Category: Social Media

Facebook Tests ‘Suggested Moderators’ to Help with Group Administration

Facebook’s continued push to boost groups usage sees another wrinkle added this week, with a new test of ‘Suggested Moderators‘ – group members which Facebook’s system has identified as people who may be able to help you manage your online community. As you can see in this screenshot (posted by social media expert Matt Navarra), the new […]

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Instagram to warn users if their account is at risk of being disabled

Instagram is introducing changes to its account disable policy, one of which involves warning users before their account is deleted. The new notification will also give users the opportunity to appeal content that was removed from the account for violating community guidelines. If the content is found to be removed in error, Instagram will restore the post […]

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What you need to do to protect yourself after the WhatsApp hack

Anyone who uses WhatsApp – what we thought was secure and encrypted – needs to update the app immediately or risk having of spyware installed on their phone. The WhatsApp messaging platform, owned by Facebook and used by more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, is well known for its end to end encryption but a […]

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Facebook makes it easier to understand why an Ad is shown

Facebook will now provide even more detail when users click on “Why am I seeing this ad?” In an effort to address concerns about the information being hard to understand Facebook is making two changes. More Reasons Why Facebook will show people more reasons why a particular ad was served to them. Previously, “Why am I seeing […]

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Sponsored posts from Instagram Influencers are driving less engagement

A recent study shows that Instagram influencers are getting hit hard by the reported decline in engagement across the platform. According to data shared with Mobile Marketer, from analytics firm InfluencerDB, engagement rates for sponsored and organic posts are nearing all-time lows. Engagement is measured by comparing the average number of likes on each Instagram post to the […]

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