{"id":2443106,"date":"2026-06-03T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443106"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:37:50","slug":"metas-latest-tests-focus-on-episodic-reels-and-teen-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/metas-latest-tests-focus-on-episodic-reels-and-teen-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s latest tests focus on episodic reels and teen wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barely a week goes by at the moment without Meta testing some new features on one of its apps and\/or scrambling to head off concerns of regulators about the way they work. We\u2019ve got one of each for you this morning.\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, Meta is testing a new reels feature called \u2018Series\u2019 on Instagram and Facebook. \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/02\/meta-tests-series-for-episodic-reels-on-instagram-and-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TechCrunch broke the news<\/a>, describing it as a way to bundle individual reels \u2013\u00a0\u201cboth new and old\u201d \u2013\u00a0into an episodic story with its own hub on your profile.\n\n\n<aside>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, if a creator is doing a \u201910 days of healthier baking\u2019 series, they can bundle all 10 videos into a single series,\u2019 it explained. \u201cThe series would appear in a new tab on the creator\u2019s profile with its own page so people can find all the episodes, watch them in order, and pick up where they left off.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is clear potential in this feature for musicians. For now it\u2019s just being tested with \u201cselect creators and content producers\u201d who have already shared serialised content on the two platforms.\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the regulatory scrambling\u2026 Meta is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2026\/06\/new-13-plus-content-settings-for-teen-accounts-expanding-globally-on-instagram-facebook-messenger\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expanding its new 13+ content settings<\/a>\u00a0for Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, while also testing something new on the first of those to support teenagers\u2019 wellbeing.\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe recognize that some content \u2014 like posts about nutrition, weightlifting, or how to cope with anxiety \u2014 can be helpful, but it should be balanced with other types of content rather than shown repeatedly,\u201d explained Meta.\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re testing ways to limit teens from seeing too many posts of this kind in one go, including in Explore, Feed, and Reels.\u201d\n\n\n<section id=\"block-35\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2 wp-block-jetpack-related-posts\" data-layout=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Related Stories\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Stories<\/h3><\/nav><\/section><section id=\"block-32\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/section><section id=\"block-25\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n\n<\/section><\/div>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musically.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barely a week goes by at the moment without Meta testing some new features on one of its apps and\/or scrambling to head off concerns of regulators about the way they work. We\u2019ve got one of each for you this morning. First, Meta is testing a new reels feature called \u2018Series\u2019 on Instagram and Facebook. 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