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As a way to celebrate black history, TikTok has announced a Black History Month program, which will highlight some of the top talent from the black community in the app. This program is part of TikTok’s larger initiative ‘Visionary Voices’ that has been running for three years now – where TikTok shares the best performing and most influential creators on its app.

 

TikTok’s 2024 #BlackTikTok Visionary Voices List shines a spotlight on black creators, business owners, as well as industry disruptors that have used their creativity to generate a positive influence across TikTok and other platforms.

 



TikTok Introduces a Bunch of Initiatives and Activities in Celebration of Black History

The 25 Largest Urban Parks in the World

Urban parks are incredibly valuable for the health and welfare of people of all ages. They enrich the community, protect the environment and its inhabitants, and even boost the economy. City parks offer plenty of recreational opportunities, bolster property values, help reduce crime, purify and cool the air, keep municipal waters clean, and much more.

The 25 Largest Urban Parks in the World #Infographic



Meta is bringing two new features to WhatsApp as part of its Community tab: one that provides better privacy to community group chats, and another that makes it easier to find groups that users have in common.

 


Community group chat is a relatively new element in WhatsApp that was launched last year. Its purpose is to house multiple sub-groups of larger groups like organizations and schools, and it can hold up to 5,000 users, support video calls for up to 32 participants, and enable group-wide admin announcements.

WhatsApp’s Latest Features for Community Chats Improve Group Privacy and the Ability to Search for Groups



In a limited alpha test, Meta is introducing the ability to form curated communities on its Horizon Worlds platform. These are known as ‘Members-Only’ Worlds that are limited to 150 members and 25 concurrent visitors.

 

Within these spaces, users of Horizon Worlds can create groups based on shared interests, such as book clubs, gaming groups, VIP creator supporters, or just hangout spots for friends. In other words, it’s like a Facebook Groups experience but in VR.

 

Creators of Members-Only worlds will have complete control over these Worlds, including who can access them and what goes on inside them. In Meta’s words, the goal is “to put design in the creators’ hands so that they can fully craft the experience they want to offer others.”

Meta Introduces ‘Members-Only Worlds’ in Horizon Worlds



Reddit has brought a new way to interact within communities to its platform by enabling image posting within comment threads.

 

Reddit’s chat threads are already engaging enough, thus being able to share your favourite images or memes will add more context and make conversations more interesting.

Reddit Enables Selected Users to Post Images in Comment Threads



To celebrate innovative and creative people on its platform, TikTok has released a ‘Discover List’ of 50 “game changing” content creators that have contributed to community work or other positive impacts in 2022. “They entertain, shine light on important topics, educate, and inspire,” says TikTok about these creators.

 

Each creator’s special contribution is determined by a category. There are five categories in total and each represents ten creators. The categories are: Changemakers, Foodies, Icons, Innovators, and Originators.

 

Creators highlighted in the Discover List will be displayed on brand channels on TikTok, while a special digital booklet is also dedicated to them, containing their description and overview of their work.

TikTok Reveals Meaningful Contribution of Creators on its App Via ‘Discover List 2022’



WhatsApp has released a new engagement feature for group chats called Communities, which is aimed to create organized conversations between multiple groups.  

 

WhatsApp users will be able to connect groups under one common and relevant topic, and switch between these groups in the Community. A description and list of subgroups will be displayed in the Community.

WhatsApp Introduces ‘Communities’ – Topic Based Discussions for Group Chats



From time to time, Meta introduces new features to assist creators on its platforms in maximizing their content reach. As a recent update, the company has announced some new elements dedicated to its creator community, including new endorsement notifications, Rising Creator titles, new templates for Stories, an exclusive post option for subscribers, and a composer selector option.

 

The Creator Endorsement feature is designed for those who manage a Creator Page, to allow them to recommend another creator’s Page to their followers via direct notification. This is a beneficial tool to bring people’s attention to fellow creators, so they can build their connections.

 


The Rising Creator feature also serves a similar purpose, as it gives creators a title that makes them stand out as someone with a strong audience engagement and quality content. The title is awarded for one week at a time, is re-evaluated weekly, and displayed on a creator’s Page.

Meta Announces New Creator-Focused Features; Including Creator Endorsement, New Templates and More

Is the Gaming Community too Toxic?

The toxicity that has developed throughout time in the gaming world was brought to light with ‘Gamergate’ in the year 2014. Several female gamers reported that they has been a target of bullying, sexual harassment and even received death threats from other online users. This dangerous world of anger, prejudice and misogyny became clear for the world to see.

Statistics from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey (GCS) shows that even several years later the toxic behavior in online gaming community hasn’t ended. Data shows that approximately one in five U.S. gamers report that sexism and toxic behavior are issues they have to face till date.  

Is the Gaming Community too Toxic? #Infographic

Infographic to the century of Chinese Communist Party

Decades ago on July 23rd, 1921, a group of Chinese revolutionaries formed a Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai. The party was founded secretly after the inspiration from the Russian Bolshevik Revolution. At that time, China was wrecked and deprived of strength as a result of the Civil War. On July 1st, 2021, the country has marked the centenary of its Communist Party.

In 1949, the country faced the backing of the rural population mostly however, the CCP achieved success in routing the nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek. In the same year, on October 1st, the People’s Republic of China in Beijing was proclaimed by the Chairman of the Communist Party, Mao Zedong.

After gaining power and authority, Mao made his attempts to boost industrial development in the country. But, he had some disastrous policies such as the Great Leap Forward of 1958. It was basically an agricultural collectivization campaign that ultimately resulted in the starving death of nearly 30 million people.

Infographic to the century of Chinese Communist Party #infographic

Topmost values that have the power to move mountains

Whether it is a business or community, the importance of values always tops the list. Many cultures around the world have sworn their rules around certain values that must always be acted upon. These values are a rulebook for the people who want to live a simple, happy, and just life. Similarly, the following infographic focuses on the topmost values that are believed to influence a larger group of audience across the nations.

Topmost values that have the power to move mountains #infographic


Facebook has launched limited testing of a new option for Groups this week and it is called Neighborhoods. Apart from the rise in usage of Facebook Groups especially due to the pandemic, Groups has always been an effective tool for local communities to engage effectively. The new feature of Neighborhoods is aimed at maximizing social connection within users’ immediate vicinity.  


The tool is already available to a number of users, including those in Calgary, Canada. A preview of the Neighborhood tool shows a ‘get started’ prompt to connect with neighbors and discover more about local happenings within the app. 


Users would be taken to a step-by-step process to create their Neighborhoods profile. It starts with first confirming location to make sure that a user is in the relevant group. The profile will be separate from the user’s main Facebook profile and will provide the ability to connect with others in the local community. 

Facebook Introduces ‘Neighborhoods’ Tool in Groups

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