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.
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…
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.
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.
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.