Category: Social Media

YouTube is expanding access to its “Hype” creator support feature, while it’s also rolling out some new, Summer-themed stickers that viewers can give to creators during live-streams. First off, on Hype, which enables viewers to allocate “hype points” to videos from emerging channels, essentially upvoting these clips in order to help them get more reach….

Reddit has announced that it will begin verifying user ages in the U.K. before enabling access to restricted subreddits, in line with evolving U.K. laws, which could also expand to other regions. In the U.K., the new Online Safety Act requires that all platforms implement measures to prevent children from accessing age-inappropriate content. As a…

As it continues to work on new ways to grow the Threads userbase, Meta’s testing a new option that enables users to sign-up to the app by using their Facebook profile, instead of cross-linking their IG account. That’ll provide another easy connection option, enabling incoming Threads users to populate their Threads graph based on their…

As we enter the second half of the year, it’s time to start planning your holiday campaigns, and mapping out the optimal path to maximizing your Christmas and sales day messaging. Yes, it’s still months away, and yes, it feels way too early to be thinking about end-of-year. But the data shows that people are…

I mean, to each their own, but of all the fantastical applications that AI could have, this seems like one that’d be pretty far down the list. Today, xAI has launched a new animated companion option, which enables users to interact with a flirty anime character, a misbehaving panda, or another type of digital character,…

Following on from xAI launching its Grok 4 model, which it claims is now the best-performing AI system on all fronts, Meta has announced the next steps in its AI development journey. And it’ll be tough for any other AI developer to match or better this. Today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta’s…

YouTube’s announced the next stage of its thumbnail testing rollout, with more users now able to access the feature within the “Test and Compare” element in YouTube Studio, adding another means to optimize your YouTube content performance. And it’s also now adding video title testing into the mix. As explained by YouTube: “We’re starting to…

Honestly, I have no understanding of whether xAI is in a prime position to secure government contracts, or if Elon Musk’s public feud with President Trump will derail any future opportunities. In any event, xAI is clearly hoping for the best, with the release of “Grok for Government,” a new suite of AI products designed…

LinkedIn has published a new report, in partnership with Edelman, which looks at the value of thought leadership content in encouraging buyer decisions, and how the right content approaches can have a big impact on indirect purchase decision makers. Based on survey of nearly 2,000 management-level professionals, the report primarily focuses on “hidden buyers,” or…

TikTok has added another way to schedule content, with creators now able to select a date and time to post within the post composer in the app. As you can see in this example, posted by app researcher Radu Oncescu,  the latest version of TikTok includes “Schedule post” option within your creation options, so you…