Inner Sircle

On this episode, I talk about Meta making some updates to try and grab TikTok users over to the platform. Some notes to reference: Instagram Instagram is testing a new feed called “Blend” - Reels recommendations based on Reels you’ve shared with friends and your Reels interests Essentially, trying out a more integrated way to facilitate Reels sharing, by tapping into the user behavior of sharing Reels via DM Instagram isn’t live testing this as yet Instagram is testing out a new way to comment on specific images within a carousel post The new option enables users to @mention the number of an image within a carousel to append their comment to that specific image or video It could be another way to drive more focused engagement and encourage more interaction Facebook The TikTok-ification of social media more broadly continues, with Facebook rolling out a new, consistent full-screen video player, which will see all videos posted to the app expand to the TikTok-like vertical