Tumblr has transformed into a brand-safe zombie of its former self

An interview with a Verizon suit makes it clear that Tumblr is a hollow shell of what it once was. What does this say for the experimentation the web once offered?

Messy verification process leave blue ticks open to abuse

Paywalls promote misinformation

If all high-quality news becomes paywalled - what will fill the void left behind?

Your work is better than "content"

Anything truly creative is more than just content.

How The Correspondent plans to handle audience engagement

The Correspondent has revealed a little bit about how it's going to be run — and where its money is going.

We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy

You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.

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.

Amazon kills the Instagram competitor you never heard about

Did you know that Amazon launched an Instagram clone? Yeah, me neither.

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.