Political Social Grab Bag – February 2026

Political Social Grab Bag

What am I thinking about?

I saw this article the other day about LinkedIn generating a lot of citations in the various AI apps lately and it’s led to go down a rabbit hole around LinkedIn strategy- not just thought leader strategy, but advocacy etc as well. It’s not flushed enough to share quite yet, but look for it be a the featured topic in the Feb Digital Strategy Quick Hits.

Also in light of the state of the world if you missed this news…well you might reconsider your continued use of Hootsuite (note: a few years ago they did the same and user pressure got them to drop the contract)

Trainings & Webinar Alerts

Using Data to Win: March 23 & 24 via zoom with Beth and Emily Patterson of Bee Measure

What am I reading?

Meta Looks to Establish Definitive Rules on Banning Public Figures – Keep an eye as this develops

Replying to Your Instagram Comments Can Boost Engagement by 21%– More data that shows engagement needs to be two way

10 Things You Need to Know About the Threads Algorithm (According to the Threads Team)– great read if you’re spending any time on Threads but no real surprises

New Tools of Interest

Tangle – New platform from Biz Stone & Evan Sharp- I just joined the waitlist but I’m hearing it could be an interesting platform in the near future

Digg– or rather Digg 2.0 is now out

Upscrolled and Skylight– 2 different apps looking to benefit from TikTok’s continued uptick in exits

Platform Updates

Meta Platforms

Facebook: Now rolling out: Fan Challenges

Other Platforms

LinkedIn: Anyone played with Thought Leader Ads yet?

Spotify continues to move towards social with small groups

TikTok: Say good bye to Custom Identities for Advertisers (imho this is a good thing!)

TikTok is rolling out the ability to add to fundraisers to posts

Twitter posted it’s algorithm on GitHub and this screenshot sums it up nicely

Don’t Try This At Home

Don’t be Disney

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