August News Wrap Up
August is officially over, so let’s wrap up summer with three social-media-related articles that might make you go, “Hmmmm…” 🤔
Social Media IS Plotting Against You (Probably)
Your thumb slipped and now you’re suddenly halfway through a purchase for Best of Corgis Monthly. (Those “cancel” and “confirm” buttons were just TOO close together…) Happens to the best of us.
We talk a LOT about social media changes and updating your website’s user experience. Are these changes always with the best intentions? “How Social-Media Redesigns Manipulate Us” by Kyle Chayka for The New Yorker dives into just that.
“No, I don’t want to be in your prank video.”
It seems like everyone wants to go viral these days while some of us are just props for a video, whether we want to or not. What happens when you have a bad day that gets recorded and lives on FOREVER?
Regardless of your feelings toward Buzzfeed –yes, we know not everyone is a fan– “The Tension Between Making Viral Content And The Reality Of Private People Just Trying To Get On With Their Days” by Tanya Chen is worth a read.
Starring the Rug that Went Viral
Whether or not you personally use TikTok, there’s a great chance the popular items you purchase, or at least the people around you purchase, went viral on the short-form video app. TikTok has MAJOR power when it comes to showing off awesome finds like undiscovered artists, great Amazon deals, Trader Joe’s jems and more.
Meet the HomeGoods’ ghost rug… It’s so popular right now that it’s earned itself how-to-buy articles. Is this a sign to put your product on TikTok? It might be...