The Top 5 Social Media News Of This Week

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Many years from now, the new generation of social media marketers will read about this week during history class. Because this was the week when it finally happened: Instagram introduced multiple account support and the world became a better place as soon as community managers across the globe were suddenly able to switch between accounts on Instagram.

This week will always be remembered as the week when #InstaSwitch finally arrived.

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And it was not even the only good news coming from Instagram this week. The platform has also introduced video view count. It must have been a busy past few weeks over at Instagram HQ!

Twitter also made the news. Not that the company is suddenly doing great, it’s not. But as a platform Twitter is trying something new, introducing an algorithm that will now show you the most important tweets atop your timeline.

Twitter introduced an algorithm that will show you the most important tweets atop your timeline.

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So are you ready for this week’s Top 5 trending news on We are Social Media?

	It’s Here! Instagram Now Lets Us Switch Between Accounts! – This calls for a celebration! After years logging out and logging back in, after months of rumours and testing, Instagram is now officially letting us switch between multiple accounts quickly and easily!
	Facebook Turns 12 And Invites You To Celebrate Friendship – Facebook has turned 12… Quite unbelievable, isn’t it? It feels like yesterday when we signed up for it and it has evolved from being an online place to connect with friends, to being the ultimate platform for pretty much all the aspects of our social life.
	4 Instagram Marketing Trends You Must Take Advantage Of In 2016 – It’s amazing that what started as an app to share selfies and photos of pets, has now changed the way businesses communicate with their target audience. Forrester research says that Instagram generates more engagement than even Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.
	Twitter’s New Algorithmic Timeline Feature Is Here! – With all the whining about #RIPTwitter we were really curious to see what Twitter was going to do next – We knew it was going to come pretty soon, but we were a little surprised yesterday when Twitter rolled out its new Timeline feature.
	Instagram Is Adding View Counts On Video – When it comes to video, views are what count. They are the most widely expected form of feedback and the KPI most brand managers are interested to report on. This is why Instagram has decided to start showing how many times people have watched a video on the platform.