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Hi friend 👋🏼 and welcome to this week’s edition of “the dump.”

So TikTok has finally found a buyer… or buyers. What that means, I do not know, except that it probably won’t be banned… for now anyway.

It was a bit of a quieter week with the 4th of July celebrations here in the US but I still got excited about a few updates, most notably finding out that the Spotify tunes I keep on sharing on IG Stories will finally come with sound! Oh and it looks like Threads is taking more steps to exist beyond IG. Affaire à suivre.

Of course we also have stories from our writers, a few links from around the web, and, of course, a lot of fun stuff to click on.

As always, we really appreciate you and your support.

Let’s go!

Geoff

🌤️ This week on WeRSM:

1. Reddit Turns 20 And It’s Doubling Down on AI - the internet’s “front page” is betting big on AI while trying not to lose the human touch that made it famous in the first place.

2. TikTok Is Testing ‘Bulletin Boards’ for Broadcast-Style Updates - It’s official: TikTok wants in on the broadcast channel game, taking yet another page from the Instagram playbook.

3. Spotify Makes ‘Discover Weekly’ More About You - it’s the first major upgrade in a decade and it’s all about giving listeners more say in what they discover next.

4. No More Silent Stories: Spotify Tracks Now Play With Sound on IG - the platform is finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of Spotify songs directly within Instagram Stories.

5. Threads Rolls Out DMs and Signals a Split from Instagram - Users can now chat one-on-one without jumping back to Instagram.

6. X Will Soon Charge More for Bigger Visual Ads - X will start charging advertisers based on the vertical size of their visuals: the bigger the ad, the higher the cost.

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🌎 News from around the web:

1. TikTok might be bought by Oracle, Blackstone & a16z in the U.S

2. TikTok is planning more updates to AI Smart+ ads

3. Meta is adding more Business Messaging features

4.  Threads added Trending Topic highlights in-stream

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😁 Fun stuff to click on:

1. Shift your creative practice out of autopilot mode

2. A zine of 18 different creative manifestos

3. 5 simple ways to inject creativity into your life

4. Heineken Turns a SIM Card Into a Digital Detox Tool

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