Five telling quotes Members Public

Five pieces worth your times — and quotes that show you why.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audience engagement
Mark Zuckerberg as a dictator on a throne.

Rule 1: Never trust Facebook Members Public

Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

The newsletter inquisition Members Public

Some insights into newsletter strategy, based on unanswered questions from a Smartocto webinar

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters
2024 burning on an open fire.

The top 10 posts of 2024: the top 5 Members Public

The five most read posts of last year were very concerned with audience, the fate of WordPress — and a long gone lads' mag.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
year in review
A sickly, Twitter-like bird with 2024 on its chest.

My top 10 posts of 2024: the bottom half Members Public

Which posts caught your attention last year? The bottom half of the top 10 is all about the decline of Twitter and Facebook, and the rise of AI slop.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
year in review
An illustration representing the dance of numbers, instinct and conversation that make up audience work

Journalism is a social process: we need to connect with our audience Members Public

Building an audience is a skilful dance, combining numbers, instinct — and good, old-fashioned conversations.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audience engagement
An abstract image of audience engagement

Audience Engagement: two words, both matter Members Public

If you're taking about audience growth in journalism, you might be forgetting a crucial, human element in the process.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audience engagement
A blue butterfly squares up to a spool of thread…

The post X-battle: Threads is down, but not out Members Public

The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media