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Exclusive – Impactr, the app turning social media into social change

Exclusive – Impactr, the app turning social media into social change

Thred has been given an exclusive, pre-launch peek at new app Impactr, the self-proclaimed ‘anti-Amazon’ about to revolutionise online interaction.  What’s next in social media? It’s a question people have asked themselves since David Fincher’s The Social Network premiered in 2010, seemingly the swan song of a digital juggernaut that was fast losing its novel sheen and youth-centric flavour. Throughout the 2010s, we’ve gone through various incarnations of the connected media...

Instagram launches ‘hide likes’ feature

Instagram launches ‘hide likes’ feature

The option for users to hide the number of 'likes' on their posts and timeline is now live on Instagram. The company’s CEO calls it an effort to make the platform a ‘safer place on the internet.’ After months of randomised user-testing on the ‘no-likes’ feature, anyone with an Instagram account can now hide the number of likes on their posts (as well as others on the timeline) by turning...

By London, UK
TikTok users can now report and delete harassing comments in bulk

TikTok users can now report and delete harassing comments in bulk

TikTok has finally simplified removing and reporting harassment comments in its latest update. Going forward, it aims to regulate content as thoroughly as its social network predecessors. TikTok’s algorithm can rocket both amateur and seasoned creators to viral stardom in an instant, and that throws up obvious red flags when it comes regulating comments and direct messages. Now, in just its third year, the leading vertical video app is fully aware...

By London, UK
Snapchat to shift further into ecommerce with AR features

Snapchat to shift further into ecommerce with AR features

It looks like Snapchat is headed down the same path as Instagram with its newly announced features intended to boost ecommerce opportunities. Long time Instagram users may remember when it decided to introduce a bunch of new features last year - for better or worse - that promoted shopping and ecommerce from inside the app. Now, in an unsurprising move, Snapchat wants in on the ecommerce hype. Last week it...

By Bristol, UK