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Snack Social Summary-Twitter’s 10th Birthday, more safety tools for Facebook and playing basketball in messenger


Adrien Danjou - 24th March 2016 - 0 comments

Twitter turns 10

#LoveTwitter was definitely the hashtag of the week as Twitter celebrated its 10th birthday. Throughout the day and across its different accounts, the microblogging platform shared a collection of content to send messages of thanks to users as well as reminisce on the tweets and events which have been the making of the blue bird.

This massive celebration reminded us of how much we all use and love Twitter.  For a full a recap on Twitter’s 10th birthday, check out our blog!

New feature on Instagram’s web interface

We still can’t share pictures on Instagram via the website, but the Facebook-owned platform has rolled out a notifications tab on its web interface.

Visually identical to the one on the app, this new feature allows us to check activity without using mobile. This introduction is maybe the beginning of more new additions on Instagram’s web interface to come.

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More safety tools on Facebook

Facebook is testing a collection of new safety features starting with an alert if someone is impersonating a user account using the same name and profile picture. A source of harassment on its platform, Facebook is hoping to eliminate this kind of act to establish the safest possible environment, especially for women.

The social giant is also launching two new features including a new way to report nonconsensual intimate images and a photo checkup. In this way, Facebook is making the reporting experience more safe and compassionate for victims of abuse.

Play basketball on Facebook Messenger

As part of March Madness, the men’s college basketball tournament in the US, Facebook has launched a mini basketball game on its messaging app, Messenger. Sending a basketball emoji to friend or group, users can open the game after clicking on it. 

Using a flick of your finger, the goal is to score the most consecutive baskets as possible. Every 10 baskets that you make, the game starts to be more difficult – getting faster for example. Users can then see a leaderboard of scores from around the world. 

This is not the first game on Messenger; Facebook has launched a chess game previously. However, this kind of feature allows the platform to keep users longer on its messaging app, offering activities as well as services like we saw previously with Uber.  

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Adrien Danjou

Adrien is a French social media intern at Snack Media, and is a regular contributor to the blog. Follow him on Twitter: @Adrien_DH

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