Social Snapshot – 04.05.2022

May 4, 2022

It’s that time of the week again! Take a look at the latest happening in the world of social media:

Snapchat partners with Cameo

Snapchat announces a partnership with celebrity video creation platform Cameo, which will enable advertisers on Snapchat to pay Cameo members to create video ads.

Find out more here.

Facebook tests new stories

The social network has created new stories-like notifications bubbles to boost engagement. This new function alerts you to new posts shared by your connections.

Find out more here.

Pinterest announces new activations for Mental Health Awareness Month

Pinterest expands its in-app mental health support tools, including new events and activations in the light of the Mental Health Awareness Month.

Find out more here.

Instagram is working on full-screen display of posts and reels

Instagram has now launched an initial test of a new, full-screen home feed for both posts and reels.

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…