Welcome to the Social Media Roundup, our weekly roundup of the latest social media news, controversies, and new features. Stay tuned each week to find out what’s hot in the social world.
New This Week! August 4-August 8, 2014
- You Can Now Embed Tweets Within Tweets on Twitter.com: You can now share your comments or thoughts on a users Tweet by embedding while using Twitter from your desktop.
- Your Twitter Feed May Soon Be Filled With Accounts You Don’t Follow: Twitter has begun testing a new feature that displays tweets in your timeline from accounts you don’t follow. These tweets are not sponsored updates; rather they come from accounts that are followed by someone you follow. Perhaps this could be a bit of a free perk for businesses that begin to show up in the timelines of potential followers!
- Ad Scheduling Comes to Facebook Power Editor: Good news for advertisers using lifetime budgets on Facebook – you can now optimize your ads by scheduling which hours you would like your ad to run during the day!
- Pinterest Launches Messaging Feature: Keep the conversation going with friends about stuff you like with Pinterest’s new ‘Conversations’ tool! It’s time to start planning projects and exploring and sharing your interests!
