Welcome to the Connected Church News by Natchi Lazarus.
This news item is part of the top 5 news (Week 1, Jul 2024) specially curated for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
Meta has taken a noteworthy step with its Threads app, which will become the first among the company’s suite of apps to be compatible with the Fediverse. The Fediverse is an interconnected but decentralized network of social media servers that operate on the ActivityPub protocol. This aligns with platforms like Mastodon, Tumblr, and WordPress. Meta’s move signals openness to decentralized social media, indicating a potential shift in how ministries might leverage such platforms for outreach.
Here is the full list of the news items from Week 1, Jul 2024 with source links from Pinterest, Snapchat, AI, Threads, Google, YouTube.
🗞️ News 1: YouTube Makes Longer Videos Editable; Improves Bulk Comment Moderation
Source: YouTube
🗞️ News 2: Threads will be the First Meta app to be Compatible with ‘Fediverse’
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 3: Google Launches New Gemini AI Tools in Google Workspace for Education
Source: Google
🗞️ News 4: Pinterest Brings Improvements to ‘Social Media Board Sharing’ Feature
Source: Pinterest
🗞️ News 5: Snapchat Adds an In-App Warning for Unsafe New Connection Requests
Source: Snapchat
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Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.
