Social Snapshot – 22.12.2021

December 22, 2021

We’ve almost made it to the end of 2021, and what a year it has been! Before we dive into the mulled wine and mince pies, we’ve got one last round-up for all of the latest happenings on social media this past week.

Twitter tests new creative tweet options

Twitter is working on a new “Quote Tweet with reaction” option that would enable users to attach the original tweet as a sticker to a captured image or video.

Find out more here.

Instagram announces new post previews updates

Instagram has announced new updates when sharing content outside of the platform that will improve post previews when you share public posts to Twitter or when you embed content.

Find out more here.

TikTok tests new re-post option

TikTok is now testing a new re-post option that enables users to re-share TikTok clips to their followers, displaying the re-posted clip in their connections.

Find out more here.

Twitter publishes 2022 Planning Guide

Twitter has published a new 2022 planning guide to assist brands in their tweet strategy with best Twitter tips and tools.

Find out more here.

Latest Posts

Design and disability are so often discussed in terms of basic “accommodation” and “access,” yet my visit to the V&A’s Design and Disability exhibition completely shifted that perspective. Rather than framing disability as an issue to be fixed, the exhibition presents it as a culture, a rich set of identities, and a radical design force shaping practice from the 1940s right up to today.

Lurkers are your biggest audience and they’re deciding in silence. They watch in feeds, sanity-check you in comments, communities and reviews, then repeat whatever proof is easiest to quote internally. That’s why social feels harder, it’s no longer a click machine, it’s an answer surface. Ofcom shows AI summaries are now common in search results, and YouTube remains the UK’s biggest social utility by reach and time spent. If your story is inconsistent, your evidence is scattered, or your customer proof is buried, lurkers can’t do the job of trusting you for you.

Pinterest has rolled out a brand-new Media Planner inside its advertising tools, and it’s designed to make planning and managing Pin campaigns a whole lot simpler. In short? It gives you a clearer view of what you’re running, who you’re targeting, and what results you can expect…