#TheDailyThree - March 1, 2018

Welcome back to #TheDailyThree, a weekday recap of three top stories in digital + a few thoughts. Today we’re talking Facebook and Twitter and all the things they do to drive us crazy.

1. Businesses will now be able to advertise to users that have already interacted w/ them in Facebook Messenger using Broadcasts, a feature that will have to be used VERY carefully in order to not piss people off, let alone sway people away from Messenger entirely.

2. Twitter seems to be FINALLY acknowledging the at times very negative impact it has had on shaping the way the world communicates, + is looking for help to fix its issues. Read all about it from this thread by @Jack himself:

3. Facebook is pulling its Explore feed test that saw news content exist entirely in a separate area than the newsfeed, which would have been a deathblow to publishers. Pointing out the obvious, they announced that “people don’t want two separate feeds.”