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April 2nd
Spotify is joining the emerging audio app trend and has acquired the Locker Room app.
Locker Room was launched last October and was originally created for sports fans to chat and watch games together. Spotify has plans to rebrand the app and add in music and cultural channels for users. This could be a great opportunity for artists to do album premieres and live Q&A sessions with their Spotify followers.
Source: The Music Network
Facebook is working on a kids version of Instagram.
Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has stated via Twitter “A version of Instagram where parents have control like we did [with] Messenger Kids, is something we’re exploring.” The app will be aimed at children ranging from 6 to 12 and should be controlled by the kids’ parents. There are concerns centred around children’s privacy and online security. What do you think? Should children be allowed to use a child-centred social media platform?
Source: The Verge
Link: https://bit.ly/3uaCVwX
Twitter is adding a visual sharing option to their story channel Fleets.
This new feature will enable users to add photos from their camera roll in the background when they share a tweet to their Fleets story. For example, if someone makes a tweet asking a question someone can respond via fleets with an image and the tweet as an overlay. Twitter has plans to further expand Fleets to add AR filters, music and new editing tools, to match or exceed the capacity of Instagram Stories.
Source: Social Media Today
Link: https://bit.ly/3sI6jKJ
TikTok is finally adding a long-awaited feature, playlists.
This will enable creators to categorise their content into playlists which makes it easy to keep track of video threads or series. Creators can compile their thematic videos to be in order to create an engaging viewing experience which can be lost if users have to look through all of a creators videos to find the next instalment in a video series.
Source: Social Media Today
Link: https://bit.ly/3uhFDRD
YouTube is experimenting with hiding dislikes.
This experiment is an attempt to protect and support content creators wellbeing. A lot of creators rely on dislikes for feedback on their content, however, dislikes can be used as a tool of abuse towards a creator which can impact the creators’ mental health. The experiment will remove the dislike number directly under the video but it can still be accessed when logging into the YouTube Creator Studio. Do you think they should just remove dislikes or should they remove the whole like/dislike system? Let us know below!
Source: The Verge
Link: https://bit.ly/3wfBqPT
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