Social Media News Round Up: Instagram Likes, Layout for Stories & more

author-image
Social Samosa
New Update
Social media news


Social media platforms are constantly evolving and updating with newer features to increase relevance and stickiness for users, brands, and businesses. Here is our weekly roundup of Social Media News this week.

Social Samosa brings you all the latest Social media news, platform updates and trends dominating the digital ecosystem.

Social media news this week was dominated by reports of Vishal Shah, VP of Product, Instagram shedding light on why Instagram is hiding likes, Avinash Pant gaining the mandate to drive Facebook’s marketing efforts and more.

Facebook announces Avinash Pant as Marketing Head for India

As the Marketing Director, Avinash Pant will have the mandate to drive Facebook’s marketing efforts across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Read more here.

Twitter launches DM reactions and Set Reminder feature

Twitter has rolled out DM reactions and has also added a ‘set reminder’ feature for TV Show Events. Read more here.

Instagram User Growth declines

Instagram User Growth declines to single digits for the first time in the US from 10.1% in 2018 to 6.7% in 2019. Read more here.

Instagram launches Layout for Stories

Layout, a split-screen grid for posting multiple pictures in one frame has been rolled out by Instagram for Stories. Read more here.

Twitter tests Pinned Lists for Android and schedule tweets for web

Pinned Lists for Android and Schedule Tweets for Web haven’t been rolled out on the full scale yet, and Twitter is testing them in the beta phase. Read more here.

Why Instagram is hiding likes?

Vishal Shah, VP of Product, Instagram discloses why Instagram is hiding likes and features that Instagram users will never see. Read more here.

Instagram removes IGTV button from home feed

Instagram is removing the IGTV button from the home feed due to a lack of usage. Read more here.

Social Media news Twitter Instagram Snap growth matt navarra India CEO instagram updates f8 conference posts feed ‘Product Google Play links social media news round up Adam Mosseri user platform updates app store TikTok vishal shah 2019 Conference VP evan spiegel TikTok India F8 downloads feed posts instagram likes Twitter lists CEO of Instagram Clickable Clickable Links Clickable Links On Feed Posts F8 Conference 2019 Instagram public likes Reshares The Social Media Geekout VP of Product Why Instagram is hiding likes App Store Downloads and Overall Downloads Digital Life Design Conference Google Play Downloads Instagram User Growth Instagram User Growth declines Instsgram most downloaded apps Most Time Spent by Indians on a Social Media app Snap CEO Evan Spiegel TikTok user growth TikTok users user growth podcast twitter pinned lists