YouTube becomes the most recent large social platform to throw a sign in prompt up in the face of logged out users.

Currently this can still be dismissed, but could signal the start of a move toward eventually walling off content for casual not-signed-in users.

#YouTube

Seeing a new Customise channel feature in some YouTube channels when in YouTube Studio.

If you can't see it yet in your channel you may be able to hop there by adding the section in bold below to your base YouTube studio URL.

/channel/Channel-ID/editing/sections

#YouTube #YouTubeStudio

Switching to the new native Telegram comments.

Don't see 'em? Update your App 🤗

Telegram Channel Comments

TL;DR: Excellent. 👍

#Telegram

YouTube Channels - Customisation

You'll see this message in YouTube studio when customising your channel.

What it fails to mention is that you'll need a channels section on your home tab in order for anything to show in the "Channels" tab.

So keep in mind if you don't want any channel groupings on the home tab you can't show any groupings elsewhere.

The major PTA with this change is that the option to randomise how featured channels are shown is gone.

#YouTubeStudio

What have you done, or are you doing something which you regard as strategic?

#Social #Question #Strategy

To try and stem the spread of fake news and misinformation, Twitter will now remind you to read an article shared on Twitter, before you can retweet the shared link.

#Twitter

💡The more interest people show in your videos, the more likely it is that your videos will be recommended across YouTube 💡

How YouTube works in one sentence.

#YouTube #Strategy

Which, from today's updates, are you most excited about?

🤔

#Telegram #Update

Instagram adds account switching for web.

#Instagram #Feature

Have you thought about how good Telegram search is?

What does it mean for your content strategy for example.

#Telegram #Strategy #Question

Another reason I think TEXT is a terrible idea in YouTube thumbnails: embeds.

You cannot control the shape of the space your video is displayed in. Therefore you cannot control the display of text contained in your YouTube thumbnail.

I would recommend not including text in YouTube thumbnails.

#YouTube #Strategy #Tip

WhatsApp introduces disappearing messages.

"Today, WhatsApp messages often live on our phones forever. While it’s great to hold onto memories from friends and family, most of what we send doesn’t need to be everlasting.

Our goal is to make conversations on WhatsApp feel as close to in-person as possible, which means they shouldn’t have to stick around forever. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the option to use disappearing messages on WhatsApp.

When disappearing messages is turned on, new messages sent to a chat will disappear after seven days, helping the conversation feel lighter and more private. In a one-to-one chat, either person can turn disappearing messages on or off. In groups, admins will have the control."

More.

#WhatsApp #Feature

I've written up some notes on my blog about setting up a new YouTube channel, using the @TeamFordzilla YouTube channel as an example.

#YouTube #Strategy

ANY TELEGRAM CHAT

Any Telegram chat you write a messages in.

Unless you are writing a new message, make sure to use the reply function.

Discuss in the comments 🤟

You can embed discussions from any public Telegram channel on your website.

You only need a link to a post with comments to embed it together with the complete discussion.

#Telegram #Feature Test

Telegram replies, now treated as mentions

I wrote recently about why it is important to provide context when you respond to a message.

Now Telegram seems to be encouraging people to reply, by treating reply notifications as mentions.

#Telegram #Feature

Today I learnt that; sharing a video file which is over 15mb, is currently not a good idea.

#Telegram #Fail