social media updates you NEED to know: 📚 A new study by Adobe shows that 40% of consumers are using TikTok to search for things they’re interested in or that they need 💸 MrBeast is testing X’s, aka Twitter, monetisation policy by uploading directly to the platform, and he’ll share how much ad revenue he gets next week 👏 You can cancel in-progress stories on Instagram 📲 YouTube has made repurposing easier as it’s introduced a new workflow to help users create YouTube Shorts via the Remix function. You can crop, zoom and stack content with ease 🪡 Threads is working on “Today’s Topics” which will feature topics based on what people are engaging with, like the “What’s Happening” feature on Twitter 🎉 Instagram is working on the ability to convert your Close Friends story to a regular Story 🔍 TikTok looks like it’s reporting traffic sources to your videos, which shows users if the video was found via the For You page or via Search Results 👀 Threads launched a feature that allowed users to sort search results chronologically, before it was swiftly removed 👋 TikTok has removed the capability to search for hashtags in its Creative Centre amidst concerns the tool was being used to “highlight potential platform censorship” as per Social Media Today 💸 X, aka Twitter, now allows advertisers to specifically target Premium Subscribers 👯‍♀️ Instagram tests option to create stories for friends 📍Instagram are still working on Live Location, which would allow users to share their live location in chat by sending a pinned location 🪡 Threads now lets you hide like AND shares on your posts And that's all for now folks! I haven't posted any updates this year because quite frankly, I thought they were boring. But now I'll be back EVERY Wednesday with *all* the social media updates that I think you need to know. See ya'll next week 👋💜