Social Media

WASHINGTON: German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about US$8 per month for sharing their contact information, while U.S. users would only seek US$3.50, according to a study of how people in various…
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Facebook’s Creator Studio has added a mobile companion. The insights dashboard for creators and publishers, which debuted globally in August 2018, is now available as a mobile app for both iOS and Android. Similar to the desktop hub, the…
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Facebook has been looking into posts supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential election campaign that were deemed suspicious, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Facebook confirmed it’s investigating…
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Unlike organic social media, paid social is a totally different ballgame. Paying to run ads, regardless of the format, carousel, video, image, text, or sponsored messages/content to social media users according to their user profile or…
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Once upon a time, Twitter’s whole thing was that people were supposed to keep their messages short and to the point. The site’s newest update seemingly goes against that philosophy. On Wednesday, Twitter rolled out a tiny little feature…
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Twitter has tweaked its UI to make it easier to add new tweets to old threads. (No, it’s not an “edit tweet” feature.) As you’re composing a new tweet, you’ll be able to pull down a view of your past tweets and threads into the composition…
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Nearly six months after Facebook admitted to listening in on its users’ audio messenger chats, the company is now offering to pay for them.  Facebook announced Thursday it plans to pay some users up to $5 for voice memos in an effort to…
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The EU has been itching to regulate the internet, and that’s where Facebook has been this week: in Germany, asking to be regulated, but in a new, bespoke manner. In fact, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Brussels right on time for the European…
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If you’re annoyed by Instagram’s algorithmic feed, there’s good news. Instagram appears to be testing a new feature that gathers posts and displays them in reverse-chronological order. You’ll likely never see the reverse-chronological feed…
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It seems strange to report, yet a small but determined group of Twitter users think it is a good idea to direct message (DM) pictures of male genitals to complete strangers. Does this sound a bit like street flashing harassment in digital…
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