Social Snapshot – 16.02.2022

February 16, 2022

With social news popping up every day, we know it can be hard to stay up to date. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Take a look at the latest happenings in the world of social media through this week’s social snapshot. 👇🏼

LinkedIn tests new option to switch off political posts in your feed

LinkedIn is testing a new underway that will provide a way to switch off all politics-related posts and updates.

Find out more here.

Snapchat is adding a new monetization opportunity for Snap creators.

Snapchat creators will be able to switch on ads within their Stories in the new monetization test.

Find out more here.

Instagram adds a “like” option on Stories.

Instagram has added a new and straightforward way for users to engage with Stories content, enabling you to ‘like’ any Story in your feed.

Find out more here.

Twitter is now making its new ‘Safety Mode’ feature available to more users.

Twitter is introducing ‘Safety Mode’, a feature that can help users to feel more comfortable and in control of their experience on the platform.

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…