Important Updates on Social Networking
Social networking is a simple way to connect with people who otherwise could not communicate in person. A technique used to meet as many new people making new friends and remaining connected with old ones. Social networking, in the not too long past, used the postal media in the form of exchange of letters. It evolved further through the Ethernet using the landline, also persisting today, as a mode of social networking. In this new age of digitization, people have found ways to be socially active through an online chain of communication using the internet. There are a lot of important updates on social networking through social media platforms, from time to time, to meet the expectations of the viewers.
Today, social networking is an online chain of individuals and their personal connections whereby a person begins with inviting people as new contacts. This new contact or invitee once accepts the request the invitee can then send a request to the contacts of the new invitee expanding the network and the cycle thus continues. The beauty about social networking nowadays is that it inter-relates cyber communities all over of the world, with one click, forming contacts that otherwise were highly unlikely to have met in their lifetime. So people having common backgrounds, common interests or real-time relationships create a profile with personal information, photos, etc. connecting with other profiles and growing their relationships through sharing, e-mail, instant messaging and other modes of social networking platforms and apps from where-so-ever they are located. Digital marketing companies in Delhi have been posting the advertisement on social networking platforms for maximum visibility of their client’s products, to enhance sales.
Social networking platforms started in the year 1997 by SixDegrees.com followed by Friendster, MySpace and Facebook. Many social networking platforms like YouTube, Google Plus, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Snapchat, Tumblr, Pinterest and Vine also came up and today are very popular across the globe. All these sites, as and when felt the need, have been regularly updating their sites for better viewing experience.
Facebook has updated its Newsfeed algorithm to promote and highlight better quality content from close friends. It has updated its infographics( image size and dimension cheat sheet) to give the best visual experience to its viewers. It has updated through its latest transparency report and provided an overview of the number of fake accounts on its platform. In its updation process next year it’s planning to launch its own cryptocurrency and in the not too far future, it plans to come out with a new technology of AR glasses, through which it will be able to enhance sound using an audio stimulating attachment.
Facebook-owned Whatsapp’s failure of end-to-end encryption, a major flaw detected by it in its system, it intends to rectify an update on its site in the near future.
2. Instagram celebrating June 2019 as Pride Month
Instagram, another Facebook-owned social networking platform, traditionally has a pink and orange color story ring appear around a user’s profile when he publishes a new story, but it is temporarily bringing about a rainbow-colored story notifier ring feature for its pride month(June 2019) if there is a pride-related hashtag accompanying the story. Instagram is celebrating June 2019 as Pride month to mark the one year anniversary of the US Supreme court historic ruling in support of marriage equality and acceptance of LGBT People in the US and the whole world. LGBT, the gay community and is also loosely referred to the grouping of lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgenders.
3. Instagram Shutting Down Direct Messaging App
Instagram after a year of circulation is updating to shut down it’s separate ‘Direct’ messaging app.
It has realigned better, after reformatting its IGTV long-form video platform, with the discovery format of TikTok and Snapchat. It is also given freedom to its IGTV publishers to upload contents in landscape format.
Facebook had more than 2 million viewers as of 2018 data which would have swelled in view of its continuously providing important updates on social networking and also generating revenue through various product ads through digital marketing companies in Delhi.
4. Linkedin focuses on Video Marketing
LinkedIn is targeting to improve LinkedIn ads using new tools after acquiring Drawbridge, the data analytics platform. It will add a new tab to accompany pages which will detail all the ads being run over the previous six months. Not keeping on the back seat LinkedIn has also through integration with Moat analysis improved video marketing performance resulting in increased advertisement and revenue generation.
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5. Twitter banned Anti Trump Personalities
Twitter, due to the use of fake accounts and paid interactions, has banned Brian and Ed Krassenstein, the exuberant anti-Trump personalities.
6. SnapChat with TikTok
Snapchat due to the pinch from TikTok is working out new modalities on music right deals with major music labels to secure their interest.
Change is the order of the day and anyone who has not upgraded with time has had to perish. It is, for this reason, important updates on social networking platforms are all the more pertinent for better operation and user experience, increasing the traffic and visibility of these platforms.
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Originally published at http://reallyinfluential.com on June 8, 2019.
