January 2023
We’re Adding TikTok and Reddit, Twitter Makes More Adjustments, LinkedIn Previews Search Options, Facebook Focuses on Metaverse
- LinkedIn previews new job and B2B product search options coming in 2023 - including new job category filters, which align with trending career shifts, and improved search options for product listings in the app
- Twitter adds new stock pricing info to cashtag searches
- Twitter now displays tweet reach metrics up-front on Tweets
- Twitter’s developing a new ‘human’ test for accounts to combat bots in the app
- Twitter announces the re-launch of its paid verification plan, with a price increase on iOS
- A new app called “handle.horse” tracks the status of Twitter handles so you can snap up the profile name you’ve always wanted
- Elon Musk says an ‘Ad Free’ version of Twitter Blue is coming
- Twitter implements new rules banning links to other social platforms
- Twitter switches brand profile avatars to squares to counter impersonation
- Twitter rolls out priority Tweet ranking and longer video uploads to Blue subscribers
- Meta has threatened to ban news publishers amid a debate over new revenue share proposal
- Meta will continue to invest big in the metaverse in 2023, according to CTO
- Reddit announces ‘Future Tellers’ marketing insights event for CES 2023, to highlight its value as a market research and audience insights tool
- A new TikTok report has shown that young users are increasingly turning to TikTok for news content