Joseph J. Master

social media updates you *NEED* to know: 🫠 LinkedIn is REMOVING any previously posted carousel posts from the platform next month (your PDF carousels are safe) 🥳 Instagram is rolling out the ability to preview what your post will look like in your grid 👀 Instagram is allegedly working on the LAUNCH of Threads in Europe 🦾 Elon Musk has launched Grok, an AI chatbot for X Premium+ subscribers 🧪 Meta has launched new tools for Reels creators, including A/B testing options where they can compare up to FOUR versions of each Reel with different captions/thumbnails From there, the top performer will be shown to more users outside of that initial test pool. 🤖 YouTube is testing generative AI features, including comment summaries and a video chatbot 🥹 LinkedIn is removing all profile videos from the platform 🗣️ Instagram is working on the ability to reply to Notes with voice messages, GIFs, photo, video & stickers 📲 YouTube channels are getting their own TikTok-style For You feeds 🫶 Instagram is working on the ability to archive Stories while they’re still active ⌚️ X, aka Twitter, has launched timestamp links for videos 👋 TikTok is KILLING its Creator Fund, and replacing it with its new Creativity Programme 🤓 Instagram is testing a new feature that lets you turn off read receipts in DMs 🎙️ YouTube Music is rolling out the ability to add podcasts via RSS 💬 Instagram is rolling out the ability to share comments in Stories 💸 Telegram has launched a giveaways feature in Channels 👯‍♀️ X, aka Twitter, subscribers can DM the Premium account for support 🛍️ Google is rolling out new features to help businesses “stand out this holiday season” including the ability for merchants to add a small business attribute on Search and Google Maps and that’s all for now folks! see ya’ll next week 💜👋