Why You Should Care About Facebook Portal, How To Crush Instagram Stories and Don't Flex On Social Media

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NEW PODCAST: Why you should care about Facebook Portal, how to crush Instagram Stories and don't flex on social media. 

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AMAZON AND APPLE: Amazon strikes deal with Apple to sell new iPhones and iPads. This can't be fair. Link

PERSONAL WELL-BEING: Limiting social media use reduced loneliness and depression in a new experiment. Link

INSTAGRAM STORIES RESEARCH: Buffer analyzed 15,000 Instagram Stories from 200 of the worldโ€™s top brands. Here is the data to backup your strategies. Link

  • Always start with your best story as that's the initial thumbnail that shows

  • Post outside of work hours

  • Post consistently 

LASSO: It's here. Facebook quietly launches a TikTok competitor app called Lasso. Link

INSTAGRAM: 
Rihanna shuts down Instagram user who asks if she's 'even' American during Election Day. Link

DONNA ZUCKERBERG: According to the Facebook founder's sistersocial media has elevated misogyny to new levels of violence. Link

GOVERNMENT: Tax authority will look at taxpayers' social media in the fight against tax fraud. Be careful, your social media is a representation of yourself. Link

  • The U.S. is already doing this; France announced it's next

  • Governments are using public data

  • Don't flex on social media

FACEBOOK PORTAL: What can you actually do with Facebook Portal? It needs more. At least it just added YouTube. Link 

  • Check out this hands-on video of Facebook Portal. Link

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: 10 girls. 14 days without any social media. Here's how they fared. Link

*STAFF PICK: Craig Newmark grew Craigslist with customer service and no VC. Now, they are working to get the U.S. back on track. Link

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