This week’s most important social media updates
What’s changed in the last seven days? What does it mean?
IGTV now supports landscape videos, it was Snapchat’s turn to have a data scandal, and LinkedIn is increasing ad transparency.
Let’s take a look at these changes in more detail.
IGTV now supports landscape videos
IGTV is almost a year old and it’s had a couple of notable changes in its short lifetime, the most recent being the introduction of landscape videos. Creators will now be able to upload landscape videos without putting black bars around the content to make it fit the vertical specifications. Instagram says their “vision is to make IGTV a destination for great content no matter how it’s shot so creators can express themselves how they want.”
Read more here.
Snapchat had its own data scandal
Snapchat has taken a leaf out of Facebook’s book, but not a good one. It’s been revealed that Snap employees abused their privileges and accessed data for the purpose of spying on users. Some of the data accessed included location information, saved Snaps, and personal information such as phone numbers and email addresses.
Learn more here.
LinkedIn now shows all the ads that have run in the last six months
In a bid to keep its platform “a safe, trusted, and professional environment where members can connect with each other, engage with relevant content, and grow their careers” LinkedIn is introducing new ad transparency measures that will allow users to see all sponsored content that an advertiser has run in the past six months from a new ads tab. LinkedIn has confirmed that any engagements from this tab will not impact campaign reporting or costs.
Find out more here.
Facebook is testing a new layout for the Stories composer
Facebook Stories haven’t seen the same take up as Instagram Stories did when they were first introduced. In what could be an attempt to give Facebook Stories a little boost, Facebook is testing a new composer layout that would make it easier to upload and create Stories.
Take a look for yourself here.
Twitter is testing a new carousel ad format for app installs
Twitter has had a love-hate relationship with carousels over the years with nothing really picking up the way they would have liked. This newest attempt seems more promising. Advertisers running app install campaigns can now add multiple images to their ad to provide more context which seems to be more visually appealing than the previous carousels we’ve seen from Twitter.
Learn more here.
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