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March 17, 2025

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

We are 19 days from the potential TikTok ban in the US, and we really don’t know what is happening in the background. I still doubt that the app will disappear, but under the current situation, it seems anything is possible.

Meanwhile, Instagram keeps on trying to lure us in with small (sometimes unimportant) updates and the promise of its Edits app. Enough to get us excited and forget TikTok? I think not.

Ok, now let’s look at what else is happening, shall we? Oh and keep scrolling all the way down for our new section: “Fun things to click on” - lots of interesting stuff this week 😁

Let’s go!

Geoff

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🌤️ Today on “the dump”

  1. ⏸️ Instagram finally added a ‘Pause’ button to Reels

  2. 📼 Bluesky now lets users upload videos that are up to 3 minutes long

  3. 🚀 Instagram previews more features of its Edits app

  4. 🌙 TikTok will interrupt teens’ late-night doomscrolling with calming music

  5. 🖌️ Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses

  6. 📟 Facebook, Instagram, and Threads start testing Community Notes

  7. 🍗 Can A.I. do everything better? - KFC thinks it cannot

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⏸️ Instagram finally added a ‘Pause’ button to Reels.

The feature models TikTok, which allows users to pause a video by tapping the screen once – a feature that traditionally on IG turned the sound off on a video.

📼 Bluesky now lets users upload videos that are up to 3 minutes long.

With the new expanded time limit, Bluesky is bringing its user experience more in line with its competitors, X and Meta’s Threads.

🚀 Instagram previews more features of its Edits app

The updates include managing multiple video projects simultaneously and a ‘cutouts’ editing tool, although they might not be available immediately.

🌙 TikTok will interrupt teens’ late-night doomscrolling with calming music.

The app plans to interrupt late-night doomscrolling with a fullscreen reminder to take a deep breath, wind down, and prepare for bed.

🖌️ Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses

The new lenses can animate a fox or a raccoon in your snap.

📟 Facebook, Instagram, and Threads start testing Community Notes.

Community Notes will adopt the open-source rating algorithm used by X.

😁 Fun stuff to click on: