⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 20 September ⚡️
After a summer hiatus, we’re back! 🙌🏽
This week, we cover Lil Nas X’s marketing genius, why Instagram is toxic for teen girls, the rise of TikTok investors and the Taliban’s social media dilemma. ⬇️
READ ME (PART ONE):
💻 Must-read: YouTube’s guide on the rise of aesthetics
🍻 Must-read: Why social media is attention alcohol
📹 Frantic, chaos edits are taking over the internet
❗ Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls
READ ME (PART TWO):
💰 LinkedIn launches $25m fund to nurture creators…
🤓 It’s the nerdiest social network - but its strategy is working
🔊 Clubhouse hires its first-ever head of news
🤔 Who really runs Twitter’s @Twitter?
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK (PART ONE):
📈 TikTok overtakes YouTube for US and UK average watch time
🇨🇳 Young Chinese users can soon spend just 40 minutes a day on the app
💸 FinTok could teach you how to be a better investor
📺 Why the famous D’Amelio kids are not all right
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK (PART TWO):
📰 The Washington Post, a 143-year-old newspaper, hits 1m followers
🤳 Virtual influencer is challenging beauty standards in China
🇵🇰 Pakistan blocks TikTok over ‘inappropriate’ LGBTQ+ content
🇦🇫 Gen Z creators are keeping the world's eyes on Afghanistan
HEY THAT’S COOL:
😈 The devil works hard but Lil Nas X’s marketing team works harder
🗣️ Must-watch: Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream reimagined for Sandy Hook PSA
😭 Many people sobbed over heartwarming message from Blue’s Clues
WINS OF THE WEEK:
🎤 The best of rapper Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' memes
😂 ESPN receives hilarious replies after asking beverage cart question
UH OH:
🔴 Right-wing fake news gets more engagement on Facebook…
🧐 Which is increasingly becoming a monopoly. Right?
🦔 Looks that quill: the dark side of hedgehog Instagram
😬 PrettyLittleThing slammed for branded 9/11 tribute
BONUS!
🤑 Wall Street influencers are making bigger bucks than bankers
❄️ Reddit launches holiday guide for campaign planning
🤝 Why Twitter has finally launched Communities
✍️ Gen Z text memes are dominating Instagram
⭕ The Taliban's social media dilemma