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Instagram’s distinguished ‘influencers’ were sent into a panic after a technical glitch concealed ‘likes’ from many users’ posts, in what the platform called a “bug” as it experiments with doing away with ‘likes’ for good.

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February 3, 2021 11:51 am Marie Claire is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. While Instagram is normally my go-to for sartorial inspiration, lately it’s been full of loungewear and sweatpants, so I’ve turned my interest to interiors instead. And honestly, the inspo has been insane, with people taking tablescaping (basically  pretty table settings, it’s a thing) and decorating to new heigh...

Share it While Instagram continues to add more and more functions, it also, increasingly, wants users to better focus what they post within each element, in order to maximize engagement. As you can see in this screenshot, shared by social media expert Matt Navarra, Instagram is now conducting a test which stops some users from sharing feed posts within their Stories. That, interestingly, means that you can now share tweets in your IG Stories, but you can’t share Instagram posts, while you can...

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Is Instagram In Danger Of Irrelevance? Instagram is getting cluttered and confusing, writes MIDiA analyst Hanna Kahlert, in large part because it borrows too many ‘good ideas’ from other social platforms. By Hanna Kahlert of MIDiA It has been a rocky month for social media – and a not-so-promising beginning to a new year. Years of debate have raged over the role of platforms like Facebook and Twitter in the content they host, and the impact it has – ranging from filter bubbles, to “f...

Bridgewater, NS, Canada / Country 100.7 Jan 7, 2021 7:27 AM With World Junior hockey wrapped up and watching the news being a less than enjoyable experience, especially last night, what did you turn to?  I thought this might be a good escape from everything that has been happening over the past 24 hours. With tonnes of options online, the excuse that there is nothing on is no longer acceptable, haha.  We are even getting crossover with online stars appearing on TV.  If you are a TikTok fan, ...

Executive Summary Over the past year, governments have made unprecedented demands for online platforms to police speech, and many companies are rushing to comply. But in their response to calls to remove objectionable content, social media companies and platforms have all too often censored valuable speech. While it is reasonable for companies to moderate some content, no one wins when companies and governments can censor online speech without transparency, notice, or due process. This year’s...

How to Enable Disappearing Messages on WhatsApp on iOS and Android Dec 11, 2020 08:47 EST Facebook is not shy when it comes to adding new features to its platforms. Facebook, on its own, added a bunch of features to its main app and has been expanding the feature-list in WhatsApp as well as Instagram. While Instagram enjoys the addition of Stories, WhatsApp has received a new update which gave room to the highly-anticipated Disappearing Messages. The way the feature works is pretty self-ex...