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Tired of all those YouTube notifications? They're working on it.

TikTok continues to lean into music integrations while X is making changes to Communities and launching its own messaging app, XChat.

Threads is finally letting users access direct messages on the web, rather than in-app only.

LinkedIn made a change at the top, and expanded promotional options for off-platform events.

April saw some substantial moves in the social space, including multiple executive shakeups and one massive change for Meta.

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