Social Media News Round-Up: 09/07/21
This weeks social media roundup is brought to you by Lucy. (Emily is on holiday)
Facebook supports small businesses on Shops platform with window displays
Facebook and Instagram have worked with British conceptual designer Jo Sedley to support small businesses on Facebook's e-commerce platform, Shops, by creating unique shop window displays.
Thirteen businesses from across the UK have had their windows transformed with designs created to showcase each unique business story. The displays are digitally shoppable, using a unique QR code to take prospective customers to Facebook and Instagram, where they can browse, shop and support local stores online.
Presenter and business owner, Maya Jama, visited Marjorie Watts' zero-waste store, Healthier Without, in Streatham, to launch the project, which has been devised by Facebook, Hope & Glory PR and Studio Stilton. Using pine wood found in and around her local area, Sedley created a wave using the material to symbolise a sea of change. The window also incorporates the blue and green of nature to further emphasise Watts' love for Earth.
Instagram is no longer just a photo-sharing app
If you work in social media (which I’m in no doubt you do, then you’ve heard this) But this news sent the social media community into chaos thinking that photos on Instagram were over. But it’s not so, Adam Mosseri explains in his Tweet: to be clear we’re not abandoning photos or photo creators and artists we are looking at new ways to entertain people. Video is a part of that, but so are photos.
So there you go!
Instagram Tests New Comment 'Limits' to Help Reduce the Impact of Targeted Abuse by Groups
Instagram is rolling out a new option to combat on-platform abuse according to industry tipster Matt Navarra (view tweet here), this time focused on limiting actions from groups of users, as opposed to muting or restricting individual profiles.
Read more in the article by Social Media Today
New speakers announced for SocialDay Festival 2021
That’s right, this year’s incredible line-up just keeps on growing. Head to www.socialday.uk/line-up to see our newest additions and grab your ticket today by clicking below!
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