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Monday Social Media News Roundup: Week of October 23rd

Buffer Social

Scheduled Chats for Communities A new feature under testing allows scheduling chat events in communities, fostering organized interactions. Community Fact Checks Requirement Community fact checks on Twitter/X now r equire source inclusion , promoting more transparent information validation.

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Winners of Mashable Awards

Mindjumpers

Mashable Awards is made to recognize the best online communities and services, and it was hosted by comedian Baratunde Thurston. Best Internet Meme sponsored by Dynadot : Bed Intruder. Best Mobile Device: iPhone. Best Mobile Game: “Angry Birds”. Best Mobile App sponsored by Mobile Future : DriveSafe.ly.

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8 Popular Instagram Trends of 2020 (So Far!)

Later

Facebook Launches Messenger Rooms for Community-driven Group Calls: [link] ?? ? ? But with social distancing in place to combat the spread of COVID-19, brands, businesses, charities, and organizations rose to the challenge with plenty of innovative movements to bring Pride communities together, despite being apart. 99: [link].

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What Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Means To Your Reach

Mindjumpers

Based on surveys showing that people prefer links to articles about current events, Facebook will put a bit more focus on articles and make the algorithm better at distinguishing between relevant news versus a meme photo. Especially on mobile. What does it mean for brands? Similar Posts: Facebook Updates News Feed.

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Flying Viral: What Businesses Can Learn from the Flappy Bird Saga

The Realtime Report

Such is the story of Flappy Bird , a seemingly simple mobile game created in a matter of days and released last May. The success of Flappy Bird almost seems like satire; however, perhaps it’s simply an experiment in today’s mobile users and the viral nature of the web. No fuss, no gimmicks, no questions asked.

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The Winners From This Year’s SXSW Interactive Awards

Mindjumpers

I’ve been following “Get Satisfaction&# since I wrote about them on our blog for the first time in October, 2009, and I think that in a time where companies need to involve their community on a larger scale, “Get Satisfaction&# has made a great product and is a honorable winner. Activism category presented by Convio.

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Unraveling Meta Threads: What we learned from our first 30 days on the network

Sprout Social

Sure, there was some stress—expressed mainly in the form of overworked social media manager memes—but most seemed excited about the novelty and potential of a new platform. Right now, it’s a mobile-only app with a closed API. Brands and the social media managers that run them took to the platform with enthusiasm.

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