Welcome back to the #MMSocialReport — this week we are celebrating the 2 billion users hit by Facebook, introducing the new security feature of Pinterest, updated custom geofilters on Snapchat, a group sharing feature called ‘Favorites’ on Instagram and YouTube’s update to display vertical videos more properly. Read it now to catch the trends!
Metter Media Social Report, May 5th, 2017
This week’s #MMSocialReport brings good news and bad: Facebook is increasing its efforts to monitor harmful posts, but a social media app disappeared this week.
We also covered Twitter’s next step in the live video takeover and Apple’s latest mobile app. A lot went on in social media this week and you could use the update:
Facebook Stories: Imitation, But Not Flattery
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. That may be true in some situations, but when you’re one of the most successful social media networks in the world, does imitating your competition help or hinder your success?
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Story — but when I want to post a Story, I go to Snapchat, because that’s what it’s for.
Working in the social media world, I spend a lot of time thinking about and posting content. But lately, I’ve been finding it difficult to decide which app to post to, because they all have overlapping features — and, frankly, overlapping audiences.
Metter Media Social Report, February 17, 2017
In this week’s #MMSocialReport – Snapchat original shows are a thing, Musical.ly is aiming to take over the social media world, you can learn a new language from GIFs, and Facebook updates galore!
Metter Media Social Report, Jan. 13, 2017
In this week’s #MMSocialReport: Facebook Live’s new update and a review of their persistent issues with censorship, Snap Inc’s new home, WhatsApp’s long-awaited improvements, and Tom Brady — need we say more? Read on for the full scoop:
Metter Media Social Report, Jan. 6, 2017
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.
Metter Media Social Report, Dec. 30, 2016
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.
Metter Media Social Report, Dec. 2, 2016
It’s not that easy to guess who’s on Twitter. It’s also not that easy to become an Instagram Influencer. But with constant updates coming to all platforms/apps, and information being circulated at a high pace, the spread of fake news has become a major concern. What are the regulations we need to set? Read on for a few of the solutions that we came across:
Metter Media Social Report, Dec. 31, 2015
This week in social media, Twitter is changing the selfie game by patenting the #droneselfie, Mashable looks back at the best tech of 2015 on Snapchat Discover, and Adweek tops off 2015 with the best social media stories from the past year.