Welcome to the Connected Church News!
This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 2, Dec 2022) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.

Instagram has released a 2023 Trend report that focuses on Gen-Z users, and this report has some interesting findings. For example, one of the statistics says, ‘over half of Gen-Z users plan to get fashion and beauty inspiration from Digital Avatars or Digital Influencers in 2023’. And also it says more than half of Gen-Z respondents said they plan to DIY their clothes in 2023. So things like that. But not just fashion and beauty, but also it talks about their community preference, their cultural preference, the relationship related mindset and the behavioral patterns and trends, and also about participation in culture and society and so on.There are lots of insights which could give you an idea of how to create campaigns and conversations related to younger people as a nonprofit or ministry, check it out.
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 2, December 2022 with source links from Google, Instagram, YouTube, Meta, Uniswap, Web3.
🗞️ News 1: Instagram releases Gen-Z Trend Report 2023 on cultural & social trends
Source: Instagram
🗞️ News 2: YouTube answers policy questions & releases Shorts Thumbnail selection
🗞️ News 3: Meta’s Facebook Dating feature is getting new age-verification tools
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 4: Google adds new ‘Related Topics’ buttons to improve guided search
Source: Google
🗞️ News 5: [Web3] NFTs come to Uniswap + OpenSea pays $1 Billion in royalties
Any questions or thoughts? Please leave them in the comments or DM me on any of the social channels.

Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.