This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Crowd Surf, Facebook Allows for More Flexibility in Placing Videos, Facebook Lets Brands Promote Influencer Posts and Reddit Joins the Autoplay Video Game.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates News Feed Design, LinkedIn Launches Active Status on User Profiles, Instagram Gets Threaded Comments, Facebook Tests Targeting Based on Store Visits, Google Maps Gets Q&A for Businesses, Instagram Launches New Way to Reply with Photos, Pinterest Adds Pinch and Zoom to Pins and Amazon Spark Launches.