This is a big deal for those who run a business’ Instagram account, as they currently have to use the app (on a personal or work-supplied phone) or a third-party tool to respond to DMs from audiences.Īre you a Firefox user? Go update your browser right now. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing social network is finally testing web DMs. The web version of Instagram finally has direct messages … at least for a small subset of users. How will journalism change in 2020? Will publishers lean more into reader revenue than advertising? Will newsrooms continue to spin out podcasts? Maybe news websites will further personalize their pages based on individual users’ tastes? Or perhaps we’ll all upload our consciousnesses to a matrix where we’ll live in fear of killer robots? The answer is all but the latter, according to a survey of industry executives from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (and the latter, according to me). It’s a good reminder that third-party platforms can carry big risks and big rewards. Bloomberg had been using WhatsApp to send breaking news messages but had to reconsider its strategy last year, when WhatsApp limited bulk messaging to hinder the spread of misinformation. is Facebook Messenger, but apps like WhatsApp, Line and Telegram are more popular elsewhere in the world. The most popular messaging app in the U.S. Why? It’s all about international audiences. Let’s get to it.īloomberg is using Telegram, a messaging app, when most of the United States is not. As always, if you have a recommendation or would like me to look into a tool, please let me know. I have oodles of tech and tools news for you today, including some to consider all year long. Welcome to the second issue of Try This! in 2020.
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