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Social Media News Roundup: April ‘17 Week 1

In the news this week – Twitter unveils new API, McDonalds take CVs via Snapchat and Facebook’s AI guy confirms robots won’t seek world domination… Facebook’s campaign to help people spot fake news Facebook in launching an educational campaign to help people understand, identify and limit the spread of fake

Social Media News Roundup: March ’17 Week 5

In the news this week – Facebook tests a new News Feed, Twitter removes names from tweet replies and Instagram is officially labelled as narcissistic… Facebook tests new rocket ship News Feed Facebook is testing a new feed of alternative content that users may be interested in, in the shape

Twitter Stop Including Images and URLS in 140 Character Count

Founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has made yet another move in a bid to help the network stand up among it’s competitors by allowing images and URLs to be discounted from the iconic 140 character count. Although a minor change it is nevertheless one that represents a departure

Twitter Steps Up to Halt Harassment

Twitter have taken a decisive step towards addressing concerns surrounding harassment on the platform by adding a new tool that will allow users to report multiple cases of abuse en masse. The social network believe that the changes will help give context surrounding the extent of a case of abuse

Twitter Introduces Direct Message Button on Tweets

  Alongside an announcement on their blog on the 5th April 2016, Twitter rolled out a new direct message button which allows users to share tweets as direct messages. According to the network, the number of direct messages grew by over 60% in 2015, and the new feature responds to

Twitter’s New Time Travelling Tweets

  Twitter has been experimenting with a new non-chronological tweet-ordering style, reminiscent of Facebook’s ‘Most Recent Posts’ style. The Social Network wants to appeal to more casual users – but could more changes result in it losing its originality? A new algorithm has been implemented as a trial by the

Why it’s difficult to heart Twitter’s new update

  Twitter’s new ‘heart’ update has been received with a wide variety of feedback; some love it, others despise the change. With an icon shift to something so emotionally recognisable, there are certainly a number of undeniable psychological positives. However, criticism has labelled the update as unwarranted – and there