January 27, 2023

• Meta has announced that  Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram, after he was banned from both apps over his posts around the time of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol building. Learn more here.

• Recap of this week’s new

Holidays:

On Saturday

• Daisy Day

• Kazoo Day

• Lego Day

• Data Privacy Day

• Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day

• Global Community Engagement Day

• International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

• Local Quilt Shop Day

• Blueberry Pancake Day

• Pediatrician Day

• Seed Swap Day

• Pop Art Day

• Thank A Plugin Developer Day

• Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day

And on Sunday

• Puzzle Day

• FreeThinkers Day

• Carnation Day

• Corn Chip Day

• Seeing-Eye Dog Anniversary

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January 26, 2023

• Instagram has added a new feature that lets you add an alternative avatar profile photo, which users can then ‘flip’ in-stream. Learn more here.

• The Home timeline, which is now called ‘For you’, is where Twitter is now trying to boost engagement, by showing you more tweets that you might like, while the recent addition of its side-swipe away ‘Following’ feed has seemingly further emboldened it to pump even more content from across the app into that main display. Learn more here.

Holidays 1/27/2023:

• International Holocaust Remembrance Day

• Chocolate Cake Day

• Fun at Work Day

• Big Wig Day

• Geographic Day

• Activity Professionals Day

• Preschool Health and Fitness Day

• Punch the Clock Day

• World Breast Pumping Day

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January 25, 2023

• Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says that the platform has gone too hard on pushing videos, and will look to make photos more of a focus once again in 2023. Learn more here.

• Twitter’s biggest challenge is on the revenue front, since musk took over it’s estimated that the app was losing around $4 million per day. Click here to read the article.

Holidays 1/26/2023:

• Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement

• Clashing Clothes Day

• Green Juice Day

• International Customs Day

• Peanut Brittle Day

• Spouses Day

• International Environment Education Day

• Lotus 1-2-3 Day

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January 24, 2023

• Twitter has updated the display of the ‘Bookmark’ option in the app, which is one of several key fixes that Elon Musk had requested in recent weeks, as a means to help boost in-app engagement. Learn more here.

• Also in Twitter news, as we discussed yesterday, they  continue to expand the Community Notes feature, which Elon Musk believes will be a key element in establishing the platform’s new ‘Trust as a Service’ approach, and see Twitter become a more critical provider of truth in news and information. Click here to learn more.

Holidays 1/25/2023:

• Observe the Weather Day

• IV Nurse Day

• Opposite Day

• A Room of One’s Own Day

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January 23, 2023

• Instagram’s adding a new ‘Quiet Mode’, which will switch off all notifications, add a ‘Quiet Mode’ notifier to your profile status, and implement an auto-responder on your DMs. Learn more here.

• Twitter has rolled out another update for Community Notes, with community-contributed contextual pointers now also being shown on quote tweets in the app. Read the article here.

• YouTube’s now rolling out a new ‘Location’ field in the Shorts upload process, which will make it easier for users to add location to their Shorts clips. Click here to learn more.

• Regulatory pressure continues to rise for TikTok, with the EU now warning the app that it will need to adhere with its laws and regulations, or risk being banned from the region entirely. Learn more here.

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Holidays 1/24/2023:

• Speak Up and Succeed Day

• Macintosh Computer Day

• Just Do It Day 

• Peanut Butter Day

• Global Belly Laugh Day

• Talk LIke A Grizzled Prospector Day

• Compliment Day

• Change a Pet’s Life Day

• International Day of Education

• International Mobile Phone Recycling Day

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January 20, 2023

• Google is laying off 16000 people.

• Gaming-focused messaging platform Discord has announced that it has acquired ‘Gas’, the rising social app which lets teen users send anonymous compliments to their friends. Learn more here.

• Recap of this week’s new

Holidays:

On Saturday

• One-Liners Day

• Soup Swap Day

• Cheesy Socks Day

• Use Your Gift Card Day

• Hugging Day

• Squirrel Appreciation Day

• International Playdate Day

• International Sweatpants Day

• Granola Bar Day

And on Sunday

• Hot Sauce Day

• Chinese New Year

• Polka Dot Day

• Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

• Celebration of Life Day

• Blonde Brownie Day

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January 19, 2023

• Twitter chief Elon Musk replied to a commentator who questioned why he was seeing more ‘right wing’ posts in his feed. Learn more about this update here.

• As more US states move to ban TikTok on government-owned devices, and politicians weigh accusations that the app has been used to spy on US journalists, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is reportedly willing to make significant concessions in its deal with US officials, as it works to avoid a ban in the region. Click here to learn more.

Holidays 1/20/2023:

• Take a Walk Outdoors Day

• Coffee Break Day

• Penguin Awareness Da

• Disc Jockey Day

• International Day of Acceptance

• Camcorder Day

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January 18, 2023

• Twitter is now inviting businesses to sign-up for its coming ‘Verification for Organizations’ subscription offering, which will effectively be Twitter’s replacement for the current verification process for business users. Learn more about this update here.

• In other Twitter news, they have  reportedly cut off API access for a range of third-party apps, including popular tools like Tweetbot and Twitterrific. Click here to learn more.

Holidays 1/19/2023:

• Brew a Potion Day

• Get to Know Your Customers Day

• Artist as Outlaw Day

• Good Memory Day

• Popcorn Day

• Tin Can Day

• Women’s Healthy Weight Day

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