Gareth Hannaford

06/10/2025

Hashtag :

"Social posts are effectively an advert and are seen by bodies such as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) as coming under their remit."

In recent months, posts have been picked up for using hashtags that the ASA perceives to be a claim, for example or text on the screen making a claim about a product having benefits such as ‘boosting energy’ or ‘helps me sleep.’ -HFMA.

https://www.newnaturalbusiness.co.uk/play-by-the-rules

07/02/2024

Nick Clegg (still takes getting used to) announces Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram and Threads) to get AI tagging (“Imagined with AI”) of detected uploaded AI images. If they have the industry standard indicators though.

Nick Clegg offers a new approach to identifying and labeling AI-generated content.

31/01/2024

Tweetdeck has been X-ified.

"TweetDeck is now X Pro Monitor multiple timelines on a single screen with X Pro. Track and organize content, and engage with your communities in real-time."
https://pro.twitter.com £16pcm or 168 p/annum

17/02/2023

Facebook rolls out pop out comments when you click see all/ more comments or replies.
No thanks.

Here's how to get rid of that annoying Facebook comments pop-up (more correctly called a comments "pop out"), or to at least get around it.

18/12/2022

Beware driving traffic. Twitter bans links to other social channels (Facebook etc.) with the exception of Tik Tok.
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Twitter will ban links to other social media services and suspend accounts that try to direct Twitter users to alternative platforms, the company announced Sunday, in an apparent attempt to stem user defections to competitors.

26/04/2022

Twitter is going to change, a lot.

Tesla chief executive will gain control over social network he has criticized over its handling of ‘free speech’

16/03/2022

If you want to link an Instagram Business account to Meta Business - do it from page settings. The within Instagram option is missing even if you switch the account from personal to business account as their guides suggest.

26/10/2021

Firefox - getting the style the way you want it - classic divided tabs:

Article updated with new modified code which will disable floating/disconnected tabs and make inactive tabs easily identified along with restoring compact menus

14/08/2021

User choice, I find it distracting:

Here’s how to disable the new Twitter font — and restore it if you change your mind

12/08/2021

Twitter's new font (custom) has reached UK accounts:

It's inevitable: Twitter changes Twitter, and Twitter users complain on Twitter. But does Chirp make you feel like a woodpecker is pounding on your skull?

02/08/2021

Twitter announces plans to enable businesses to showcases products directly on their Twitter profiles:

Twitter has pushes forward with its ecommerce plans as it announces it will allow business profiles to showcase products on their twitter pages.

28/06/2021

Facebook Business users' view:
Facebook has reduced posts' area on Pages even further, increased the number of clicks needed to start and complete a post and forced Page admins to use their not very good content manager, currently called Publishing tools, by hiding filters and scheduling in it.
"Access more publishing options and get more insights on your posts' performance in Publishing tools."

You can clean up Business view of Pages (for you, not Followers) with a good Element blocker and completely kill the left hand column, leaving you with just two: mass calls to action for your Page and your actual posts.