Meta said it is adjusting how payouts are calculated, aimed at rewarding creators across a range of audience sizes who are making "high-quality original content that resonates with people". Meta has announced to enable creators on its short-video making platform Reels on Facebook, which is a rival to TikTok, earn over Rs 3.6 lakh per month for original content. The company is introducing “Challenges” on Facebook,
Instagram is testing a way to make Reels using formats from other posts
Instagram is currently testing out a new feature called Templates, which lets creators swap their own clips into video formats used in other Reels. Instagram’s testing out a new feature, called Templates, that will let creators make Reels by borrowing formats from other videos on the platform, according to a report from Insider (via TechCrunch). The feature appears somewhat similar to
New to Instagram? Here's to download Reels on your smartphone
Here is a step-by-step guide that will help you download reels from Instagram on your smartphones. Instagram is one of the most popular photo and video sharing apps in the world. It offers hosts of features to users to share their photos and videos creatively. The list includes IGTV videos, Stories, Live Videos and Reels among others.
Meta announced the Reels bonus payout program in July as part of its promise to pay $1 billion to creators through 2022. One creator said that payouts are down as much as 70 percent per view in the last few weeks. Creators making money using Instagram Reels say their payouts have been slashed in recent weeks and target metrics for monetization have ballooned, according to the Financial Times. Payments are down as much as 70 percent per view and videos need
Instagram pulls the plug on its standalone IGTV app
Instagram has also announced that all videos on the main app including Reels will have a full-screen viewer and tap-to-mute option. Instagram has announced that it will soon stop supporting the IGTV app so that it can keep all videos in the mainstream app. According to the company blog, “As part of our efforts to make videos as simple as possible to discover
Meta launches Reels in Facebook globally, with more ads and editing features
Meta is pushing its TikTok clone Reels worldwide, launching the feature in the iOS and Android Facebook app in more than 150 countries. Meta is launching its TikTok-clone Reels worldwide on Facebook, making the feature available through the service’s iOS and Android apps in more than 150 countries. In addition to expanding access to Reels, the social media conglomerate is adding
Instagram’s new Reels Visual Replies are just another feature copied from TikTok
Instagram now lets you take someone’s comment on your reel and add it as a sticker to a new reel that you can post as a reply. The feature is very similar to how TikTok handles video replies. Instagram has added another strikingly familiar feature to Reels: the ability to add a user comment to a video (via TechCrunch). Now, if a user comments on a reel you’ve posted, tapping the “reply” button will let you add a sticker of the
Instagram Reels now have text-to-speech and voice effects just like TikTok
Instagram has added text-to-speech and voice effects to Reels, its short-form TikTok-like video platform, two options that have been widely used by creators on TikTok. It’s Instagram’s latest attempt to keep up with its popular competitor. Instagram has added text-to-speech and voice effects to its TikTok competitor Reels, two features TikTok has had for some time. The robotic voice-overs used as narration for videos grew so ubiquitous on TikTok in fact, that voice actor Bev Standing
Hate speech has dropped on Instagram, Facebook, says Meta
In the September quarter (Q3), it was 0.03 per cent or 3 views of hate speech per 10,000 views of content on Facebook, down from 0.05 per cent or 5 views of hate speech per 10,000 views of content in Q2. Newly rebranded Facebook as Meta in its recent report claimed that the company has reduced the prevalence of hate speech on its platform. The hate speech has decreased for the fourth quarter in a row this year. It has dropped by 0.02
Google’s finally straightening out its legacy free G-Suite mess
It seems like Google has finally arrived at a solution for legacy free G-Suite users who weren’t terribly excited about having to pay to keep their accounts. Almost five months after Google announced that it was going to make G-Suite legacy free edition users start paying for their accounts, it seems to finally have a path in place that most people will be happy with. According to 9To5Google, there’s
Netflix has been screening new shows and movies among subscribers before their release
Netflix has been showing movies and TV shows ahead of their public release to small groups of subscribers in the US, according to a report from Variety. The company takes feedback into account for potential changes ahead of a film or show’s debut. Netflix has been showing movies and TV shows ahead of their public release to small groups of subscribers in the US, according to a report from Variety. Subscribers who participate in the feedback panels will watch “several upcoming movies and