Social Snapshot – 08.03.2023

March 8, 2023

Keeping up with the regular stream of new social media insights is challenging. Relax, we’ve got you covered. Check out the latest social media headlines👇

Twitter’s planning to extend long-form tweets to 10k characters 🤯

Elon Musk has announced that longer long tweets are coming soon to the app. With this new Twitter update, users will be able to write tweets up to 10k characters.

As an attachment? How many chars? We are extending longform tweets to 10k soon.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2023

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LinkedIn’s launching collaborative articles 📑

LinkedIn has introduced a feature called collaborative articles for users to share insights and advice. This new feature uses “AI-powered conversation starters” to help boost member engagement. Basically, LinkedIn will match each article with relevant member experts who then can contribute their own opinions, experiences, lessons, advice, etc.

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TikTok’s launching ‘Series’ feature 🎥

TikTok has announced the launch of ‘Series’, a feature that allows creators to sell their stories as premium content.

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Meta’s adding new features for Facebook Reels 🎞️

Meta is incorporating some new reel features. These real update includes an expanded length limit, a new memories integration and trending Reels templates.

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