About Carly Racklin

Carly Racklin is a content developer and staff writer at Streambank Media. Her short stories and poems have been published in various magazines. On her days off, she can be found knitting, bird-watching, or playing video games.

Expansions at Meta and Threads | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-12-13T13:26:30-05:00December 13th, 2023|

First up, an update from LinkedIn: The LinkedIn Guide to Creating features the community’s “fantastic insights on the content you want more of, such as tips on driving engaging conversations, carving out your own niche, and investing in yourself, are part of what has guided this change.” Secondly, Meta is expanding their fact-checking program to cover [...]

Meta Removes Cross-App Communication | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-12-06T12:59:30-05:00December 6th, 2023|

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday - and now onto the updates. First up, TikTok has launched the ‘Artist Account’ option to help musicians on the app optimize their reach through helpful new tools.  Next, Instagram is looking to encourage more engagement with Stories by launching a new option called “Hype.” Though not much [...]

New Generative AI Projects From Meta | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-12-06T13:00:12-05:00November 22nd, 2023|

Hi, all! Let’s start things off with YouTube. Premium subscribers will be getting access to generative AI elements, such as AI comment summaries and an in-stream AI bot. Users can also experiment with music production with the help of AI in the new “Dream Track” feature.  Next up, Meta. Inbox notes are coming to Messenger, similar [...]

Instagram Launches Option to Share Posts to Close Friends Only | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-11-15T12:47:46-05:00November 15th, 2023|

Instagram has just announced a new feature that will allow users to share feed posts and Reels with only their Close Friends. This is part of a larger shift we’ve seen on the app towards more private connections.  Some further updates show that smaller group sharing is gaining more traction: Instagram is also allowing users to [...]

Polls, GIFs, and More Coming to Threads | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-11-08T13:27:34-05:00November 8th, 2023|

With the proliferation of ad-blockers, YouTube has started alerting users when ad-blockers are in place. That means YouTube clips in the web app won’t play unless the blockers are disabled.  In another update, YouTube is rolling out more support for young users, including new safeguards for content recommendation. Also, the platform seems to be taking a [...]

Instagram Adds Polls to Comment Sections | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-10-25T13:11:32-04:00October 25th, 2023|

Greetings, all! Here are your social media updates for this week! First up, you might have noticed posts from Threads finding their way into the Facebook and Instagram feeds thanks to a recent update.  Also, Instagram is bringing polls to comments, in the feed and in Reels. (They’re already available in Stories and DMs, if you [...]

More New Features Coming to Threads | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-10-18T12:56:50-04:00October 18th, 2023|

If you’re curious about the personal info certain social media platforms keep on you, you may be happy to learn that Meta is updating its Accounts Center to hold personal account data that users can download. In Meta’s words, here’s what that means: “Download Your Information and Access Your Information are now centralized in Accounts Center, [...]

Meta Shares Guide to AI-Supported Ad Campaigns | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-10-11T13:19:40-04:00October 11th, 2023|

Have you made use of stickers in your Instagram Stories? Well, more are coming. Instagram is looking to add a new “app” sticker, where users can add easy-access links to other apps. Other additions are a “Secret” sticker, and a “Music Pick” sticker as well. Check out the details here!  Next, Meta’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns have [...]

LinkedIn Pairing AI With Recruitment Tools | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-10-04T12:57:28-04:00October 4th, 2023|

With engagement on Threads fizzling out, parent company Meta is working on some new features to drive engagement. Among these are first Threads notifications, showing someone’s most recent Thread on their Instagram profile, and in-feed alerts for Threads discussions. Next, Meta is exploring the option of an ad-free option for Facebook and Instagram. The word is [...]

YouTube Unveiling First Generative AI Elements | What’s New in Social Media

By |2023-09-27T13:33:40-04:00September 27th, 2023|

To start us off, Facebook has finally launched the option to create multiple profiles to organize your experience by interest. Users will be able to switch between profiles without logging out. Also, did you notice anything new on Facebook recently? Those extra observant users might have noted that the app’s logo and color palette have seen [...]

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