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Social Media thoughts, tips, tricks and discussions.

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I've made a video about how Telegram comments are REPLIES in a CONNECTED GROUP.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/AzT9o0KstAo

These are I think the most illuminating screenshots from the video. From left to right: the channel post, eight comments, eight replies in the connected group.

This might be the easiest way to see and understand that there are in fact no such thing as channel comments. Channel comments are a threaded discussion view of REPLIES in the connected group.

Once understood it's a pretty simple comment solution that has some interesting benifits.

#Telegram #Feature #Discussion
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What are your most recent social media frustrations or revelations?
I've started writing a blog post titled: "How Twitter Works"

As far as user confusion goes what one point would you like to see covered in the article?

#Twitter
Details of the YouTube Shorts Fund

A new video details how creators on YouTube could be offered payments of between $100 to $10000 each month, for creating popular and unique #Shorts

The most interesting thing here I think is that it's open to all creators, including those outside the YouTube partner program.

#YouTube
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YouTube has new pop-out cards on the desktop site.

What do you think?

#YouTube #Feature
What is Telegram? - #Telegram #Discussion Lots of people have a view about what Telegram is which maybe correct or incorrect, but views about what Telegram is are more often than not too narrow.

Mostly people view Telegram as a messaging or chat App, which it of course it is; but it's more than that too. With this discussion I hope to broaden your viewpoint by of Telegram offering some examples and answering your questions.

How Telegram is like WhatsApp?
The mobile App looks simillar to WhatsApp in many ways, in the same way that many messaging Apps will have a similarlly looking user interface. Things that people do on WhatsApp can be done with Telegram.


How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Brand channels
There are lots of things that people can do with Telegram can do which cannot be done with WhatsApp.

For example this message or "post" is the two hundered and seventy second post made to a "Brand Channel" named Social Media Talk, which has the "username" @SocialKnowhow

A brand channel can be viewed like a Facebook page, or a Twitter channel.

A Telegram channel can be viewed with all the channel posts within the Telegram App. But people who don't use Telegram can read public channel posts outside of Telegram. Each post has a post page with a unique URL: channel-name/post-ID

There are also private channels which cannot be viewed outside of being signed into Telegram.

Brand channels are created by an owning account but can be managed by multiple accounts with granular permissions if the channel owner sets that up.

How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Telegram Groups
WhatsApp has a groups feature. A group is a community space where the group members (by default) have write access to; by write access I mean group members can posts "messages" to the group.

Telegram has a groups feature, but on Telegram groups can have many more members and be public or private. So Telegram group featuers make them are more like Facebook groups. Public groups have a public URL / Username like a public channel URL. Groups can be managed by up to fifty admins or moderators.

How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Privacy
WhatsApp uses a phone number to register in a similar way to Telegram. But Telegram does NOT show your phone number to others by default. It does show your phone number to "contacts" by default. Your contacts are generally people who you have shared your contact details with.

With Telegram you can restrict who can see your phone mumber down to no-one.

With Telegram you can choose to add a public username. My public username is @RobertWallis - A public username gives you a public profile and URL. WhatsApp doesn't have public content or public profiles.

If you do not have a public profile on Telegram you can still interact with public content, where your username is not liked to a profile.


Lots more ...
There are lots of other aspects and technical differences, but I hope I've done enough for you to consider taking a first or second look at what Telegram is.

If you are a Telegram user you can comment on this post. I would love to hear your feedback or questions.

Thanks 🙏
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Interactive Emoji. Send and tap a single 🎆🎉🎈💩 or ❤️ in any private chat to unleash a fullscreen effect.

When both users have the chat open, the animations and vibrations play simultaneously on their devices. You can tell that your friend also sees the animation from their watching status.
Instagram now allows posting directly from desktop.

Excited?

#Instagram #Discussion
Recently YouTube has started showing me Ads on my videos.

I had been wondering why too.

Source #YouTube
Add links in Instagram Stories for all accounts.

The feature was limited to verified accounts or those with a certain number of followers.

To add a Link sticker:
▪️Capture or upload content to your story
▪️Select the sticker tool from the top navigation bar
▪️Tap the “Link” sticker to add your desired link and tap “Done”
▪️Place the sticker on your story — like our other stickers — and tap on the sticker to see color variations

Ref: #Instagram

Note: new accounts and accounts that repeatedly share things like hate speech, misinformation, or other content that violates Instagram's Community Guidelines will not have access to the Link sticker.
Twitter for Professionals

This seems half baked at the moment, but maybe worth watching to see what developes.

Link #Twitter
I made a suggestion for Improved User Profiles on Telegram.

Do you think that is clear? Helpful?

Anything else you'd like to add?

Link #Telegram
Anyone managing a brand on social should take a look at Telegram's tweets and replies tab on Twitter.

Sure your client may not allow the freedom to craft a brand voice quite as well rounded, but there is plenty there to see and gain insight from.

#Strategy #Discussion