#MMSocialReport Nov. 17, 2017

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This week: Are Craigslist and Yelp the next to be outcompeted by Facebook? Meanwhile, Twitter users can now make their display names as long as 50 characters and Pinterest announced Pincodes! Catch up on what happened this week in today’s #MMSocialReport:Continue reading

Top 10 Meme Costumes of 2017

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The witching hour is almost upon us! The final countdown to the big three one has officially commenced and its costume crunch time. So what will we see this year? Memes. We live in a meme-filled world, so there’s bound to be some meme themed costumes, and I for one am here for it. Here are my predictions for the top ten meme costumes of 2017.

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#MMSocialReport Oct. 20, 2017

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This week was a big one for Facebook! They announced a new feature that will make it easier to explore new content. Twitter laid out a plan to control and prevent hateful and violent content. Snapchat announced a costume that will make users ready to dance all Halloween night. Read about all this and more in this week’s report!

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#MMSocialReport Oct. 6, 2017

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There is no better way to end the first week of October than with a #MMSocialReport! This week Instagram announced a “poll” feature while Snapchat ad revenues begin to decline. In other news, U.S. Lawmakers write a letter to Twitter in regards to preventing users’ racist and violent behavior.

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#MMSocialReport Sept. 29, 2017

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It’s time for the #MMSocialReport, AKA the best part of the week! Big things happened in social media in the last seven days, so you won’t want to miss this one. Twitter may be doubling its character limit and internet is going crazy! In other news, Snapchat rolled out 3D Bitmojis and Instagram is adding masks for Instagram Live. All this and more in our report:

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#MMSocialReport Sept. 22, 2017

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Kick off the fall season with this week’s #MMSocialReport! This week in social media, Twitter introduced a new feature to keep users updated on local and world news and Instagram experimented with a new layout. In other news, YouTube expanded channel subscription services and Snapchat and Pinterest took new steps to improve their advertisement strategies. Read about all this and more in this week’s report!

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Hurricane Survivors and Responders Resort to Social Media for Aid

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Over the past decade, Social Media has been slowly replacing newspapers as the general population’s handheld news source.

Over two-thirds of adults in the US receive their news from a social media outlet. Social Media has connected our society by not only providing the opportunity for everyday people to communicate to the general population, but also becoming a platform for emergency responders to contact victims in states of emergency when calling is not an option. Those in a state of emergency can easily communicate and pin their location to emergency first responders and government officials — which we’ve seen with the advent of Facebook Safety Check and other tools.

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