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4-4-25 - TikTok Gets Extended Another 75 Days and Sarah Wynn-Williams Explains What It's Like Inside Facebook Apr 04, 2025

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Good news, TikTok still isn't banned in the United States. President Trump has extended the deadline by an additional 75 days. Also, we hear from Sarah Wynn-Williams, former global public policy director at Facebook, on the way Facebook manipulated teenagers and was willing to do whatever the Chinese Communist Party requested in order to get Facebook in China.

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President Trump: TikTok ban delayed another 75 days (Truth Social)

Book: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Amazon)

Ex-Facebook executive's first-hand dealings with Mark Zuckerberg (YouTube)

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4-2-25 - YouTube Rolls Out New Features and Head of Instagram says Edits is Coming Soon Apr 02, 2025

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Coming up with ideas for content and hooks is hard. However, the YouTube team is looking to make that easier. Today's show features an update from Lauren on the YouTube Creator Insider team, plus a clip from Adam Mosseri sharing an update about edits.

After the rap song, I share a book I'm reading that has killed my desire to work for Instagram or Meta.

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YouTube Announces New Inspiration Ideas and Repurpose.io (YouTube)

Interview with Repurpose.io CEO, Hani Maura (Podcast)

When Is The Edits App Coming? (Instagram)

Book Recommendation - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Amazon)

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3-31-25 - Scheduling your Instagram Posts Does Not Reduce Your Reach Mar 31, 2025

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Good news - the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, confirms that scheduling your Instagram posts will not hurt your reach. On this episode we talk about Stories, Reach, Edits, and a bunch of other topics.

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3-28-25 - Mark Zuckerburg and Mr. Beast Chat about Facebook Mar 28, 2025

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Instagram finally turned on the ability to hold down your finger to watch Reels at 2x speed. Additionally, Facebook is rolling out an OG Experience, trying to bring back the magic from the site's origins. The head of Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, stops by to explain why they're doing this, and Mr. Beast chimes in with what he would change about Facebook.

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Instagram Rolls Out Reels Playback at 2x (Threads)

Adam Mosseri Explains You Can't Edit a Reel Once It's Posted (Instagram)

Bringing the Magic of Friends Back to Facebook (Facebook Blog)

Mark Zuckerburg and Mr. Beast on Colin and Samir (YouTube)

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3-26-25 - Instagram Takes Away Content Notes But Reposts are coming! Mar 26, 2025

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Instagram takes away features when they're not being used enough, which makes sense. Today Adam Mosseri, the Head of Instagram, announced that Content Notes are being removed, however it seems re-posts are coming soon! Additionally Threads has some updates, and the YouTube team is changing how Shorts views are counted. All of that and more on today's episode.

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How To Repost a Reel or Post on Instagram (Help)

Threads: Now You Can Have the Following Feed as Your Default (Facebook Blog)

YouTube: Update To How Shorts Views are Counted on YouTube (YouTube)

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3-24-25 - The Head of Instagram Explains That Inactive Followers Do Not Reduce Reach Mar 24, 2025

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Every Friday, the Head of Instagram does an Ask Me Anything on his Story. I download the clips and compile them into an episode for you. Today on the show, he answers a few questions about reach, plus some new features that Instagram should have but doesn't.

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3-19-25 - TikTok Rumor Mill Indicates Oracle Could Be Buyer Plus YouTube News Mar 19, 2025

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The TikTok rumor mill is suggesting that Oracle will buy the TikTok app in the US, but in order for that to happen, a lot of different parties need to come together in agreement very quickly. Additionally the YouTube team continues to make improvements to the app, including some changes to mid-roll ads that creators aren't happy about. All of that and the Wednesday Waffle on today's show.

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TikTok: Oracle Weighs Security Backstop, Small Stake to Land TikTok Deal (Bloomberg)

YouTube: Visual Guides for Shorts, Copyright Details Page Improvement, AI Protection Tools Experiment, & MORE (YouTube)

YouTube - Update To YouTube's Mid-roll Ads (YouTube)

Wednesday Waffle: Pocket Casts

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3-17-25 - The Head of Instagram Talks AI and Posting Frequency Mar 17, 2025

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Today on the show, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how he uses AI, plus he shares if posting frequency affects ranking in the algorithm. Additionally we talk about the best messaging apps, and I share a tool I've been using to get all my messaging apps combined into one for a universal inbox experience.

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A Video I Made About Beeper (Instagram)

Get Beeper (Beeper)

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3-14-25 - The CEO of Bluesky Shares Why Bluesky is Necessary and Relevant Mar 14, 2025

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The CEO of Bluesky, Jay Graber, gave a talk at SXSW (South by Southwest) on the future of social media. Although I typically don't cover Bluesky on this show, I listened to the whole interview and thought it was fantastic. In this episode I share some of my favorite clips from the interview.
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the Future of Social Media (YouTube)

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3-12-25 - Does Editing Video In Another App Affect Your Instagram Reach? Mar 12, 2025

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It's Wednesday, which means Wednesday Waffle, where I talk about a topic unrelated to social media. But of course, that's after the news. On today's episode you'll hear from the YouTube team with an update about Dream Screen, plus a Phishing scam that's going around. Also TikTok has some updates to help teens stay safe on the platform, and the Head of Instagram explains how to manage collaboration Reels on your profile page, plus de-bunks the myth that editing video in another app hinders your reach on Instagram.

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YouTube: Improvements to Dream Screen, Phishing Scam FYI and Best Practices for Creators (YouTube)

TikTok: New ways we're supporting parents and helping teens build balanced digital habits (TikTok)

Instagram: Does it editing in a different app matter? (Instagram)

Instagram: Customizing where Collab Reels appear (Instagram)

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