#MMSocialReport July 20, 2018

In this week’s social report we’re celebrating World Emoji Day, a day where we can share our love for the little yellow faces that help us express ourselves better than we ever have before (seriously, how did we share gossip with our friends without the steaming tea emoji?)  The world truly embraced this day of emojis with the new iOS update featuring redheaded emojis (can we get a “finally!”), Twitter overflowing with love for the underappreciated aerial tram emoji, and Instagram adding emoji reacts to stories, a la Facebook. In addition to Emoji Day, the internet also celebrated Malala Yousafzai’s 21st birthday and her creation of an Instagram account! And while YouTube began to embrace the Twitter trend of hashtags, Twitter purged 70 million accounts. We’ve got the full roundup for you below:

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#WorldEmojiDay: Metter Media’s Dream Emoji

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Ah, the emoji… the millennial’s hieroglyph. Emoji are the easiest way to tell your best friend that you’re running late to meeting her at the bar but you want her to order you a slice of pizza and a beer: (🏃⏰🔜🍕🍻🙏). And they are one of Metter Media’s favorite parts of social media — so you bet your bottom dollar (⬇️💲?) that we’re celebrating World Emoji Day. What better way than to come up with our dream list of future emoji?

Unicode 11, get ready… we have plenty of ideas for you.

Metter Media’s Must-Have Emoji:

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Metter Media Social Report, Dec. 16, 2016

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In this week’s #MMSocialReport – features, features, features! Snapchat Groups, Facebook Moments, Apple’s new emojis, Reserve with Google, and Facebook Messenger’s new camera are among this week’s slew of new features on social media.
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Metter Media Social Report | Dec. 9, 2016

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Social Media is fun because it makes things easy for you, but social platforms are responsible for regulating all the fun that might lead to disastrous consequences. While Twitter and Pinterest make it easier for customers through various customization preferences, other social media platforms also take steps to curb terrorism and initiate efforts to regulate fake news. Learn more about what has excited and inspired us this week:

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Metter Media Social Report, Nov. 4, 2016

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With GIFs being embedded into infographics, Tumblr being a hotbed for a certain kind of a subculture, LinkedIn’s new tool offering to determine your salary and Facebook’s HUGE expansion into gaming — we’re only getting deeper into the world of social media. Read up to learn more about how these trends have left us with a lot more to introspect than expected:

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#MMSocialReport Oct. 7, 2016

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#MadeByGoogle went viral and we’re impressed with all their efforts, but they’ve been also been a bunch of other events happening in the tech world. Facebook-owned WhatsApp borrows from Snapchat, GIFs get interpreted by artists in NYC and Sprout Social comes out with a social media report. We’ve also suggested a link that has 16 Twitter recommendations for the curious soul. Scroll down to learn more:

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Metter Media Social Report, March 11, 2016

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! In this week’s social news, Mashable rounds up a list of GirlBosses you should be following on social, Peeple has people screaming in anger, Facebook teamed up with Spotify to enhance Messenger, Google+ is verifying profiles, and more in this week’s #MMSocialReport!

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