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  This week the big news was Twitter’s rebrand to 𝕏, but that’s not all that’s happening. There are monetization updates on Instagram and Twitter/X, updated navigation in YouTube Studio, new Patterns for WordPress sites, and more for video creators and bloggers. Plus several new research studies were published suggesting what people see on social media does not change their political attitudes (although there’s some argument about that). Creator Weekly In Your Inbox: Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live: What do you think of Twitter’s rebrand? What are your favorite updates this week? Join the live Creator Weekly on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time. Join me live or watch the recording . Export your Currents Data before August 8 The migration of Currents (formerly Google+) communities to Google Chat Spaces is complete and Currents shut down July 5. If you were using Currents with your Google Workspace acco

Google Currents (formerly Google+) shut down on July 5, as scheduled, and Currents Communities have been migrated to Google Chat Spaces. If you were using Currents with your Google Workspace account, you have until August 8 to export an archive of your data using Google Takeout (if that is allowed by your organization). Archive creation can take days, so if you want to have a copy of your Currents data, it's best to start the process now if you haven't done so already. What data is included in the Currents Takeout archive? You can create an archive of your Currents Posts, Currents Circles, Currents Communities, and Currents Stream. Note that some of the data is links to profiles and posts that no longer exist (because Currents is shut down). Google has detailed what is included in each archive . Currents The "Currents" archive includes:  Your Posts , public or private (JSON format) Comments you made on posts (JSON format) Community metadata , including na

Monday was the 10th World Emoji Day , and to celebrate, Emojipedia shared their top 10 viral emoji moments (🫡🅿♻🪑👏👁👄👁✨🥺✊🏿) and gave awards to their favorites (🩷🤣🫠). To celebrate, share your favorites in your Tweets, emails and chats. Why not? 🤷 There are also updates for video creators on YouTube and Instagram, bloggers and more. Creator Weekly In Your Inbox: Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live: Which emoji sums up your summer? What are your favorite updates this week? Join the live Creator Weekly on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time. Join me live or watch the recording . #OnEBoardChat Following Creator Weekly Live, I’m hosting the OnEBoard Twitter chat on Sunday, July 23 at 11AM Pacific time. The topic is “collaboration tools”, and if you have experience or interest in collaboration online or off, it would be great if you joined the conversation. Follow me on Twitter (@ PeggyKTC ) or keep an eye on the #OnEBoardChat hashtag. Play Along

I hope you all are enjoying your summer! This week is all about the AI with new creative tools in YouTube, Google Bard, a personal AI Notebook, video editing on Vimeo, live streaming on StreamYard and more. Twitch announced a number of upcoming discovery and community-related features. Plus Google Workspace Individual subscribers can set up paid appointments in Google Calendar. Creator Weekly In Your Inbox: Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live: What do you think about the latest generative AI tools?  Have you tried them? Join the live Creator Weekly on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time. Join me live or watch the recording . Tutorial: Co-Edit Google Sites My OnEBoard colleague Nina Trankova and I did a quick demonstration on how you can simultaneously co-edit a Google Sit e live with a collaborator. Nina has a write-up on how to do that , including how to co-edit with someone who does not have a Google account. It’s a very useful option that lets collabora

This was a short holiday week for folks like me in the US, but the buzz around Instagram Threads and other launches more than made up for it. Updates this week include Meta's new Twitter-like Threads social media platform, YouTube Community Posts on tablets, Google thinking about how publishers can signal whether they allow AI access to their content and more. Creator Weekly In Your Inbox: Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live: What do you think about Threads? Are any of the other updates exciting you? Join the live Creator Weekly on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time. Join me live or watch the recording . Don’t lose access to your Google Account! Once you have set up 2-step verification on your Google Account, save a copy of your account backup codes in a safe place. Here’s how to find them:: Be sure to accept the new YouTube Partner Program terms In January YouTube announced new YouTube Partner Program terms. The new t

Here's where I'm currently active on social media (as of April 2024), at least occasionally. Where I currently can be found:  * Web: PeggyKTC.com (you're here!) * YouTube: @PeggyKTC * Twitter/X: @PeggyKTC * Threads: @peggykolm  (follow in the fediverse: @peggykolm@threads.net) * Bluesky:  @peggyk.bsky.social * Mastodon: @peggyktc@mas.to I have dormant profiles on a bunch of other platforms. If you are wondering if a profile is me, just ask! Subscribe to the Creator Weekly Email newsletter -- Last updated April 2024

Happy Canada Day and US Independence Day weekend to folks North America! I hope everyone is having a nice summer weekend. This week Twitter is no longer visible to signed-out users, the US FTC has a new Guide on how to comply with endorsement rules, there was a question whether Google has been deceiving advertisers who purchased video ads, plus a few small updates for YouTubers and more. Creator Weekly In Your Inbox:  Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live: Want to chat about this week’s updates? Or just listen to the highlights? The live Creator Weekly is Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time. Join me live or watch the recording . 5K Hooray! My YouTube channel finally reached 5,000 subscribers this week!  Thank you so much for subscribing and watching. (At the rate I’m gaining subscribers, it will take 10 more years to hit 10K :/) #OnEBoardChat: Merch & Online Shops I’m hosting this week’s #OnEBoardChat on Twi