Facebook adds video music library, AR for Messenger, and tries to resurrect the Poke, while quietly removing the ticker feed (who knew that was still even a thing?); Instagram takes messaging out of the app with Direct, and also now lets you follow hashtags; Tinder will be showing your matches your Insta & Spotify activity (if you let it); Twitter Threads kills Storify, while the platform will also now let you view counts on public videos.
Facebook Sound Collection
Facebook Sound Collection lets you add no-name music to videos(TechCrunch)
Facebook adds a sound and music library you can use for video (Engadget)
Facebook offers free music and sound effects for video makers (The Next Web)
Facebook AR in Messenger
Sorry, Snapchat: Facebook just unleashed its own 'dancing hot dog' studio (Mashable)
Facebook Messenger adds Snapchat-style AR objects (Engadget)
Facebook Removes Ticker
Facebook Removes Ticker News Feed For Monitoring Friends’ Activity (Search Engine Journal)
Facebook's Ticker that showed your friends' activities has been removed (Tech Spot)
Facebook's 'ticker,' aka creeper feed, is no more (Engadget)
Facebook Resurrecting the Poke
Facebook is trying to make the Poke happen again (TechCrunch)
Is Facebook bringing the poke back? One-click greetings are in testing (Digital Trends)
Instagram Direct
Instagram is testing Direct, a standalone messaging app that replaces the current inbox (The Verge)
Instagram Tests Standalone Direct Message App (Geek.com)
Instagram letting you follow hashtags
Radical New Instagram Hashtag Update Is a Real Game Changer (Forbes)
Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following (TechCrunch)
Tinder showing your online activity to matches
Twitter Threads kills Storify
Twitter will now let you publish an entire tweetstorm all at once (Recode)
Twitter adds thread tools to help you craft epic tweetstorms (Engadget)
Twitter Makes It Easier to Compose and Read Threads (Variety)
Twitter Just Made the Tweetstorm a Real Thing (Slate)
Twitter Will Show View Counts on Public Videos
Twitter Starts Showing How Many Views Videos Get On Its Platform (AdAge)
Twitter Will Finally Display View Counts On Video Tweets(Tubefilter)