Social Snapshot – 08.02.23

It’s that time of the week again! Here is a snapshot of the latest happening in the world of social media👇

It’s finally here – TikTok will soon allow you to edit your captions after a video has been uploaded👏

Yes, that’s right. TikTok is working on the most awaited feature: the edit post button! 🥹 Hurray, TikTok!

And that’s not all – TikTok watermarks won’t be a problem soon

Have you ever wanted to share your TikTok on another channel, but the watermark stopped you from doing it? I mean, it doesn’t look good nor professional with”TikTok” showing up on your Reels. But don’t worry! Soon you will be able to download TikTok videos without watermark 🥳

Find out more here.

Instagram’s founders are launching Artifact 🔝

Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are launching a new social media app called Artifact (“articles, facts, and artificial intelligence”). This new app will be a personalized news feed driven by artificial intelligence”

Find out more here.

Now what, Twitter? 🙄

Twitter is now considering charging brands $1,000 per month for the gold checkmark verification. Yes, $1,000 PER MONTH! But that’s not all… if these brands want to verify their own staff, that would be an extra $50 a month for each affiliated account🥲

Find out more here.

Do you want to read more social media news? Check out the previous social snapshots you might have missed here!

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