The Instagram Stories - Social Media News

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The Instagram Stories - Social Media News episodes

May 06 Threads Gets DMs on Web and Adam Savage from Mythbusters Talks YouTube Strategy
The Threads team continues to add features, and this one is important - being able to send DMs from your laptop (or desktop). Now you finally can! Also the Edits team has some new features, including one called "Fuse" that I really like, and we get into Edits features to help you with your workflow. Lastly the YouTube Creator Insider team interviews Adam Savage from the TV show "Mythbusters" all about his strategy.
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Threads: DMs from the Web! (Threads)
Threads: Trending Topics Expands to More Countries (Threads)
Edits: Updates to Captions and New Effects (Instagram)
Edits: Customize Your Edits Workspace (Instagram)
YouTube: Interview with Adam Savage from Mythbusters on Strategy (YouTube)

Wednesday Waffle: Valley Heat (Podcast)
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14 min
May 04 Memes and Original Content on Instagram, Explained by the CEO
The Head of Instagram does his weekly Ask Me Anything, answering questions like "can I still post memes on Instagram?" and "tips for meme accounts to stay original?". He also talks about the most common traits in successful creators and if Instagram Verification prevents you from having your account suspended.

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10 min
May 01 Instagram Focuses on Original Content from Creators Plus the CEO of Snap on Stolen Products and Features
The team at Instagram is going to start penalizing aggregators who don't make original content, and just take content from others. Additionally, the team at YouTube is going to stop sending push notifications to subscribers after 1 month of not clicking on them, and will communicate new videos through the YouTube Inbox (the bell!) instead. Also the CEO of Snap, Evan Spiegel, explains what it's like to have Instagram and Meta copy all your ideas.

Links:
Instagram: Everything you need to know about original content (Instagram)
YouTube: Notifications, Generative Instrumentals, Comment Search - Creator Newsflash (YouTube)
Snap: The AI era has made distribution the most important moat | Evan Spiegel (YouTube)

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15 min
April 29 Instagram Adds More Insights and Edits Adds Duplicate Versions
The Instagram team has improved insights, making it easier to find the data you need to figure out how your content is performing. The Edits team has added some improvements, including the ability to duplicate videos so you can A/B test content without needing to remake it.

Links:
Instagram: Updates to Insights (Instagram)
Edits: Updates to Edits (Instagram)
Instagram: How To Keep Followers Engaged (Instagram)

Wednesday Waffle:
Hear Me Out - A Night of Wild Takes (Instagram)

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11 min
April 27 Instagram Launches "Instants" - a New App for Low Pressure Content
The Instagram team has launched a new app called Instants in 2 countries, which seems to be remarkably similar to the old Threads app they had for sharing with Close Friends - before they cancelled that app and launched a different app named Threads. (Confused yet?)
We'll get into the AMA the Head of Instagram did last week, answering questions about metrics, translations, trial Reels, and more.

Instagram is rolling out a new app that's a mix of Snapchat and BeReal (Business Insider)
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12 min
April 23 The CEO of YouTube Shares How to Build an Audience on YouTube
The CEO of YouTube shares what he thinks about how to gain an audience on the platform, and where YouTube is focusing to support creators. The Threads team has launched Live Chat, Edits has some audio tricks for voice you might not know about, and I do Wednesday Waffle.

Links:
What Is YouTube Doing to Us? We Asked Its CEO. | The Interview (YouTube)
Threads launched Live Chat (Threads)
Edits Audio Tricks for Voice (Instagram)

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11 min
April 21 Mr. Beast vs. Adam Mosseri Answering "What's the Best Content Format to Invest Time Creating?"
What's the best type of content to focus on creating - carousels, long form videos, short form videos, or something else? Today on the show, the Head of Instagram answers the question but then I play a clip of Mr. Beast answering a very similar question.

Also the Head of Instagram answers questions about how to handle hate, trial reels, and takes feature suggestions.

Links: Instagram: Chart to Explain Difference Between Account Types (Instagram)

YouTube: Mr. Beast and the Attention Economy (YouTube)

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April 20 Mr. Beast vs. Adam Mosseri Answering "What's the Best Content Format to Invest Time Creating?"
What's the best type of content to focus on creating - carousels, long form videos, short form videos, or something else? Today on the show, the Head of Instagram answers the question but then I play a clip of Mr. Beast answering a very similar question.

Also the Head of Instagram answers questions about how to handle hate, trial reels, and takes feature suggestions.

Links:

Instagram: Chart to Explain Difference Between Account Types (Instagram)
YouTube: Mr. Beast and the Attention Economy (YouTube)

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12 min
April 18 Adding Links to Reels by Using Edits and Mark Zuckerburg is Creating an AI Clone
Instagram has expanded "Your Algorithm" to the Explore page, Threads is getting indented replies while the Threads web version is improving with DMs, the Edits app has the ability to add links to Reels, and Mark Zuckerburg is cloning himself so we technically shouldn't need CEOs anymore.

Links:
Instagram: ‘Your algorithm’ feature to the Explore tab (Instagram Blog)
Instagram: Limiting the number of Trial Reels (Threads)
Instagram: Adding GIF notes (Threads)
Threads: Indented Replies (Threads)
Threads: Web Version Update (Threads)
Edits: Add Links to Reels (Instagram)
AI News: Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff (The Financial Times)

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12 min
April 13 Watching Your Own Reel Doesn't Increase Your View Count
Today's episode features questions from the Head of Instagram, where he answers questions like "does watching my own Reel increase my view count?" and "how do we edit comments now?"

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9 min

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The ultimate destination for the latest in social media news, focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits. The show features exclusive audio clips from the voices behind the platforms, giving updates and insider insights. Whether you're a creator, marketer, or social media enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve and on top of social media news with 'The Instagram Stories - Social Media News'.