SOCIAL SNAPSHOT – 26/07/2023

July 26, 2023

Welcome to social snapshot, your go-to source for staying updated on the fast-paced world of everything related to social media. We’ve got you covered with the most recent highlights over the past week. Let’s get going and dive right in:

Goodbye Twitter. Hello X.

Twitter is changing its name to X, and not only that… the blue bird logo has now been replaced by an official new X logo on the website version. And apparently, more changes to their branding are coming!

And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023

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Threads adds ‘Following’ feed

Threads is adding a “Following” tab in addition to the main “For you” stream of recommended content. The new “Following” feed allows users to see only posts from people they follow in chronological order.

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TikTok launches Text-Only posts

TikTok will now allow users to share text-based posts with music and stickers, similar to Instagram Stories.

Text is the latest addition to options for content creation, allowing creators to share their stories, poems, recipes, and other written content on TikTok – giving creators another way to express themselves and making it even easier to create.
TikTok

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TikTok launches new Ads Library tool for EU campaigns

Similar to Meta’s Ad Library, TikTok has now launched an ads transparency library, which will allow marketers to use the database to research information about TikTok’s paid ads.

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You know what’s oddly cheering. Most brands have loads of proof that they’re worth buying. By proof I mean the specifics that make a claim believable when someone repeats it to a friend, or a colleague, or their partner on the sofa. Customer stories with detail. Before-and-after that feels properly…

If you work in social media, staying informed isn’t optional. It’s part of the job. Trends, platform changes, cultural moments, crises, memes, conversations, they all shape what we publish and how it’s received. Being aware of what’s happening in the world helps us create content that’s relevant, sensitive, and credible.