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Social Media Today
JUNE 25, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. As explained by Threads : “Were rolling out a simpler feed design on mobile to help you navigate between multiple feeds, so you can go deep on the conversations you want to see.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 30, 2020
Facebook has announced a new News Feed algorithm update to help boost original news reporting, and improve the flow of quality information through its network.
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Social Media Today
JANUARY 27, 2021
Learn how the news feed uses our activity to predict what we want to see and more. Facebook takes us on a tour of the master AI system built to keep us scrolling.
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Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Facebook's Content Distribution Guidelines provide more insight into the types of posts and providers Facebook seeks to limit in News Feeds.
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Social Media Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Facebook has outlined its latest approaches to refine its News Feed algorithm, which could have an impact on your Facebook content planning.
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Social Media Today
MAY 7, 2020
Instagram is working on new options to help people skim through their Instagram Stories feed faster, which could be a step towards the next evolution of the News Feed.
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Social Media Strategies Summit
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Feeding America From winning grants to attracting donations, one of the biggest challenges for any non-profit is to demonstrate the value of its work. Pro tip: Reach more people by creating a dedicated campaign hashtag (like Feeding Americas #FoodRescueChallenge ).
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Sherrilynne Starkie
JUNE 23, 2025
The good news? It’s how people come to recognise and trust your presence in a crowded feed. Whether you’re working with micro-influencers or peer brands, partnerships can expand your reach and bring fresh voices to your feed. You don’t have to be a wizard or master all the platforms. It’s a total sanity-saver.
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Jon Loomer
JULY 7, 2025
The Early Era of Simplicity (Pre-2017) In 2013 and 2014, advertisers had a limited set of placements: Desktop News Feed Mobile News Feed Right Column on Desktop Right Column on Mobile Here’s a screenshot from Power Editor that shows how we selected placements back then … That was it.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 29, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Which, like the decision on hashtags, relates to aesthetics, and ensuring that the X feed looks neat and clean. You can unsubscribe at anytime. You can unsubscribe at anytime.
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Bill Hartzer
APRIL 15, 2025
27% feel overwhelmed by the news cycle. Over a quarter of respondents (26%) check their social media feeds within five minutes of waking up. Words like trauma, narcissist, and toxic are showing up in feeds daily for 40% of respondents. People say they feel overwhelmed by the constant news cycle (27%) and politics (37%).
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Social Media Today
JUNE 26, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. LinkedIn says that the new cover videos will be playable in the main feed, to help engage prospective readers, while video thumbnails will also be displayed in emails sent to subscribers.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 25, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at anytime. By Andrew Hutchinson and Emma Wiltshire • Nov.
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Sprout Social
JULY 23, 2024
thousand followers, Headspace’s Pinterest feed gets over 850 thousand monthly views. Rather than hard-hitting news stories, its Pins focus on fashion, travel and cooking. A primary strategy for the NYT is repurposing content from its main news site to target audience segments interested in more culture-focused topics.
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Social Media Today
JULY 2, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. And with people now sending a lot more messages than they post or share in their social media feeds , it could be worth digging into the various messaging business options now available.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 5, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Essentially, with audience expectations around video evolving, LinkedIn suggests thinking of new presentation options to maximize engagement. You can unsubscribe at anytime.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 8, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. To be clear, trial Reels are not displayed to your followers, either in the main Feed or via the Reels tab. You can unsubscribe at anytime. By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan.
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Oktopost
JANUARY 28, 2025
Instagrams signature 1:1 square grid has been a hallmark of the platform since its early days – a neat, symmetrical gallery that gave feeds a clean and polished look. The good news? There is a workaround to help your older posts fit the new grid style. Your feed will find its rhythm again – and so will you!
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Social Media Strategies Summit
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
For instance, the below edition focuses on the career of school alum Carl Johnson, a horticulturist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC: Image source The best part of this tactic is that whenever UConn publishes a newsletter, subscribers are automatically notified in their news feed, through the LinkedIn app, and/or by email.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 8, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at anytime. You can read Pinterest’s overview of TransActV2 here.
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Buffer Social
MARCH 25, 2025
That's why we built Feeds — a new Buffer feature that brings fresh content from your favorite websites directly into your Buffer account. What are Feeds? It's refreshingly simple: Add RSS feeds from your favorite websites to Buffer. Too many feeds to keep track of? How does it work?
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Social Media Today
MAY 13, 2020
LinkedIn is now factoring 'dwell time' on content into its feed algorithm, which could see it reducing the reach of less engaging posts.
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Webbiquity SMM
MARCH 11, 2025
How to Be Twitterific, Revisited Lisa Buyer: Then: Lisa shared “eight ways to boost the visibility of your tweets, from pinning ‘your Tweet to the top of your profile before your event or to highlight your news for the week’ and changing your logo or profile image to highlight a holiday or cause” in a now deleted post.
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Buffer Social
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
This means posts now appear taller, bringing the profile grid in line with the vertical-first format already used for feed posts and Reels. While it introduces some small adjustments for users who have carefully curated their feeds, the good news is that adapting to this change is easy—and might even help your content stand out more.
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Buffer Social
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Customize your feed: Bluesky’s standout feature is its custom feeds. You can create or select feeds tailored to your interests, like trending topics or quiet posters. Bring your network with SkyBridge: Use this tool to find and follow your Twitter connections on Bluesky, making the transition seamless.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 8, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. According to research, this can significantly reduce AI training time, by feeding more valuable data sources to AI companies, reducing manual load on their part.
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Oktopost
OCTOBER 8, 2024
This goes beyond promoting your company’s products, news, or events—it’s about establishing yourself as a trusted source of industry insights, trends, and thought-provoking content. These platforms use AI to track and analyze trending topics across industry news, blogs, and social media. Recommended AI Tools for Employee Advocacy 1.
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Jon Loomer
MARCH 30, 2022
Facebook has announced that videos using “watchbait” will be penalized and receive less news feed distribution. “Watchbait” is a made-up word to describe shady tactics used by marketers to game the news feed algorithm — and user engagement — with videos. What is watchbait?
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Social Media Today
JUNE 5, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Which could be more profitable for X, particularly in cases like LLM development, and AI projects that are accessing X posts to feed their tools. You can unsubscribe at anytime.
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Social Media Strategies Summit
APRIL 16, 2025
Understanding the Social Media Landscape Since Facebook first hit the web roughly two decades ago, weve seen some big developments: There are now ( way ) more social media platforms Nearly everyone accesses social media on their mobile phone rather than via laptop or desktop Chronological news feeds have been replaced with algorithmic content streams (..)
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Hootsuite
JANUARY 10, 2025
Engagement helps boost your News Feed placement based on the Facebook algorithm. Post consistently and at the right times Since the Facebook News Feed is based on an algorithm, your fans will not necessarily see your content the moment its posted. Facebook engagement matters because it can help extend organic reach.
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Sprout Social
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Today, visual content and algorithmic feeds reign supreme on social, ushering in an era of hyper-personalization. Feeds and timelines have become entirely unique to the individual, based on user preferences. It remains the top choice for news and current events. Today, about 83% of all social users have a Facebook profile.
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Buffer Social
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Here’s a look at all the news Rose shared: Subscriptions on Bluesky: What to expect Rose revealed that subscriptions are slated to launch in 2025 — emphasizing that this doesn’t mean Bluesky will be pay-to-play. You can go create a feed or a list, and you can directly reach your folks. And so it’s flexible.
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Sherrilynne Starkie
APRIL 6, 2018
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. followers . Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts. Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. Follow List.
Sprout Social
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
So how do you navigate the challenge of disrupting the feed? It’s also one way businesses can combat social media saturation —edutainment interrupts feed scrolling and makes your brand memorable. It’s more than a social network—it’s an amalgamation of a search engine , culture driver, news source and online shopping platform.
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Social Media Strategies Summit
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
8 Examples of Color Psychology First, the bad news: Given that there are a lot of variables at play here, its impossible to give universal advice about exactly which colors to use in different social media marketing scenarios. Too much brown on your social feed can end up looking boring and conservative. Just dont overdo it.
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Social Media Today
JUNE 26, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows social media industry news Let Social Media Todays free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. I mean, Twitter/X has never exceeded 600 million users , so it does seem like the interest in a real-time, text-based social feed like this is limited. You can unsubscribe at anytime.
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Hootsuite
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Brands like Knix leverage user-generated content (UGC) to break up a feed of traditional marketing posts: Source: Knix on Instagram Spotlighting this authentic content not only acts as a trust signal for prospective buyers — it’s the first act in a new wave of brand advocates. That’s why Haus Labs’ feed is one to watch.
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Ignite Social Media
DECEMBER 7, 2020
This is good news for Facebook and marketers trying to reach a younger audience on this platform. You can read more about unlocking new opportunities with the Branded Content Tool here. Facebook has also been testing media placements in the Facebook groups feed. Media Placement.
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Sherrilynne Starkie
DECEMBER 27, 2020
People respond differently to the videos that the see in their Facebook news feeds. Eighty per cent of viewers can recall a video they’ve viewed in the last 30 days. Impact of Facebook Video. Some scroll right by, some watch a few seconds then move on, still others will watch the video right through to the end. .
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