⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 24 October ⚡️
This week, we cover how TikTok is eating the internet, toxic posts on Reddit, the Twitter trends shaping conversations, and why GIFs are dying.
READ ME (PART ONE):
🌐 Must read: How TikTok ate the internet
😬 Must read: We’re in the age of algorithmic anxiety
📈 Report: 2022 Twitter Trends shaping the biggest conversations
📹 Report: Online culture has become pop culture, says YouTube
🤳 What happens on the internet every minute in 2022?
🗣️ INFOGRAPHIC ALERT 🗣️
Average engagement rate for IG feed posts has decreased by 44%:
READ ME (PART TWO):
🚫 Historic sites in Nepal are banning TikTok creators
👀 It’s time to talk about the LinkedIn Mafia
🍳 Instagram food is having a vibe shift
🤔 Where do memes really come from?
🗣️ STAT ALERT 🗣️
More than one in eight Reddit users publish toxic posts
WINS OF THE WEEK:
🎵 Taylor Swift albums as Harvard Online courses – a thread
✈️ Ryanair airline mocks Liz Truss through hilarious boarding pass
HEY THAT’S COOL:
🎶 Lizzo plays historic flutes from the Library of Congress collection
🏘️ Shelter campaign mocks ‘unhelpful’ cost-of-living hacks
UH OH:
😬 Sneaky ways TikTok is connecting you to real-life friends
‼️ The most bizarre brand posts to mark the Queen passing away
BONUS!
🚪 What happens when a brand’s personality leaves?
🤳 For creators, community is the new follower count
💔 ‘I uncovered an army of fake men on Hinge’
⚰️ The GIF is on its deathbed