Social Snapshots 03.08.2022

August 3, 2022

Social snapshot- Latest social media news

It’s that time of the week again! Take a look at the latest happening in the world of social media:

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri responds to ‘Make Instagram, Instagram again’

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri responds to users’ concerns, explaining that while he understands that some people are annoyed, the changes are based on usage trends.

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TikTok is reportedly launching its own streaming app named TikTok Music.

TikTok is reportedly set to launch a new music streaming app, according to a new trademark filing from the social media giant.

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Pinterest launches real-time analytics in its mobile app.

Pinterest has now officially launched real-time analytics elements within Pin Analytics on mobile, providing more data on how your Pins are performing.

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Twitter seems to be wrapping up with “Pin Reply”, now working on this introduction screen for the feature.

Soon, you’ll be able to showcase those top replies with a new ‘Pin Reply’ option currently in testing at tweet HQ

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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…