TwitchCon Insights, Facebook Goes After TikTok and LinkedIn’s Rise – October 30th, 2018 – Jumpwire Social Media Briefing

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Gavin McGarry

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TWITCHCON KEYNOTE: Worth the watch. New features announced Squad Stream, Twitch Sings, and Snap Camera. Bringing Snapchat filters to Twitch within a video stream. Link

FACEBOOK: Facebook is building Lasso, a video music app to steal TikTok’s teens. Link

GAB: Gab, the social media site for the alt-right, gets de-platformed. Link

LINKEDIN: Microsoft reports that LinkedIn is seeing ‘record levels of engagement’. Link

PINTEREST: Pinterest updates Ads Manager, rolls out Product Pins features ahead of holiday shopping. Link

ALGORITHMS: How algorithmic popularity bias hinders or promotes quality. Link

TINDER: Tinder preps programmatic ad partnership with Google. Link

NEW FACEBOOK FEATURES: Jam to your news feed, stories, and profile with Facebook’s new music beat. Link

You can add music to your stories
You will be able to add music to your news feed soon
Users will soon be able to add a favorite song to their profiles, similar to Myspace

GOOGLE: Will Google’s homepage newsfeed repeat Facebook’s mistakes? Link

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Snapchat adds lenses to desktop cameras to boost awareness of lens tools. Link

*STAFF PICK: 13 of the absolute best and worst brand trolls in recent history. Link

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