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What Twitter’s Latest Move Says About the Industry Shift from Social to Messaging

Visually SM

After ignoring DMs for years, Twitter has, over the last few months, opened the platform for group messaging, allowed people to upload photos, and reversed its (bizarre) ban on sending URLs. And it’s no coincidence that this expansion in Twitter’s focus is occurring during a global explosion in messaging app adoption.

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What Twitter’s Latest Move Says About the Industry Shift from Social to Messaging

Visually SM

After ignoring DMs for years, Twitter has, over the last few months, opened the platform for group messaging, allowed people to upload photos, and reversed its (bizarre) ban on sending URLs. And it’s no coincidence that this expansion in Twitter’s focus is occurring during a global explosion in messaging app adoption.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Tired of copying and pasting endless URLs? Twit This is a badge similar to the popular “Digg This” badges, which help the visitors of a web site to quickly include its URL into a Twitter post. I thought I would put together a post for people to reference on everything you need to know about Twitter. neil’s last blog post.

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Social Media Updates: April

yMarketingMatters

Here are the most important social media updates that you might have missed in April……. Facebook Messenger Introduces Video Calling : Now you can not only instant message people, but you can have one-on-one conversations with people who matter.

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Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Instant Messaging. Social Networking & Collaboration. Social Software. It takes a village to raise a social network. Reference Architecture For Social Network Sites. Updated: Community and Social network Vendor Blogs. Leveraging Employee Social Networks.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

In the context of social media, an algorithm is how a social platform determines which content to display at any given time to a particular user. Analytics is an umbrella term used to describe both social analysis tools and the information those tools provide. How the Instagram Algorithm Works. How the Twitter Algorithm Works.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Acronyms and Abbreviations

Hootsuite

Here are some tips to help you with your social media strategy. SMP: Social Media Platform. A social media abbreviation that is sometimes used to refer to a particular social network. SMM: Social Media Marketing. IM: Instant Messaging. URL: Uniform Resource Locator. OS: Operating System.