Facebook judges you, Google neglects you and AI gets blogged
Social networks are arbitrating who is a journalist and who isn't - again. And more essential news for digital journalists from around the web.
newsletters
Newsletters: Rise of the Blogletter
Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered.
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.
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…
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.
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?
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…
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.
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.