Sherrilynne Starkie

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Top Five: Tidal Wave of New Social Media Features

Sherrilynne Starkie

Instagram has introduced mute in feed, a new way to control what posts users see on Instagram. The new feature lets people hide posts in feed from certain accounts, without unfollowing them. With this change, users can make their feeds even more personalized to what matters to them. Embed List. Instagram users get mute.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Related posts: Facebook graph search and your privacy. Related articles.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

In addition, users can create updates directly from a hashtag feed to insert themselves directly into any open discussions. Facebook graph search and your privacy. The move makes Facebook altogether more searchable and integrates searches with other platforms which also use hashtags (most social networks!). Related articles.

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Facebook mention: for celebrities only

Sherrilynne Starkie

Besides that, I don’t want to fill up my feeds with irrelevant updates about things I care little about. Facebook graph search and your privacy. I usually only follow celebrities on Facebook if I have actually met them in person, such as Jim Carrey, who I met about 30 years ago when he did a surprise gig at Yuk Yuks in Ottawa.

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Taking part in the Facebook 10-year challenge?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Personally I saw this dozens, maybe hundreds, of times in my Facebook feed over the last week or so, and yes, I certainly took part in it myself. User trust is at an all time low despite the many steps Facebook has taken to improve privacy and erradicate bad actors. Did you take part in the latest Facebook name the 10-year challenge?

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Social media top 5: Twitter takes on spammers and bots

Sherrilynne Starkie

Now you can drag-and-drop 3D objects into your Facebook feed and bring them into Facebook Spaces, the social VR hangout rooms. Instagram is hoping to boost intimate use of Direct with privacy controls not found on Snapchat. The ban includes apps that schedule tweets to multiple cards too. More ways to share 3D posts on Facebook.

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Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts

Sherrilynne Starkie

In this week's top 5 must-know social media news, we see major social networks rolling out initiatives to protect privacy and increase transparency. Facebook news feed update helps USA users identify fake news. Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts. Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. Follow List. Embed List. Apr 06, 2018.