⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 6 December ⚡️
This week, we cover heartwarming Christmas ads, Iceland dragging Meta, how Duolingo cracked TikTok and much more. ⬇️
READ ME (PART ONE):
🚨 Must-read: Facebook and Google are funding misinformation
🤔 Must-read: How can brands achieve Twitter ‘distinctiveness’…
🥺 Can the platform get us to play nice online?…
🌍 And its CEO Jack Dorsey ‘failed African countries’
👍 Why LinkedIn is the ‘one good social network’
🤔 ICYMI: Facebook is now Meta. Why?
READ ME (PART TWO):
🤩 The reality of finding success in the creator economy
🩺 Apple wants iPhones to diagnose mental health conditions
👶 Are Instagram’s aesthetic mums hindering kids’ development?
🛍️ YouTube is top platform for Gen Z to make shopping decisions
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK:
📈 Revealed: Why TikTok has ‘astronomically high’ engagement
🤯 And how its algorithm can read your mind
🎥 The app could pose an ‘existential risk’ to YouTube
🤳 Meet the shop-floor stars going viral
🐦 Duolingo has cracked the TikTok formula
HEY THAT’S COOL:
🇮🇸 Iceland fully drags Meta in new tourism film…
🐱 Interactive Doja Cat music video can introduce you to programming
🥛 While Oatly’s releases genius ad hooked to the Facebook rebrand
🎅 Heartwarming Norwegian Christmas advert with gay Santa goes viral
🍔 ICYMI: McDonald’s launched first NFT with the McRib
WINS OF THE WEEK:
🐻 Freedom from Torture’s Paddington stunt raises awareness for refugees
💸 F The Pay Gap campaign releases new eye-catching ads
🕊 Netflix teams up with RSPB with Nestflix to launch ‘Robin Robin’
UH OH:
👎 Beauty brand Lush quits all social media due to safety concerns
🚫 Twitter bans posting images of people without consent
❗ Hate speech continues to thrive across Facebook
⚠️ The draconian rise of internet shutdowns
BONUS!
🇦🇪 How Dubai became the planet’s influencer capital
📙 Here are the most used emojis in 2021