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Instagram Carousel Posts

7 Tips For More Engaging, Top Performing Instagram Carousel Posts

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/instagram-carousel-tips/429880

Studies have shown that carousels are the most engaging type of post on the platform.

One of the most effective techniques: know your audience and talk directly to them as individuals.

you’re leading with the most compelling information or image for the reader, and think about “what’s in it for them” throughout the carousel.

add a visual signal in the images, like an arrow pointing to the right in all but the final image.

You want every slide to stand on its own.

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access to Meta’s internal research

More than 300 scientists have told Mark Zuckerberg they want access to Meta’s internal research on child and teen mental health because it doesn’t meet scientific standards

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-open-letter-kids-mental-health-300-scientists-2021-12

The letter concludes by asking Meta to create an independent oversight trust that would monitor and study adolescent and child mental health.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri is due to testify before Congress about children’s safety on the platform Tuesday.

Forrester survey of 4,602 Americans aged 12 to 17, published last month, found that 63% of respondents used TikTok on a weekly basis compared with 57% for Instagram. It also found 72% of respondents used YouTube weekly. It did not mention Facebook.

Facebook Hotline is like Clubhouse

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-hotline-app-clubhouse-test-video-instagram-2021-4

Hotline can be accessed via its website — there’s no app version available for smartphones yet. The website requires users to sign in via their Twitter account, rather than their Facebook account, then leave their name on a waiting list.

In contrast to audio-only Clubhouse, Hotline users can use videos and livestreams with a Q&A feature to chat to their audience, a bit like live videos on Instagram, which Facebook owns.

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ambient TV social media

 

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A post shared by The New Yorker (@newyorkermag)

Kyle Chayka calls this “ambient television,” an artifact of contemporary dystopia made for our quarantine era, when nothing’s stopping you from leaving the TV on all day long.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/emily-in-paris-and-the-rise-of-ambient-tv

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police surveillance social media

Leaked documents show how police used social media and private Slack channels to track George Floyd protesters from r/technology

https://www.businessinsider.com/blueleaks-how-cops-tracked-george-floyd-protesters-on-social-media-2020-6

Police monitored RSVP lists on Facebook events, shared information about Slack channels protesters were using, and cited protesters’ posts in encrypted messaging apps like Telegram.

How police used social media to track protesters

warning sent to police departments on June 6, the FBI says it’s been tracking “individuals using Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram” who post about organizing protests.

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