Some social media news - WhatsApp, Twitter & Instagram
As you know, we love keeping you updated with the new trends on social media as we have to keep up with the trends before they become outdated. Here’s what has been going on this week with our favourite big techs:
WhatsApp:
As you may have seen if you have downloaded the new update (or not), you can now speed up the voice notes by 1.5x and 2x . To be honest, Telegram did it first and long before but at least WhatsApp is catching up slowly. We can all finally listen to those 10 minute voice notes in just 3 minutes. Nothing too fancy though, we just thought you should know.
Twitter:
Woop woop! After months of talking about some paid subscription plans, Twitter has finally done it. This new feature/service called “Twitter Blue'' is a stepping stone for the platform as it will introduce a wave of benefits, perks and new additions aimed at promoting monetization for the platform as well as the creators on it.
Twitter stated: “We’ve heard from the people that use Twitter a lot, and we mean a lot, that we don’t always build power features that meet their needs. Well, that’s about to change. We took this feedback to heart, and are developing and iterating upon a solution that will give the people who use Twitter the most what they are looking for: access to exclusive features and perks that will take their experience on Twitter to the next level. And for those wondering, no, a free Twitter is not going away, and never will. This subscription offering is simply meant to add enhanced and complementary features to the already existing Twitter experience for those who want it.” Some of the features include: “Bookmark Folders” to organise your saved tweets, “Undo Tweet” that will allow you to undo sending a tweet within 30 seconds of sending it, “Reader Mode” that promotes a reading experience that gets rid of the noise, and other perks such as customizable app icon and colour themes amongst others. It’s only available in Canada and Australia as of today, but get ready for a rapid expansion of this new service. Price wise, it’s around 4$ a month as far as we know. As a leading Digital Marketing Agency operating in the UAE, we’re excited to see how some of our clients will use it to their advantage.
Instagram:
Moving on to Instagram’s new branded content feature that will allow content creators to tag up to 2 brands in a single post/reel/IGTV. You know those “Paid partnership with …” at the top of the pictures ? Well, that’s where it all happens. So instead of one partnership, up to 2 partnerships can show up. Apparently it was important that this feature was added but we can see its potential. It expands the capacity for cross-promotional potential partnerships in IG campaigns and gives creators more freedom when it comes to the things they want to post about (like they don’t have enough freedom already) as well as their reach and engagement.
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