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Statusbrew

MARKETING
Velocity5.0

Statusbrew quietly deprecates Categories and ships a steady drip of UX polish.

feature deprecationscheduling consolidationux polishreportssocial media management
◆Current state
The biggest decision is the planned phase-out of the Categories feature — new categories can no longer be created, and the recommended path is Compose → Best Time to Post. Around it, the team is shipping a steady drip of small-but-real improvements: PDF export for shared report links, bulk-tag parent-scope inheritance, per-network scheduled date retention, Asset Manager download shortcuts, and DM-processing performance fixes in Engage.
◆Where it's heading
The product is consolidating overlapping scheduling primitives (Categories vs. Best Time to Post) and tightening the daily-use surfaces that social-media managers actually touch — composer, tags, reports. None of the moves are directional; they read like a roadmap built from support tickets, which suggests Statusbrew is in retention-driven maintenance mode rather than feature expansion.
◆Prediction
Expect Categories to be fully removed within a release or two, with users migrated to Best Time to Post. The PDF-export pattern will likely extend from shared reports to scheduled report emails.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    Notice: New Categories Can No longer Be Created

    Categories feature enters a planned phase-out — existing categories keep working, but no new ones can be created. Users are pointed to Compose → Best Time to Post instead. First clear deprecation signal in the product.

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  2. 3d ago

    Downloading Assets From Asset Manager Just Got Easier

    Asset Manager downloads reachable in one fewer click via a three-dot menu. Small UX tweak.

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  3. 3d ago

    Bulk Tag Creation: Parent Tag Scope and Availability Are Now Retained Automatically

    Bulk tag creation now inherits scope and availability from the selected parent tag. Removes a real annoyance for teams that create child tag hierarchies under a brand or campaign parent.

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  4. 3d ago

    Fixed A Bug With DMs In Engage

    Fixes slower processing of DMs versus comments in Engage. Standard bug fix.

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  5. 6d ago

    Shared Report Links Now Support PDF Export 📈

    Shared report links now offer one-click PDF export, letting external clients pull a PDF without logging in. Targets the agency use case where reports get sent to non-Statusbrew stakeholders.

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  6. 7d ago

    Bug Fixes For Reports

    Fixes a PDF-export failure on monthly date ranges and a misclassification where null-sentiment conversations were tagged Neutral. Cleanup of reporting edge cases.

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