There are a few exciting social media updates this week! Facebook added animated GIF polls, Instagram will let you add any photos or videos to your Stories, and Twitter increased the character count to 280. Read more about what happened this week in our #MMSocialReport!
1. Facebook is about to ruin your feed with tacky animated GIF polls
by @Mixtatiq via @TheNextWeb
Learn how to use this new Facebook feature — it’s worth it. Use the animated GIF polls to express your inner self… and to annoy your friends.
2. Instagram now lets you add any photos or videos to your Stories
by @etherington via @TechCrunch
Have you ever wanted to post an awesome picture or video on your Instagram Stories but you couldn’t, because it was too old? Now Instagram has changed that — and it is here to stay! So go on Instagram now and post that amazing lunch you wanted to add on your Stories a week ago!
3. Twitter officially expands its character count to 280 starting today
by@sarahintampa via @TechCrunch
The 140-character count standard has now been broken! Twitter’s update is impressive and you should take advantage of it. Now I know what you are thinking: “Great, now Trump’s tweets are longer.” Who cares about that though? Start tweeting now!
4. Twitter now lets you promote your profile for $99 a month, but is it worth it?
by @matthewhughes via via @TheNextWeb
Twitter releases another tool this week that will allow you to promote your profile, maintenance-free, for $99 a month. This tool will help users build a larger audience to promote their personal brand. My response to this tool, as Fifth Harmony says, “Give it to me I’m worth it.”
5. Facebook is launching a 30-city tour to connect with small businesses
by @kerrymflynn via @Mashable
Facebook will be meeting face-to-face with small businesses in their tour. Mark Zuckerberg, along with other Facebook staff, will be traveling around to 30 different cities to assist small businesses in using their site.
MM’s Pick of the Week!
Now that tweets can be up to 280 characters, here are some of the funniest tweets we’ve seen so far:
https://twitter.com/nbcsvu/status/928032273747795968
https://twitter.com/MeCookieMonster/status/928296055980150785
https://twitter.com/DAREDEVlllS/status/928316891709558784
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