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!

1. Facebook’s Testing a new option to Mute Notifications – and remove those annoying red dots

by @adhutchinson via @socialmedia2day 

Notifications are like that itch that you scratch, even if you know that itch will return almost immediately. That collective sigh of relief you just heard? That’s the sound of social media acolytes all over the world breathing just a little easier with the knowledge that Facebook is testing a new option to mute notifications. 

2. Twitter’s underrated Lists feature finally gets some attention

by @sarahintampa via @TechCrunch

Twitter Lists haven’t gotten the love that they deserve but now, Twitter users are starting to see how easy Lists makes their feeds. Lists allows you to create custom timelines by adding only users whose tweets you track. The great part is, you don’t need to be following those Twitter accounts in order to keep track of their activity, leaving your main feed Click-Bait free. Twitter announced that they will be testing a way to make lists easier to access by relocating them near the home screen.

3. The best place to discover new music? Instagram

By @j_wellemeyer  via @mashable

In May 2018, Instagram allowed users to start sharing album covers and Spotify links to their stories and since then, use of the feature has grown exponentially. As audiences share their favorite artists music on the platform, it then spreads to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. 

4. Some locations are Instagram gold. This app helps you find them.

by @kyurieff via @CNNbusiness

There is a new phone app available which pulls together fun and unique places to visit for getting *perfect* Instagram pictures. Since launching the app, it has expanded from just featuring Sedona, Arizona to adding multiple cities from all around the United States. The aesthetically pleasing app is sure to give unique ideas to visit for your next trip.

MM’s Pick of the Week!

This week Twitter was taken by storm when user “Green Chyna” created a choose your own adventure-style game where you serve as Beyonce’s assistant. The first tweet in the thread has close to 100,000 retweets and the game starts when you have to choose her breakfast. As the game goes on the decisions become more complicated and the goal is to not get fired – which is incredibly hard. Try for yourself here! 

https://twitter.com/CORNYASSBITCH/status/1142591156884127744

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