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What’s new to think about?
Happy New Year! At long last the year we thought would never end did…and now comes another year that seems like it will never end…2018. I’m going to get straight to the content today as I am focused on finalizing several trainings which will be announced by mid January…stay tuned!
What I'm Reading
- Federal regulators approve narrow Facebook ad disclosure….read the full ruling here
- The Fake News Culprit No One Wants to Identify: You Your must-read of the month
- The First Amendment and Social Media: The Rules Just Don't Apply – Great analysis of the tension between free speech and hate speech on social media
- How 41 People in Lithuania Took Over Your Facebook Feed – Proof that content doesn’t need to be clickbait to be winning content
- 10 key principles for data-driven storytelling- Written for journalists but no less appropriate for the work we do in politics
Platform Updates
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Read this algorithm change carefully before you get stressed out about it – also Facebook reupped the crackdown on engagement baiting
- No more fundraising fees for non profits
- Changes in which videos will get video ad breaks
- Facebook signed a deal with Universal about the usage of music on FB…details still to come but the possibilities this could open up are huge
- You can now follow hashtags in addition to accounts
Messenger
- in testing: Broadcast messages
Twitter
- Threads…finally
Snapchat
- Now on Snapchat: an algorithm for content delivery
YouTube
- Introducing Reels
Don't Try This at Home
- in testing: Broadcast messages
Twitter
- Threads…finally
Snapchat
- Now on Snapchat: an algorithm for content delivery
YouTube
- Introducing Reels
Don't Try This at Home
- Threads…finally
Snapchat
- Now on Snapchat: an algorithm for content delivery
YouTube
- Introducing Reels
Don't Try This at Home
Repeat after me: Begging for Followers rarely ever works the way you want it to, just ask John McCain
Also…reminder: click and read before you Tweet….