Kinda Brief Lite Edition

As you are reading this, I’m in Florida visiting my sister and starting my vacation. We’ll keep things even kinda briefer this week and focus on the links. First, a reminder that I’m doing a two-part series on weird food content across social right now. You can read the first part here, and expect part two in your inbox this time next week.

Platform Updates

Instagram 

• Instagram Adds Lead Forms as CTA Button Option on Business Profiles

The Rest of Meta 

• Meta’s Twitch Competitor Cuts Contracts With Gaming Creators

• Meta lost $13.7 billion on Reality Labs in 2022 as Zuckerberg’s metaverse bet gets pricier

TikTok

• New year, new scam: TikTok’s largest weight loss advertiser is marketing predatory scams to young users 

• The Best and Worst Media Accounts on TikTok

• TikTok rolls out its own strike system for creators who violate its rules

• TikTok is testing a way to reset your For You page

Twitter

• Twitter Applies for US Licenses to Facilitate In-App Payments

• Twitter Outlines New Platform Rules Which Emphasize Reduced Reach, as Opposed to Suspensions

• Twitter Cancels its Collaborative Tweets Experiment

• Twitter to end free access to its API in Elon Musk’s latest monetization push

Twitter Alternatives 

• Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text

Tumblr 

• Tumblr is selling a “Do you love the color of the sky?” Tumbler in their refreshed merch store, and I want it 

LinkedIn 

• LinkedIn Adds New Newsletter Showcase Tools to Help Users Tap Into Newsletter Growth (should I migrate and become a LinkedIn girlie?) 

Pinterest (disclaimer: I’m currently a contractor at Pinterest) 

• Pinterest Announces New Video Partnership with Publisher Condé Nast

• Pinterest lays off 150 people as a part of its ‘long-term strategy’

Culture Movers 

Film & TV

• Amid growing competition, Paramount+ and Showtime are combining in the US

• DC Slate Unveiled: New Batman, Supergirl Movies, a Green Lantern TV Show, and More From James Gunn, Peter Safran

Music 

• Beyonce Announces 2023 Renaissance World Tour

Creator Economy 

• Linktree’s new monetization options offer creators “freedom, flexibility, and security”

AI 

• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month

• Netflix Made an Anime Using AI Due to a 'Labor Shortage,' and Fans Are Pissed