Dear Metter,
I know these days it’s important to have a social media presence, but do I *really* need to be on every single social media channel? What are the pros and cons of each?
— Socially Confused
#MMSocialReport August 9, 2019
Figuring out the Textdoor Neighbor trend, TikTok adds GIF integrations, possible regulation coming to social media, and … is Instagram changing its name? Social media might have been around for a while, but it continues to surprise us every week. Luckily for you, we’ve distilled the most important news for you, right here on this week’s social report.
#MMSocialReport August 2, 2019
Flex your social media news knowledge after reading this week’s social report. The major platforms of Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest are all highlighted in this week’s edition.
#MMSocialReport July 25, 2019
Marvel keeps churning out the content and so 👏do 👏we 👏! Read on to find out how Facebook’s News Feed ads are changing, how to use the new Twitter layout, where Instagram is testing the removal of likes, and a problematic error in Facebook’s Messenger Kids.
#MMSocialReport June 28, 2019
Social media can be hard to keep up with, but we gathered four of the most interesting news pieces of the week to help keep you updated. This week is all about muting Facebook users, using Twitter lists, seeing if you make it as Beyonce’s assistant, and finding Instagram-worthy locations. Happy reading!
#MMSocialReport June 21, 2019
Social media never stops moving and we don’t either! The latest social media news includes: Twitter is removing the ability to tag precise locations, Facebook is launching a new digital currency, Instagram is helping users regain hacked accounts, and Facebook is changing ranking factors for comments.
#MMSocialReport June 7, 2019
Happy Pride Month! Interested in the latest news about all your favorite social media platforms? Tiktok is testing new ways to target ads, Facebook is taking a page from Snapchat’s Bitmoji, Netflix might become the new Instagram, and Pinterest could be the upcoming platform for influencers. Read on!
Joey’s Weekly Game of Thrones Meme Roundup
Our culture is producing content at an increasingly fast rate every year, which allows content creators to cater to more varied niches and interest groups. It’s likely that your friend has binged at least three or four TV shows you’ve never even heard of. Someone’s favorite movie may be something you’ve never seen a trailer for. However, in the summer of 1976 when Spielberg’s Jaws was released, everyone from your grandmother to your college roommate would have seen it, if not at the very least been aware of the film’s existence. As we create more and more content it seems like the big cultural ‘must sees’ are coming fewer and farther in between simply because there’s just so much to see.
That’s why this last season of Game of Thrones feels so special. It feels like the last remaining bastion from the era of “appointment television” coming to an end. Aside from Game of Thrones, an awards ceremony, or a sporting event, what was the last thing you remember saying “Did you see x last night” in reference to the following day to a co worker or classmate? Game of Thrones is seemingly the last scripted cultural phenomenon that fans tune in to watch on a weekly basis, live tweeting, sharing theories, and of course — since it’s 2019 — memes.
Memes have become such a ubiquitous part of the cultural conversation in the digital age we live in, so naturally, one of the largest pieces of pop culture coming to an end is an extremely memeable affair. In honor of Game of Thrones coming to an end I will be rounding up and discussing my favorite memes from the week that follows each new episode until the finale. After all, the night is dark and full of terrors, so here are some memes:
#MMSocialReport April 19, 2019
Tune in to this week’s roundup — and the last of this semester — to see what Twitter is doing to improve its platform safety, how Facebook may be mixing Stories and News Feed, why Twittr is performing better than Twitter, how Instagram is replacing word-of-mouth, and even more Game of Thrones content, because you haven’t seen enough of it already.
#MMSocialReport April 11, 2019
Tune in to this week’s roundup to find out what new features are in the works for Snapchat, how Youtube is expanding their Coachella coverage, why everyone is talking about the new Billy Ray Cyrus ‘Old Town Road’ remix, and how Tik Tok is breaking the internet… and your eardrums.