Bluesky

A blue butterfly squares up to a spool of thread…

The post X-battle: Threads is down, but not out Members Public

The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media
A blue butterfly escapes the flames of a burning platform

The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap Members Public

The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Bluesky
A Bluesky butterfly rises from a rusted X

Bluesky is having a moment. Time to pay attention. Members Public

Musk's close alignment with the new US President-elect has triggered a new exodus from X — with many communities heading for Bluesky. Will this be the tipping point for the new network?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Bluesky
A mastodon and a butterfly contemplated the remains of X

What comes after Twitter? Members Public

And are we wordsmiths doomed to be replaced by the video stars?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
social networks

The would-be Twitter replacements: who's winning and who's dead? Members Public

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter prompted a raft of competitors to launch. Which ones are still surviving?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging
A graph hanging over a sea.

Sell the harder story, don’t just milk the easy one Members Public

Too many editors hide behind analytics when making bad choices on which stories to prioritise. And what's going on with the would-be Twitter replacements?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
analytics