Instagram loves to secretly test new features on some of its users and get feedback before deciding on whether it should roll them out for everyone.
But over the last few weeks, the company added a new commenting feature that you won’t see unless you…
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Facebook is the biggest social network. Now, it’s trying to become the best.
In Facebook’s perfect world, your News Feed might look something like this:
There’s a post from a family member or close friend, ideally a tagged photo that is thoughtful and important to them but also to the people around them. The post causes…
Twitter is rolling out a new tweetstorm feature
Twitter is finally embracing the tweetstorm.
In yet another admission that 140 characters (or 280 characters) just isn’t enough for some people, today Twitter is introducing a feature that makes the so-called tweetstorm an official part of its servic…
Snapchat’s Getting Smarter
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View More Snapchat’s Getting SmarterYour next news feed addiction could come from … Imgur?
Let’s be real: Social media as we know it is all about the followers. The more followers, the more likes, and we yearn for those double-digits on Instagram, triple-digits on Facebook, and the increasing follower count on Twitter and Snapchat.
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Here they are: The top 10 YouTube videos of 2017
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2017 has been terrible, but the year’s top YouTube videos? Not so bad!
YouTube revealed the most popular videos of the year on Wednesday, along with a separate list of the year’s top music videosAs YouTube told The Verge, the rankings were compiled based on a combination of views, likes, comments, shares, and more — basically, all the YouTube metrics we know and love.
If you haven’t seen some of the below clips (but, like, you’ve seen BBC Dad, right?), here’s your chance to check them out. Hope you like reality competition shows. Read more…
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View More Here they are: The top 10 YouTube videos of 2017Here’s what Facebook’s Australian users talked about the most in 2017
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It’s no secret that the conversations we have on Facebook are often different to ones we have on other social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram.
That’s evident in Facebook’s data about the most-talked about topics in Australia for 2017, with women, sport and music leading the charge.
“This year, International Women’s Day was the most talked about topic on the platform, with conversation driven by the Women’s March, which ranked in the top ten global list, as well as the #metoo movement,” Mia Garlick, Facebook’s director of policy for Australia and New Zealand, said in a statement. Read more…
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View More Here’s what Facebook’s Australian users talked about the most in 2017Facebook Messenger went down worldwide
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Facebook Messenger went down across the globe earlier today, leaving countless IMs as “read” with no response, but somehow the world kept turning.
Facebook messenger is down. Well I was getting tired of my messages being left on read anyway.
— Heel Turn Haden (@_TheSonOfMars_) December 5, 2017
Frazzled users started complaining of the outage at around 6 a.m. Eastern Time, according to popular status reporting site Outage Report. The issues appeared to affect the East Coast of the US, Europe, and southeast Asia, peaking at about 8 a.m.
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Facebook acknowledged the issue on its developers site after about an hour at 7:06 a.m. Eastern Time, posting a message stating that the outage was being investigated by a team working to find a solution to the problem. The social network hasn’t yet updated the page, so the investigation is ongoing. Read more…
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Aussies on Twitter this year cared most about politics, marriage equality and of course, BTS
Turns out 2017 ended up being a good year for fans of K-Pop and marriage equality.
Twitter has released its Australian year in review, revealing what the country’s users have been talking about.
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Facebook launches Messenger Kids
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Facebook just found a new way to nab younger users.
The social network announced Monday that it’s launching a new app, Messenger Kids, which allows children to use Facebook’s messaging software — the first time the company has allowed children younger than 13 to have an official presence on any of its platforms.
Think of Messenger Kids as a kind of stripped-down version of the regular Messenger app, but with a bunch of extra parental controls. Kids can swap messages, video calls, selfies, GIFs, and stickers with people on their (parent-approved) friends list. The app is available now to iPhone users in the United States. Read more…
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View More Facebook launches Messenger KidsTwitter Lite app launches in 24 more countries
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Twitter Lite, the space-saving version of Twitter’s main app, is ready for prime time after about two months of ground testing in the Philippines.
The social network announced on Friday it’s releasing Twitter Lite to Android’s Google Play store in 24 countries, mostly in emerging markets across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
The app is meant to take up a tiny bit of space on phones, at about 3MB, and — importantly for places with patchy coverage — support offline usage via caching. Read more…
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View More Twitter Lite app launches in 24 more countriesThe mystery of Trump’s Twitter mentions and where he finds those awful retweets
Donald Trump loves to tweet, this much is known. But he also has a thing for occasionally retweeting random users and that’s when he gets into hot water.
On Wednesday, Trump faced wide, global condemnation for retweeting anti-Muslim propaganda from t…