Free Post newsletters Newsletters: Rise of the Blogletter Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered.
Free Post The strength of weak social ties and signals Human social interaction is more complex then we realise. And by depriving us of some critical feedback loops, social networks limit their own potential.
Free Post social media How do we solve our online civility problem? Some more thoughts on deescalating the culture war, as well as ways of looking better in your Zoom calls and an interesting new business opportunity…
Free Post facebook Facebook is an accelerator of our toxic times, not its cause Facebook has merely harnessed and amplified the networks already at work online. Blaming the symptom for the problem is no route to a solution.
Free Post social media Abuse, arrogant tech VCs and hypocrisy everywhere. It's time for the weekend, folks. The tech VC community shows its true face, social media gets toxic and… Oh, can we just have a break, please?
Free Post explainer journalism Time, TikTok, teams and toxic tweets: journalism in 2020 From storytelling on TikTok to explainer journalism, there's plenty to make you think today…
Free Post twitch The next wave of indie media, the Twitch ban hammer and Google's wallet Twitch and Reddit ban things, Google might start paying for things, and podcasts still have indie cred. What a way to start the week.
Free Post social media journalism Journalists on social media: there's no easy answers on how they should behave Yes, there are problems with how journalists behave on social media. But the solutions are unlikely to be straightforward.
Free Post toxic communities Narcissism and toxic communities Dispatches from the dark places of community management, where comics pros groom young women, and My Little Pony communities get infested with Nazis…
Free Post social & digital lunchbreak The misinformation war is still an asymmetric one In the quest for people's beliefs, a thousand little lies are more powerful than a single big truth.
Free Post social & digital lunchbreak Niches, networks and the secrets of TikTok revealed Useful reading on the future of publishing, the secrets of TikTok and the growth of online community during the pandemic.
Free Post social media journalism Social & Digital lunchbreak: rethinking, well, everything… From the challenges of being a journalist on social media, to the shifting face of podcasts, there's plenty to be thinking about today.
Free Post reuters institute Digital News Report 2020: the trust crisis and its solutions 2020's edition of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report is dominated, as you would expect, with the changes wrought by the pandemic. But there's an underlying trends that's worth focusing on.
Free Post facebook Social & Digital Lunchbreak: Facebook doesn't care, the spawn of news and conspiracies - and two vital jobs Your lunchtime digest of social and digital news, reminding us of Facebook's indifference, and the impact of Covid-19 on what is important reporting right now…
Free Post audience engagement Social & Digital lunchbreak: the engaging, managing & uplifting edition Three helpful links (and a memorialisation of a failure) to help you find positivity in dark days…
