October 26, 2022

• YouTube has announced a range of visual tweaks and UI updates, which it says are intended to make the app feel ‘cleaner, more lively’, and easier to use for different purpose. Read more about YouTube’s design changes here.

• Pinterest has announced a new activation, in partnership with The Louvre, which will let you experience the gallery via video elements within the app. Check out Pinterest’s Louvre video series on the Louvre Pinterest account.

Holidays 10/27/2022:

• Black Cat Day

• Mentoring Day

• Navy Day

• Cranky Co-Workers Day

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October 25, 2022

• With the US midterms fast approaching, a new investigation by human rights group Global Witness, in partnership with the Cybersecurity for Democracy team at NYU, has found that Meta and TikTok are still approving ads that include political misinformation, and are in clear violation of their stated ad policies. Learn more about this update here.

• After adding Link Sticker back in august, LinkedIn has now also added ‘Person’ and ‘Page’ variations, providing more ways to drive more traffic with your LinkedIn posts. Read the full article here.

Holidays 10/26/2022:

• Microneedling Day

• Mule Day

• Howl At The Moon Day

• Pumpkin Day

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October 24, 2022

• Facebook held its sixth annual Communities Summit event last week and they announced a range of new groups features including new Stories sharing tools, view-only chats, custom member profile displays, and reels in groups. Click here to check out more from Facebook’s 2022 Communities Summit event.

Holidays 10/25/2022:

• Crisp Sandwich Day

• World Pasta Day

• Greasy Foods Day

• International Artist Day

• Sourest Day

• Punk for a Day Day

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October 21, 2022

• Recap of this week’s news

Holidays 10/21/2022:

Saturday

• Make a Difference Day

• Nut DAy

• International Caps Lock Day

• International Stuttering Awareness Day

• Color DAy

• Smart is Cool Day

Sunday

• International Snow Leopard Day

• Mole Day

• Mother-in-Law Day

• iPod Day

• Event Organizers Day

• Croc Day

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October 19, 2022

• Meta’s making Branded Content on Facebook Reels available to all creators globally, which will provide another monetization avenue for you, if you are interested. Click here to access a guide book on using Branded Content for Reels..

• TikTok has announced that it’s increasing the minimum age requirement for live-streaming in the app, while it’s also adding a new ‘adults-only’ live-stream category, as well as new keyword filtering options for live comments. Find more info on TikTok’s LIVE safety tools here.

Holidays 10/20/2022:

• Get to Know Your Customers Day

• International Chefs Day

• Office Chocolate Day

• Get Smart About Credit Day

• Brandied Fruit Day

• Information Overload Day

• Suspender’s Day

• Conflict Resolution Day

• Community Media Day

• National Day on Writing

• Youth Confidence Day

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October 18, 2022

• Facebook continues to shift away from news content, in preference for entertaining video (ala TikTok), with the announcement that it will be retiring its Instant Articles offering in April next year. Learn more about this update here.

• In Twitter news…With tweet editing, the most requested social media feature of all-time, recently added to Twitter’s Twitter Blue subscription offering Twitter kind of thought there would be a big revenue increase via new Twitter Blue Subscribptions but no, that’s not the case. Not much of a bump at all. Check this update here.

Holidays 10/19/2022:

• New Friends Day

• Day of Unity

• Evaluate Your Life Day

• Medical Assistants Day

• LGBT Center Awareness Day

• Hagfish Day

• Ride to Work Day

• Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce day

• World Humanitaria Action Day

• International Gin and Tonic Day

• Global Dignity Day

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October 17, 2022

• Instagram is currently developing a new feature called ‘Achievements’ for Reels. Read the full article here.

• Twitter’s looking to further enhance smaller community engagement in the app, with the launch of a new test that will let Communities admins create dedicated audio Spaces within their groups. Learn more about this update here.

• Twitter has now officially launched its new ‘Link Spotlight’ feature for US-based Professional Accounts, which enables brands to add a URL, with a variable CTA button, to their profile in the app. I went to my Twitter Professional account and I don’t see this yet, do you? Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 10/18/2022:

• Chocolate Cupcake Day

• No Beard Day

• Health Care Aide Day

• Necktie Day

• Prayer Day

• World Menopause Day

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October 14, 2022

• Recap of this week’s news

Holidays:

On Saturday

• International Sloth Day

• Sweetest Day

• Mushroom Day

• International Repair Day

• Bridge Day

• Adventure Day

• Global Handwashing Day

• Fetch Day

• Grouch Day

• Costume Swap Day

• I Love Lucy Day

• Motorcycle Ride Day

• Shine a Light Night

• Universal Music Day

• World Students’ Day

And on Sunday

• World Food Day

• Global Cat Day

• Department Store Day

• Feral Cat Day

• Steve Jobs Day

• Dictionary Day

• World Spine Day

• World Toy Camera Day

• Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day

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