X (Twitter)
Guilt by Twitter association — how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter
One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.
Social Media
Amazon kills the Instagram competitor you never heard about
Did you know that Amazon launched an Instagram clone? Yeah, me neither.
community management
Reddit and the problems of scale in large communities
Is there an optimum size for online communities? This analysis of Reddit suggests that there is.
reuters institute
Digital News Report 2019 launch: connecting with readers and building trust in news
The annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report was published today — and a panel discussed the implications for journalism of its key findings. Here's my notes.
Google Chrome restricting ad-blocking in coming update
A tech change will bar non-Enterprise versions of Chrome from running existing ad-blocker extensions.
MailOnline
MailOnline takes brutal hit from Google algorithm update
A MailOnline SEO has admitted to a big traffic hit from a Google change.
Blogging
It's 2019, and you still need to own your content
Beware the roach motels of the platforms - if content is your business, you still need to own and publish it yourself.
paywalls
CMSes are integrating paywall tech
Paywalls are getting easier to implement, as they get integrated into content management systems.
fake news
To beat "Fake News", look to… Finland?
Finland has been fighting Russian information warfare for over five years. What have they learnt?