Why did Instagram release THIS?! 😭

Instagram is at it again—dropping features that no one wants and gaslighting us into thinking we wanted them. 🥲

And I'm here, again, to break down all the latest and greatest social media news from the week in one lovely newsletter to help you stay up-to-date (and try not to get too frustrated and cry!). 

Grab a snack. Grab a drink. Here's everything you need to know about social media this week:

Here we go again! Instagram has dropped new features, and guess what? Absolutely no one asked for any of them.

🎶 20 songs: You can now add up to 20 audio tracks to a single Reel. Because … that seems necessary.

📝 Notes expansion: IG is going all in on Notes and is now adding it to Reels and Feed posts. Followers will now be able to add a note to a Reel and a post—so exactly like commenting … but Noting.

❤️ Super likes: Do you not only like a Story but you love it? Now you can send a Super Like to an IG Story—and best part? You can only send one every 24-hours. Because that’s a thing we need.

Are you excited about any of these features? Or are you like me and wish IG would spend more time making the current features better before adding more and more and more. 😬

• This is exciting—you can now edit Reels on Facebook after you’ve posted them to your feed.
  
  

• Semi-private Notes coming to IG? Yeah, that’s apparently a thing.
  
  

• Think a post on X needs more context or a fact-check? You can now request one.
  
  

• Just in case sending a like wasn’t enough, you can now Super Like your friends’ Instagram Stories.
  
  

• We first had 10, then we had 15 and now it looks like we will soon be able to post 20 items to a carousel post soon. 🫨
  
  

• The inside scoop on how brands are making millions on TikTok Shop is here.
  
  

• It looks like YouTube is taking the whole Online Community thing seriously with its new Community Spaces feature.
  
  

• Cool or obnoxious? Facebook is testing out AI summaries in its comment section.
  
  

• Are long-form videos actually want people are wanting? It sure does seem that way.
  
  

• Woah—the DM button on Instagram might be changing location.
  
  

• TikTok taking on events? Eventbrite has now integrated with the app to help sell more tickets.

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Well, TikTok seems to be taking punches left and right.

While we wait on hearing whether or not it’ll be banned from the USA, TikTok lost a recent battle with the European Union in regards to the new Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The DMA states that big tech can’t try to stop other companies from competing in the overall market, and makes it “illegal for certain platforms to favor their own services over those of rivals.” So, if TikTok stopped people from linking to a different storefront, that is a big ol’ no-no according to the EU.

And now, the EU put its foot down and said that TikTok can’t escape the DMA as it is as powerful as Google and Apple. Yikes.

TikTok has now started putting actions in place to comply with the new rules and hopefully we won’t see any sneaky little loopholes from the platform to try and get around the law. 👮

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