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TikTok hides the money Members Public

Plus AI is polluting search already, and the industry jobs bloodbath continues.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

Readers Write: on comment toxicity and TikTok arguments Members Public

The important figures The Times omitted, evidence of real name toxicity and more feedback from readers

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
online communities
A troll looking sadly at a laptop

The Times tames trolls with the power of naming Members Public

The results of The Times’s experiment in enforcing real names in comments look promising, and the EU starts looking warily at TikTok.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community management

Morning Conference: turn those damn comments off (now that you can) Members Public

I hate writing about Facebook. It squats obscenely at the heart of so much online communications like a digital Jabba the Hutt, slobbering and growing fat on the misery of others. Sadly, though, as long as it remains important in gathering traffic and attention, we're going to have

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Morning Conference emails

The need for intelligent skepticism, proved through links Members Public

Can you trust your commenters? Can you trust your transcription service? In the digital world, here be dragons…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
comments

Naming and shaming is not a community management strategy Members Public

The Bristol Post named and shamed abusive commentators. But that was the easy option.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community management

Engaged Reading Digest: listening, killing comments and getting visual Members Public

Another round-up of interesting reading about journalism and audience engagement

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
engaged reading digest

How The Correspondent plans to handle audience engagement Members Public

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

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Adam Tinworth
the correspondent