The Wandering Wordsmith

17/11/2024

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bluesky-social-media-app-owned-163422718.html

Largely boosted by users frustrated with how Elon Musk has transformed Twitter into X, the social media app Bluesky is nearing 17 million users.

17/11/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/FoKHaYcE3nGhpzXE/

Instagram is removing the ability to FOLLOW hashtags. (This does *not* mean hashtags are going away completely).

Starting December 13, any posts with hashtags that you follow will not be shown in your feed. Have you seen this notification?

There isn't a lot more information available yet. However, most likely this move is directly related to Meta's AI-powered discovery engine that pulls from a VAST range of signals to recommend content to you.

At least 50% of the content you see in most all of your social media feeds these days is suggested from people/accounts/pages that you do not follow. 😳 Crazy, right? (BUT there are advantages because new people can discover you/your business!)

Meta is very proud of its AI-powered discovery engine… Pretty much directly copied from TikTok. The whole suggested for you content approach is what made TikTok so successful.

Your thoughts?

09/09/2024

Your Monday motivation...

Take messy action! ✨

05/09/2024

~Ryan

29/08/2024

Instagram’s moving to a more rectangular main profile grid.

18/08/2024

As social platforms shift their focus, marketers should also be considering their next move.

18/08/2024

"I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place."
—Gore Vidal

06/08/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/JkCe65CAyPpGVGQS/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Meta says that ad campaigns perform better without exclusions.

18/07/2024

Embrace life’s lessons and grow.🪴

11/07/2024

31/05/2024

Instagram’s adding more protection options for youngsters.