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September 3, 2017

Social media changes – summer roundup

 

What changed on social media over the summer? A fair bit. Brush up here.

LinkedIn decided to jump on the native video bandwagon.

Instagram began allowing verified accounts to add links to their stories.

Medium rolled out a partner programme, essentially a way to trial community publishing that pays.

Medium also decided to encourage applause.

Facebook dived into TV, sort of.

Facebook also took a tiny step toward stopping ads on pages that spread false news.

Facebook expanded marketplace, watch out ebay.

YouTube had a spruce up, the changes go beyond the logo.

YouTube also took its first step in social sharing within its platform.

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. Not exactly The Avengers but it’s early days.

LinkedIn went Lite in emerging markets.

Google let people publish posts directly to search results.

Google+, yeah it’s still there, launched a discover tab.

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