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Twitter, death threats and civility: rethinking journalism on social media Paid Members Public
The platforms undoubtedly need to do more to deal with the toxic environment on social media. But it's worth considering our own role in stoking that febrile atmosphere.
Social media is becoming just plain old media - and that's a loss Paid Members Public
What has killed social media? Vanity [http://www.elsua.net/2016/09/15/vanity-killed-the-social-media-star/]: > At some point in the not so distant past, we knowledge (Web) workers decided to, collectively, kill one of the most profound and deep reaching components from all of these social networking tools out there:
Thatcher: social media, tribes and hatred Paid Members Public
Margaret Thatcher has rather annoyed me this evening, and that’s not something I’ve been able to say for decades. I hate feeling obligated to write about something on my blog, you see, and by having the sheer, stark lack of consideration to die, she’s created a prevailing
Twitter account ownership, logic lessons and what the BBC really lost Paid Members Public
Did Laura Kuenssberg take 60,000 followers away from the BBC?
Quote of the Day #1 Paid Members Public
> God spare us from people who think conversations have “winners” and “losers”. < p align=”right”>- Shane Richmond in response to a comment on his post about Apple subscriptions [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100006404/just-how-is-apples-ios-subscription-policy-good-for-users/#disqus_thread] .
The Dangers of Web Neophilia Paid Members Public
My job pretty much comes down to looking at all the new, shiny stuff on the internet, and figuring out how we can use it to garner traffic (or, more often, the right traffic), and then use that to make some money. In my experience, new social media tends to
#TEDxTuttle : Ben Walker on Twitter(ish) Paid Members Public
[](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/09/benmatthews.jpg) [Ben Walker](http://ihatemornings.com/) is doing such an amusing presentation on Twitter that I almost forget I should
The aviation debate Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/10/on-my-way-to-berlin.jpg] Eric Holthaus wrote a piece for Quartz, explaining his Damascene conversion in San Fransisco airport, and his decision to quit flying [http://qz.com/129477/why-im-never-flying-again/]: > So I guess last week’s report hit me harder