A tale of two emerging social media platforms
Bluesky wants journalists, Threads couldn't give a damn. Should we pay either any attention?
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Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff
It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.
AI
Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist
Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #7: Is X throttling your site?
That cheeky scamp Elon is at it again with his traffic throttling ways. Plus ChatGPT can now read news in real time…
AI
The next stage in human evolution?
If we try to merge machine and man, which will have the upper hand?
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers
Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…
Cuttings #5: Ros Atkins explains my delay
A (delayed) digest of reading about AI, SEO and the problems with newsroom objectivity around the conflict in the Middle East.
Cuttings #4: Vindicated!
Twitter traffic is not what it's cracked up to be, AI Search will hit harder than people expect — and Mastodon turns out to be a bigger beast than thought.
Social Media
Cuttings #3: Social is more than just traffic
Sometimes the journalism world talks as if social media is purely a place to win traffic. This week, we've been reminded that there's far more to it than that…
Cuttings #2: the social media diaspora
If you think that one site will replace Twitter or Facebook, I have some bad news. That's not the emerging dynamic…
X (Twitter)
Beating the X (Twitter) headline ban
There is a way around X's removal of headlines from links shared on the platform once known as Twitter. But it comes at a price.
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #1: One year of Musk Twitter
The return of the daily lunchtime email, but now for paying members only.