⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 22 March ⚡️
This week, we cover WTF is an NFT, Clubhouse creators, Nike’s powerful Mother’s Day ad and how boomers got so good at Zoom. ⬇️
READ ME (PART ONE):
🤔 Must-read: how Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
📱 The most invasive apps: which ones are sharing your personal data?
📈 These top 100 Companies grew their social media teams in 2020
🤑 WTF is an NFT? Artists tell their experiences, hopes and fears
⚡️ STAT ALERT ⚡️
💸 Over half of influencers say their race affects what brands pay them
READ ME (PART TWO):
✍️ Who really writes Twitter’s ‘trending’ summaries?
💻 ‘What my mother’s Zooms taught me about friendship’
📸 Could Dispo make social media fun again?
🇮🇳 India is trying to build its own internet
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK:
🚫 ‘I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine’
📚 ‘BookTok’ videos are influencing publishers and best-seller lists
🎵 Lil Nas X Chronicles road to fame in revealing 'Life Story' series
🎤 Justin Bieber’s platform success is advancing fan engagement
‼️ Young Myanmar soldiers take to TikTok in threatening videos
🗞️ How Yahoo News reached 1m followers in one year
A SPOTLIGHT ON CLUBHOUSE:
🤳 Clubhouse launches accelerators to support creators
📣 ‘Clubhouse cured my imposter syndrome’
🗣️ The race to become an influencer on the app
🔔 Why is it so addicted to notifications?
☕ Exiled Syrians are reviving morning rituals
HEY THAT’S COOL:
👶 Nike promotes maternity range with powerful new ad
✊ Extinction Rebellion is using paid ads to target corporation’s staff
📲 This Snapchat AR lens is raising awareness about organ donation
🎶 Zara Larsson and IKEA collaborated for a special IWD concert
💿 Kings of Leon will be first band to release album as an NFT
🇦🇫 Meet Afghanistan's fearless Gen Z influencers
WINS OF THE WEEK:
📉 Monzo and KitKat quickly react to WhatsApp and other apps going down
🧠 Mind charity criticises Piers Morgan over Meghan Markle comments
🧸 Fisher-Price’s brilliant #LetsBeKids ad says there are toys all around us
🥤 Innocent drinks jumps on conversations around UK Census 2021
UH OH:
😬 Beattie Communications chairman resigns over LinkedIn post…
📰 And Teen Vogue editor resigns after fury over racist tweets
🍔 Burger King gets it all wrong for International Women’s Day
🚩 YouTuber David Dobrik faces assault allegations and leaves Dispo
💢 Popular social media tool Sprinklr under fire for harassment
🦻 Deaf creators say platforms are still not accessible enough
BONUS!
👑 Confessions of drama queen YouTuber Trisha Paytas
🇺🇸 White House uses influencers to sell plans