News & Reviews:   Social media

As you know, a lot of our fellow Malaysians love social media platforms. One of the more popular ones has to be TikTok, as it contains lots of short but quirky videos. Some people lament that these videos don't have high resolution, but that could change soon.

2021 will be ending soon and there are many things that have happened. One of the best ways to refresh our memory is none other than Twitter (sorry, no more YouTube Rewind) and for this year, we will be taking a good look at #OnlyOnTwitter Malaysia 2021.

In 2021, a service that trended for a time would be audio chat rooms. One of them is Twitter Spaces, which seems to be the more popular choice now. Its audio chat rooms previously had no recording function, but that's no longer the case.

By now, some of you may have tuned in to a Twitter Space or two. If you haven't, it's essentially Twitter's answer to Clubhouse, an audio chat room feature that lets you host live podcasts. The features big downside is that there's no in-app feature to record it, but that could be added soon.

If you recall, there was a rumour last week claiming that Instagram could launch subscriptions soon. From the leaked image, you could see that the company was also working on a badge system. Well, it looks like the latter is ready to roll out.

For most WhatsApp users, the Multi-device feature was the one that's worth noting in 2021. But business users are all hoping for a way to monetise the platform, and the company has been working on that for months. Now, we have some hints on ad creation for the platform.

While surfing on your social media apps can be relaxing, it can also be tiring due to the kind of content you like to see online. Just a few hours ago, Adam Mosseri (Instagram CEO) just announced that the Instagram team will be testing out a new "Take a Break" feature.

If you follow politics in the US, you would know that former President Trump was banned from using both Facebook and Twitter forever. As a bummer as it may for him, that's not stopping Trump from creating his own social media platform called TRUTH Social.

If you recall, Instagram started working on direct posting from desktop browsers in May. Some beta testers got to access the feature in June, but since then we had no updates about it. Fortunately, the feature will be released soon.

People often take social media lightly, posting things that they probably shouldn't. That's not a problem for platforms like Twitter, as you can just delete your tweets quickly. But what if something you post long ago comes back to bite you in the behind?