Social snapshot – 25.01.2023

January 25, 2023

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

Creators report extremely low earnings from TikTok

The massively growing platform is facing major challenges as influencers complain about getting paid very little compared to posting on YouTube or Instagram, where there are more direct revenue options.

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Instagram is introducing dynamic profile photos

Meta launches a new feature that allows users to add an alternative avatar profile photo. People who visit your profile can flip between the two.

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LinkedIn looks to boost Newsletter discovery

An update from LinkedIn – the platform is introducing a new feature that will display the Newsletters you subscribe to on your profile for others to see.

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Twitter expands community notes to more regions

The network continues to expand its Community Notes feature, now admitting contributors from the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

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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…