Crap at social media ... and it shows

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Social Profiles - Information Density

In my recent blog post "You are crap at social media ... and it shows" there is a section where I suggest looking to see how "information dense" a users social profiles are. So here is an example of how I have packed Twitter's relatively restrictive profile section with as much relevant information motion as possible.

My current social project, which these three profiles are involved with is "MyStadtKöln" so I have included the community hashtag.
I've also written up an article in English to try to encourage other community members who are engaging around the hashtag (so far daily on Instagram) to show their community support by also adopting the tag in their social profiles.

Does this example help illustrate profile information density?

#Twitter #Strategy #Discussion

A home for all of your YouTube Clips ✂️

Since I first wrote about YouTube Clips there have been a number of small updates.

With this latest update YouTube have added a Clips link to the main navigation which links to a page where you can see all the clips you have made.

👉 youtube.com/feed/clips

What's needed now is the option for channel admins to opt-in (or out) of Clips, both at a channel level and at the individual level.

#YouTube #Feature

Let's Talk! ....

How and why to use REPLY in Telegram

Most people are making a simple mistake when responding in Telegram. Are you?

Read this artice which explains why you should respond with a (proper) reply.

👉 https://ishouldreallybeinbed.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-to-respond-in-telegram.html

Note that I will be using Telegram's discussion widget on that page, so comments on this post will appear there.

#Telegram #Discussion

Was momentarily excited to see my first follower on Google Maps 🤔

Yes, it's what you think.

Will Maps ever be interesting from a social perspective?

#GoogleMaps #Discussion

Why is Twitter so crap at local?

If you've ever clicked on the location a Tweet was made from, for example Germany/Cologne, you'll know that what you get is not realtime and not comprehensive.

I'm not going to spout on about how easy this would be to fix, it would likely be a ton of work.

But should Twitter decide to make improvements how do you think it should work?

I'd suggest that it should be implemented in a similar way to how Instagram does locations.

places/Country/City/Neighbourhood/Business

Where any part of the URL would show current Tweets for that place: be it at the country, city or neighbourhood level.

What do you think?

#Twitter #Discussion

Most businesses these days seem to only have, or at least promote, Facebook social channels on their website. WHY?!

It's easy yes, but Facebook's history of first showing and then reducing the
visibility of content to your channel followers makes it clear that they are essentially paid channels only.

Surely one would wish to maximise non-paid exposure for ones business?

What have you been trying recently that's new on social media?

Are your shared links fugly? 🤪

I've just uploaded a short "How to Hyperlink text in Telegram Messenger" video on my YouTube channel.

Click or tap the hyperlinked text in this specific channel post to watch it 👍

Don't share 🤢 ugly 🤮 links. HYPERLINK your text and share 😍 beutiful links 😍 instead.

Was this helpful?

#Telegram #Strategy

Reddit offering incentives to bring in new users.

Forgiveable, as TOV is right on point.

If you aren't a Reddit user and fancy seeing if it's any good use this download link 😜 🤓
https://reddit.app.link/zX4BDMr31gb

STRATEGY

The most overused and least understood word in the digital space.

I discovered this agency while walking around @MyBelgischesViertel which I am launching today.

I looked up their website and discovered their Twitter handle, which is pretty new and was not visible enough for me to have previously found for inclusion on the list of Cologne agencies I have built for @EnglishCologne

I'll say hello on Twitter, see if they respond. See if they follow the list maybe, or if they are just crap at social media.

#Strategy #Discussion

Making short, under a minute, videos specifically for YouTubes expanding #Shorts program can get you a big bump in reach.

But, get the video hook in early. There is a more rapid attention drop-off.

#YouTube

A huge percentage of websites I have visited recently seem to have only Facebook and Instagram listed as social channels. So ... Facebook. 🤪

I can't judge whether they have given up with anything else or that they are unaware of anything else.

Why would businesses promote just their participation of channels with the worst organic reach possible?

Running a test to show how to set up events.

On this page.
(Edit, I've now removed the link to the meetups page and the embed of this discussion on that page.)

feel free to chatter in the comments.

Test Test testing

Replies to comments on Telegram channels

Because most of my comment interactions are with comments on my channels it's taken a while for me to experience a reply to a comment I have made on a channel where I'm not owner or admin of the connected group in which the channel comments are hosted.

It basically all works as I had expected.

A"Replies" chat showing replies to comments I have left on channel posts, where I am not a member of the connected group.

#Telegram #Feature