Company Head Says
Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently took to Twitter and explained the popular app is no longer a photo-sharing app. In the video also posted on Instagram, Mosseri outlined what the company will be focused on going forward which included four key areas – creators, video, …
How Can You Effectively Measure Social Media Marketing?
Social Media is ingrained in our lives for good! It is a vital part of our daily life that influences every possible decision one makes. Be it enlisting feedback or review stories or describing a product, social media can increase your brand reach quickly. How …
TikTok Rolls Out Longer Videos Up to Three Minutes to Everyone
TikTok is rolling out longer videos up to three minutes for everyone, the ByteDance-owned company began testing the feature in December among select creators. Creators in niches such as cooking, beauty tutorials and educational lessons normally post multi-part videos together to complete their contents but …