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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
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
"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
#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 🤟
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 🤟
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
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
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You can embed comments made on public Telegram channel post
The comment is a reply, so the channel post is shown at the top of the embed to give more context. Clicking the context area opens the channel post.
Here is that comment for reference.
#Telegram #Feature
The comment is a reply, so the channel post is shown at the top of the embed to give more context. Clicking the context area opens the channel post.
Here is that comment for reference.
#Telegram #Feature
How do you feel about Twitter's stories clone?
👍 or 👎
Fleets announcement on Twitter's blog.
#Twitter #Feature
👍 or 👎
Fleets announcement on Twitter's blog.
#Twitter #Feature
Just the right amount of kitsch 🎨
Telegram does Twitter as well, or better than, any other brand.
#Discuss #Twitter
Telegram does Twitter as well, or better than, any other brand.
#Discuss #Twitter
Twitter
Telegram Messenger
Had a song stuck in my head. What do you think? 🤔
Discuss how to use hashtags on Telegram
I've written up how I think they could be thought of and used for channels.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
#Discuss #Strategy #Telegram
I've written up how I think they could be thought of and used for channels.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
#Discuss #Strategy #Telegram
Twitter will bring back its system for verifying user identities next year, and is asking people to provide feedback on what the requirements should be for the coveted blue check mark.
The San Francisco-based company will start letting people request verification in early 2021. It published a draft document on Tuesday outlining a preliminary set of requirements. Accounts must be active, notable and “associated with a prominently recognized individual or brand.”
Twitter also highlighted six types of account that will qualify, but suggested others may come later:
▶️ Government
▶️ Companies, brands and non-profits
▶️ News
▶️ Entertainment
▶️ Sports
▶️Activists, organizers and other influential individuals
Twitter said users can give the company feedback on the criteria for two weeks, then it plans to publish a final policy Dec. 17.
Twitter has used a blue check mark to verify the identity of well-known and popular Twitter users for years -- a way to distinguish real users and corporate accounts from potential impersonators. But the verification program has been confusing, and the company has offered little clarity around the criteria. It previously allowed users to request verification, but halted the program in 2017, with Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey calling the process “broken.”
“We haven’t been clear about who can become verified and when, why an account might be unverified, or what it means to be verified,” the company wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.
As part of the revamped verification process, Twitter said it may remove verification if a user’s account is dormant, or if it repeatedly breaks the company’s rules. Twitter recently confirmed that it will soon stop the special treatment U.S. President Donald Trump receives for his personal Twitter account. While he often violates Twitter’s rules, his tweets are considered newsworthy and thus he does not receive the same punishment other users might. This will end when he leaves office in January.
The verification process on Twitter has posed problems for the company in the past. Twitter, unlike Facebook Inc., does not require people to use their real identity on the service, so verification badges are an important tool for ensuring people can quickly tell if they are hearing from a real politician or corporate leader, for example.
But verification was also exclusive, and just a small group of Twitter’s overall user base is verified. Over time the blue check mark came to represent a kind of implicit endorsement from the company. Twitter was criticized shortly before shutting the program down in 2017 for verifying known white supremacists, which users took as a validation of those users’ beliefs.
“Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance. We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it,” Twitter said at the time.
The company is considering other types of changes that might help users quickly identify an account’s owner. Dorsey, for example, suggested that the company should start labeling bots on the service, an idea he’s floated publicly for years.
#Twitter #News
The San Francisco-based company will start letting people request verification in early 2021. It published a draft document on Tuesday outlining a preliminary set of requirements. Accounts must be active, notable and “associated with a prominently recognized individual or brand.”
Twitter also highlighted six types of account that will qualify, but suggested others may come later:
▶️ Government
▶️ Companies, brands and non-profits
▶️ News
▶️ Entertainment
▶️ Sports
▶️Activists, organizers and other influential individuals
Twitter said users can give the company feedback on the criteria for two weeks, then it plans to publish a final policy Dec. 17.
Twitter has used a blue check mark to verify the identity of well-known and popular Twitter users for years -- a way to distinguish real users and corporate accounts from potential impersonators. But the verification program has been confusing, and the company has offered little clarity around the criteria. It previously allowed users to request verification, but halted the program in 2017, with Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey calling the process “broken.”
“We haven’t been clear about who can become verified and when, why an account might be unverified, or what it means to be verified,” the company wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.
As part of the revamped verification process, Twitter said it may remove verification if a user’s account is dormant, or if it repeatedly breaks the company’s rules. Twitter recently confirmed that it will soon stop the special treatment U.S. President Donald Trump receives for his personal Twitter account. While he often violates Twitter’s rules, his tweets are considered newsworthy and thus he does not receive the same punishment other users might. This will end when he leaves office in January.
The verification process on Twitter has posed problems for the company in the past. Twitter, unlike Facebook Inc., does not require people to use their real identity on the service, so verification badges are an important tool for ensuring people can quickly tell if they are hearing from a real politician or corporate leader, for example.
But verification was also exclusive, and just a small group of Twitter’s overall user base is verified. Over time the blue check mark came to represent a kind of implicit endorsement from the company. Twitter was criticized shortly before shutting the program down in 2017 for verifying known white supremacists, which users took as a validation of those users’ beliefs.
“Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance. We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it,” Twitter said at the time.
The company is considering other types of changes that might help users quickly identify an account’s owner. Dorsey, for example, suggested that the company should start labeling bots on the service, an idea he’s floated publicly for years.
#Twitter #News
Is a picture worth a thousand words?
Maybe. Then this picture is a thousand words on what you should NOT do on YouTube.
What's your view? Comments here also show on the related blog post.
#Strategy #Fail #YouTube
Maybe. Then this picture is a thousand words on what you should NOT do on YouTube.
What's your view? Comments here also show on the related blog post.
#Strategy #Fail #YouTube