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We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #676

Instagram is testing unskippable video ads, Threads launches new desktop, Instagram is testing "trial reels" and more social media news.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune up #675

TikTok announces a range of new ad updates and a feature for music artists, Instagram is experimenting with a new meme feature, X is preparing to make likes private, and more social media news.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #674

X adds new features to Communities, TikTok is testing a new collaboration feature, TikTok tests generative AI in search results, and more social media news.

WHY BRANDS NEED TO STAND OUT, NOT FIT IN, ON SOCIAL

Brands are increasingly comfortable producing phone-shot content, but, does shooting on a phone in of itself signal truth to audiences any more? And, is it possible or wise for a brand to meaningfully present itself as a real person in the world? In this piece, Dan Keefe explores just that.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #673

TikTok starts labelling externally created AI content, Meta and X adds new AI tools for ads, Meta updates its business subscriptions and more social media news.

How Alpha-Gen Z interplay is shaping culture

A new wave of youth has been creating its own version of social, in the form Gen Alpha. But louder even than Alpha’s presence itself is the response from other generations. In this piece, Mira Kopolovic, examines how Gen Alpha’s new codes of youth culture are having a ripple effect on Gen Z’s values.

We Are Social’s Tuesday Tuneup #672

Instagram update will show more content from smaller creators, Snap adds a host of new features, Meta adds new AI labelling and more social media news.

The Feed: Microfeminism, vigilante creators and #ShikShakShok

We're diving into the The Feed with trends including TikTokers taking feminism into their own hands, creators giving us the long-story short and, Gen Z modernising Arabic for the social media age.

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #671

Threads release mute filters, Meta introduces a $5,000 bonus to post on Threads, Pinterest reveals summer travel trends and more social media news.

Looking back on our Digital & Social summit

Last week we hosted our first ever Digital & Social Summit, where we shared strategies to help brands stand out on social. Check out the talks and catch up now.

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