The Top 5 Social Media Stories Of This Week

Welcome to this week’s top social media stories! Twitter has a new design, Facebook is testing LOL and LinkedIn introduced interest targeting.

If your Twitter has started to look different on the web, you’re part of a global test the company has launched this week. The new design of Twitter.com resembles a lot to what we are used to on our phones. And yes, I think that it is a good thing. But more than a layout, the new design also comes with a few nice additions.

Elsewhere, Facebook is making the headlines. The company has launched a closed beta test for LOL, a new video food entirely dedicated to… Memes! Apparently, that is how you keep the younger audiences from leaving your platform. Or is it really?

Here are the top 5 most talked about stories this week:

Tune in next Sunday for a new edition of our weekly social media recap.

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