The Social Tea 💄

Or: the updates that matter, the ones that caused psychic damage, and the internet acting unwell ✨

Right. Let’s begin before another platform “quietly tests” something that absolutely ruins someone’s livelihood ✨

✨ Instagram is testing the ability to REORDER carousels after posting.
Yes. After.
Grid perfectionists everywhere just passed out in a Zara 💄

✨ Spotify is entering its group-chat era.
You can now share podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks with up to 10 people.
It’s giving “we listen together but never emotionally process it” 💄

✨ LinkedIn dropped B2B data, and it did not whisper:
– Nearly 6 in 10 buyers discover brands via creator content
– Almost half visit a vendor site after engaging
– Employee networks are 12x larger than company pages

Translation: your people matter more than your logo 💄

✨ YouTube officially passed Reddit as the top citation source in AI-generated answers.
Long-form trust > hot takes.
Somewhere, a podcast host just felt spiritually affirmed 💄

✨ Meta Creator Marketplace now auto-populates influencers who already follow your brand.
Warm leads.
No cold DM anxiety spirals 💄

✨ LinkedIn now lets you keyword-search inside profiles.
And yes, this is the fake update for the content lifters who call it “research” 💄
You know who you are 💄

✨ Pinterest cut ~15% of its workforce to go all-in on AI.
The quiet platforms are making loud moves 💄

✨ Spain plans a social media ban for under-16s.
The “think of the children” era has entered the group chat 💄

✨ Instagram may let users remove themselves from someone else’s Close Friends list.

An Irish goodbye, but make it digital 💄

That’s the tea! Back next week with more algorithm drama, digital gossip, and platforms doing the absolute most 💄

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