Political Social Grab Bag – March 2025

Political Social Grab Bag

Trainings & Webinar Alerts

March 18 & 19 Email Deep Dive via zoom co facilitated by Malinda Frevert

April 14-16 Social Media Deep Dive via zoom

What am I reading?

The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences –  Key paragraph as food for thought:

          Our research makes one thing clear: power is shifting back to the consumer (the fediverse signals this. Consumers crave community, but on their own terms– seeking deeper, more meaningful connections with those who truly matter (something we identified in 2014). Authenticity is at the heart of it all, supported by a foundation of safety and security. The future of community is personal, intentional and built on trust.

The death of capital letters: why gen Z loves lowercase – I found this interesting as someone who has been typing in casual email and messaging in all lowercase for years lol guess i really am a kid at heart? (no comments needed…just get off my lawn!)

Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok – If you have ever even thought for a moment about working with influencers this is a must read (and a useful link to keep handy if you need to convince a boss to work with influencers)

Leftist meme creators are undeterred by Meta’s rightward shift – As I keep saying…there are good use cases to stop using certain tools and good use cases for continuing to use them

New Tools of Interest

BlueskyHunter– the first but certainly not the last all in one Bluesky tool including scheduling and analytics

Tapestry – Think RSS Reader for Social Media- currently only available on iOS

Platform Updates

Meta Platforms

Facebook: Community Notes are imminent and you can sign up to be a rater

Facebook: Big changes to how Live Video is or isn’t stored. They will now only achive Live Video for 30 days. If you have past Lives you want to keep they need to be downloaded by June 25.

Threads: Custom feeds can now be shared publicly and followed by others

Instagram: You can now archive stories while they are still active

Fediverse

Bluesky: Reply controls are now rolling out along with profile search

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