In this week’s #MMSocialReport – An in-depth prediction of social media trends for 2017, how Facebook’s new technology aims to help people, a look into Timehop’s past and future, Facebook’s newest venture into virtual reality, and big expectations for Microsoft and LinkedIn.
It’s time for the last #MMSocialReport of 2016! It has been a crazy but monumental year for social media — in both good ways and bad. In this week’s report: a review of some of the most important social media milestones of 2016, the podcast popularity boom that led to audio-only Facebook Live broadcasts, Snapchat’s newest craze, Twitter’s new 360-degree Periscope live streams, and an insightful analysis of the year’s fake news problem including why you won’t find it on LinkedIn.
It was almost Christmas time and all was bright
As Santa sat by the firelight.
He sat in Santa HQ, preparing with cheer,
wondering, “What could I do different this year?”
He heard a tap on glass and a faint hoot
Saw an owl with a scroll about as big as his boot
“Come inside, little one!” Santa jollily boomed
Unrolling a scroll the length of the room.
“What do we have here!” He cried, chuckling some
“What? Facebook can be really dumb!
Who is this from, Metter Media in Cambridge, MA?
A social media wishlist, they say.”
Then Santa’s eyes did sparkle bright
He looked out into the dark night
And vowed to make each wish come true
If Facebook can’t fix it, Santa can do!
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In this week’s #MMSocialReport – Facebook’s colorful new update, Uber’s new Snapchat filters, a complete calendar of hashtag holidays for 2017 and how to use them, Oculus VR’s new social hangout, and some of the most popular social networks around the world. Dig in as we wrap up the year with plenty of “what’s next”:
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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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:
With false information doing the rounds on several social media platforms and highly-prejudiced views penetrating through our newsfeed, we all need a dose of hope in sensitive times like these. Is it upon social media to own up and take necessary steps to counter all the hate that is seeping through? We’ve tracked a few small steps that big corporations have taken up and would love to know your views on them:
Images via Shutterstock, Reclaim America Facebook page
Throughout history and literature, there are certain storylines that are carried from century to century. One of those is the protagonist who, overcome with ambition, creates something that he becomes obsessed with bettering and evolving. Isolated from the world, alone in his lab with his creation, the protagonist sees nothing but progress. Failing to have any objective reality to compare to, he evolves and evolves his creation until one day he steps back and he’s totally lost control. “I’ve created a MONSTER!” He screams. But at least Macbeth gets what he deserves and Viktor Frankenstein chases the thing he created to the ends of the earth trying to understand it.
Mark Zuckerberg is one such creator who totally lost control. AND he refuses to admit there is anything wrong with his monster.
It’s 2016. 1.79 billion people use Facebook every month. That’s more people than there are in China, the biggest country on the planet. Facebook has become one of the top sources of news consumption — 44 percent of Americans get their news from the site. Major media outlets have been scrambling to keep up.
Facebook, Snapchat & Instagram: These 3 social media platforms have ruled this week’s social media report. In this week’s news, we’re making the retail experience more effective on Instagram and Facebook, a new Facebook video messaging app is being launched for emerging markets, and hardware (i.e. Spectacles by Snapchat), brand expansions, and extensions are the flavor of this week. Read on to learn more:
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: