⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 12 April ⚡️
This week, we cover TikTok cooking stars, fit-pic Finstas, why binge-watching could be bad for the planet, and how a viral Twitter thread became a Hollywood film. ⬇️
READ AND WATCH ME:
📲 Must-read report: 72% of adults in US now use social media
🎥 How 'Zola' turned a viral Twitter thread into film
🤔 Facebook’s Nick Cleggs defends its algorithms
📺 Is binge-watching Netflix bad for the planet?
📸 Dispo wants to give users a new reason to take photos
🔒 Encryption has never been more essential - or threatened
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK:
🍳 TikTok cooking stars defy the traditional career path
💄 How creator Addison Rae gave the beauty industry a makeover
📰 These news-media brands grew the most in the last year
💬 Automatic captions are added in accessibility push
🥣 Baked oats are the latest inescapable food trend
🐝 TikTok’s viral beekeeper is getting a lot of buzz
‼️ Body-editing tools are helping ‘trigger eating disorders’
🏘️ Young landlords on the app are insufferable
HEY THAT’S COOL:
🔎 Google’s COVID vaccine ad might leave you emotional
💡 M&C Saatchi launches ‘Good Guys Guide’ to help women feel safer
🌈 Watch UNAIDS’s heartwarming #TransDayOfVisibility film
🍲 Postmates made a cookbook that doesn’t require cooking
🐕 Pet food brand turns Clubhouse into pedigree doghouse
WINS OF THE WEEK:
🚢 The Suez canal crisis inspired waves of memes, a game, and even a dating app
🧱 Lego’s ‘SmartBricks’ advert won April Fool’s Day…
😂 And here’s a round-up of the best pranks from UK charities
UH OH:
😬 Amazon backtracks on tweet denying workers have to urinate in bottles
👎 Iconic Chrissy Teigen quits Twitter after years of harassment
🦐 The shrimp tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch saga, explained
❗ Where’s the outrage of James Charles’ sexting scandal?
🤳 The enduring art of YouTubers apologising from the floor
☢️ Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account
BONUS!
🖥️ Twitter account spent a year rating Zoom call backgrounds
💵 Infamous Fyre Fest tweet will be auctioned as a NFT
👑 Would you start a secret fit-pic Finsta?