The Instagram Stories - Social Media News

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The Instagram Stories - Social Media News episodes

April 09, 2025 4-9-25 - Instagram announces updates on Teen Accounts and maybe one day an iPad app
Instagram is focused on getting teens on the platform, and to do that, parents need to feel comfortable. Today on the show, the Head of Instagram shares an update on teen accounts, and the YouTube team shares some new features they're working on. After all that, I do the Wednesday Waffle, where I talk about a completely different topic.
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Instagram: Teen Accounts Update (Instagram)
Instagram: iPad App May Be Coming (Verge)
Instagram: Testing a new "unlock" feature (Test by using code "threads" without quotation marks) - Instagram
YouTube: Creator Insider Update (YouTube)
Movie: The Mitchells vs the Machines (Netflix)

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11 min
April 07, 2025 4-7-25 - The Head of Instagram Explains Not Making Reels Will Hurt Your Reach
Adam Mosseri is the Head of Instagram. He started out working at Facebook for many years, where he eventually became head of News Feed, before becoming Head of Instagram. Every Friday he does an "Ask Me Anything" on his Stories, and on Mondays we talk about the clips. Today's show has answers to questions like "Should I have one account for personal and one for professional?" along with a bunch of Instagram feature suggestions.

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10 min
April 04, 2025 4-4-25 - TikTok Gets Extended Another 75 Days and Sarah Wynn-Williams Explains What It's Like Inside Facebook
Good news, TikTok still isn't banned in the United States. President Trump has extended the deadline by an additional 75 days. Also, we hear from Sarah Wynn-Williams, former global public policy director at Facebook, on the way Facebook manipulated teenagers and was willing to do whatever the Chinese Communist Party requested in order to get Facebook in China.
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President Trump: TikTok ban delayed another 75 days (Truth Social)
Book: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Amazon)
Ex-Facebook executive's first-hand dealings with Mark Zuckerberg (YouTube)

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11 min
April 02, 2025 4-2-25 - YouTube Rolls Out New Features and Head of Instagram says Edits is Coming Soon
Coming up with ideas for content and hooks is hard. However, the YouTube team is looking to make that easier. Today's show features an update from Lauren on the YouTube Creator Insider team, plus a clip from Adam Mosseri sharing an update about edits.
After the rap song, I share a book I'm reading that has killed my desire to work for Instagram or Meta.

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YouTube Announces New Inspiration Ideas and Repurpose.io (YouTube)
Interview with Repurpose.io CEO, Hani Maura (Podcast)
When Is The Edits App Coming? (Instagram)
Book Recommendation - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Amazon)

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8 min
March 31, 2025 3-31-25 - Scheduling your Instagram Posts Does Not Reduce Your Reach
Good news - the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, confirms that scheduling your Instagram posts will not hurt your reach. On this episode we talk about Stories, Reach, Edits, and a bunch of other topics.
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9 min
March 28, 2025 3-28-25 - Mark Zuckerburg and Mr. Beast Chat about Facebook
Instagram finally turned on the ability to hold down your finger to watch Reels at 2x speed. Additionally, Facebook is rolling out an OG Experience, trying to bring back the magic from the site's origins. The head of Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, stops by to explain why they're doing this, and Mr. Beast chimes in with what he would change about Facebook.
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Instagram Rolls Out Reels Playback at 2x (Threads)
Adam Mosseri Explains You Can't Edit a Reel Once It's Posted (Instagram)
Bringing the Magic of Friends Back to Facebook (Facebook Blog)
Mark Zuckerburg and Mr. Beast on Colin and Samir (YouTube)

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13 min
March 26, 2025 3-26-25 - Instagram Takes Away Content Notes But Reposts are coming!
Instagram takes away features when they're not being used enough, which makes sense. Today Adam Mosseri, the Head of Instagram, announced that Content Notes are being removed, however it seems re-posts are coming soon! Additionally Threads has some updates, and the YouTube team is changing how Shorts views are counted. All of that and more on today's episode.

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How To Repost a Reel or Post on Instagram (Help)
Threads: Now You Can Have the Following Feed as Your Default (Facebook Blog)
YouTube: Update To How Shorts Views are Counted on YouTube (YouTube)

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15 min
March 24, 2025 3-24-25 - The Head of Instagram Explains That Inactive Followers Do Not Reduce Reach
Every Friday, the Head of Instagram does an Ask Me Anything on his Story. I download the clips and compile them into an episode for you. Today on the show, he answers a few questions about reach, plus some new features that Instagram should have but doesn't.

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10 min
March 19, 2025 3-19-25 - TikTok Rumor Mill Indicates Oracle Could Be Buyer Plus YouTube News
The TikTok rumor mill is suggesting that Oracle will buy the TikTok app in the US, but in order for that to happen, a lot of different parties need to come together in agreement very quickly. Additionally the YouTube team continues to make improvements to the app, including some changes to mid-roll ads that creators aren't happy about. All of that and the Wednesday Waffle on today's show.
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TikTok: Oracle Weighs Security Backstop, Small Stake to Land TikTok Deal (Bloomberg)
YouTube: Visual Guides for Shorts, Copyright Details Page Improvement, AI Protection Tools Experiment, & MORE (YouTube)
YouTube - Update To YouTube's Mid-roll Ads (YouTube)
Wednesday Waffle: Pocket Casts

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15 min
March 17, 2025 3-17-25 - The Head of Instagram Talks AI and Posting Frequency
Today on the show, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how he uses AI, plus he shares if posting frequency affects ranking in the algorithm. Additionally we talk about the best messaging apps, and I share a tool I've been using to get all my messaging apps combined into one for a universal inbox experience.
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A Video I Made About Beeper (Instagram)
Get Beeper (Beeper)

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13 min

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