Rachel’s Social Snippets #37 – Social media account hacking—how long a sentence do you think a hacker should get? What have Microsoft quietly been removing? Who topped the app download chart in January? How to quickly increase your YouTube channel’s appeal, the lowdown on Instagram hashtags—straight from the horses mouth 😲 and what’s on in the way of training and webinars? It’s all in this week’s Snippet! 👇
YouTube™ – Is Now Even Bigger On TVs Than Phones!
CEO Neal Mohan writes that the TV is now the ‘primary device’ for watching YouTube in the US.
Instagram™ – Tests Comment Downvotes To Combat Negative Interactions
Meta is once again trying out a dislike button for comments, this time on Instagram, in the hope of establishing more signals that it can use to downrank comments that users find to be overly negative and/or harmful to their in-app experience.
TikTok™ – Rises To The Top Of The App Download Charts In January
Some small shifts in the app download rankings for January, with ChatGPT taking the crown as the most downloaded app on iOS, and TikTok rising to the top of the combined app downloads chart.
General – Microsoft™ Quietly Removes Its Fake ‘How To Uninstall Edge’ Guide
Earlier this month, users discovered a rather odd webpage on one of Microsoft’s official websites. Instead of actually explaining how to uninstall Microsoft Edge, as suggested by the title, it instead trashed Google Chrome, its main competitor and the world’s most popular browser.
Hacker Pleads Guilty To Taking Over SEC’s X Account To Post Fake Bitcoin News
Ahhhh, so occasionally something does actually get done about these people who hack into our social media accounts! But do you think his sentence reflects the crime?
BuzzFeed Looks To Launch Its Own, More Positive Social Media Platform
Web publisher BuzzFeed, led my Jonah Peretti, is creating its own social network in order to counter the negative impacts of the current leading social apps, which are largely caused by AI-based algorithms that optimise for engagement above all else.
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Instagram Hashtags – Do They Work Or Not?
For sometime now, Instagram hashtags have been the subject of some debate as to whether they still work or not.
Instagram Chief, Adam Mosseri, who seems to have become a bit of a celebrity in his own right, and like all celebrities gets accosted in the streets by reporters, has the answer for you right here in this clip from the Daily Mail.
I guess we have our answer now—well, until they release the next update at least😁😁
Video
Why Your YouTube Channel Needs a Channel Trailer and Spotlight Video (And How to Set Them Up in 2025)
A Channel Trailer serves as the first impression for visitors who haven’t yet subscribed to your channel. It’s an opportunity to succinctly convey your brand’s message, showcase the type of content you offer and persuade viewers to subscribe. An effective trailer can significantly enhance your channel’s appeal, here’s how
Article kindly provided by Clockwork Eye Video
Word or Excel or PowerPoint?
Computers are tools to do a job but if we use the wrong software for the task then we will do a botch job and it will take much longer. So the first step to using an application proficiently is understanding what that application has been designed to do and which tasks it does best.
Here are some ideas on how best to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Article kindly provided by First Call
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