AI
Shrimp Jesus and other unexpected results of the AI boom
AI is at once more ubiquitous and less useful than people think. Navigating the coming flood of generated content is going to be a challenge.
Weekend reading — from the serious to the silly
From lessons we should learn from the coverage of Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, to AI copyright, to that weird, mysterious content on TikTok, it’s all here.
hacks/hackers
Hacks/Hackers London: AI, Fact-checking, a faster Economist — and better careers for women
May's Hacks/Hackers brought us AMP-based web-design, Facebook fact-checking, AI email checks, and a new organisation to support women in their careers.
engagement
Instagram and Twitter start the fightback against fake engagement
Two moves from major platforms — one small, one major — suggest the right direction of travel.
Facebook distorts everything around the idea of engagement
Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, has some compelling theories on how Facebook became whaat it is.
algorithms
Facebook asks publishers: are you local?
Ooops. He Zucked it again. For three weeks running now, Zuckerberg’s big blue monster is messing around with the Facebook and its relationship with news. This is an actual photo of audience engagement people reading the latest missive from Facebook [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/01/news-feed-fyi-local-news/]: And
engagement
Life in the Instagram engagement farming mines
Here’s a look at life inside the Instagram “influencer” bubble [http://behindthequest.com/instagram-created-a-monster/] — and it’s not pretty: > Unfortunately most of these brands and companies are clueless about the fact that some of these numbers they look at are incredibly inflated by the tricks and shenanigans we
engagement
Facebook engagement plummeting: the free ride is over
Facebook engagement around publisher content is falling rapidly [https://www.newswhip.com/2016/05/facebook-engagement-restructure/#BB7I7PKc8u3Ry7p7.99] : > There was a dip between July and September 2015, with numbers slowing down for many of the sites since then. The top ten sites are made up of a mix of digital
Adobe
All your comments are just marketing fodder
Adobe has bought comments system Livefyre [http://recode.net/2016/05/03/adobe-acquired-livefyre-more-user-generated-content/] . Has the software-and-services giant suddenly developed a taste for community building? Not so much: > Livefyre, which was initially known for its technology that powers internet comments, now runs a marketing business for big brand clients that
alison gow
The true meaning of "audience engagement"
The true meaning of audience engagement [http://alisongow.com/2016/01/18/audience-engagement-and-newsroom-attitudes/] Alison has posted an excellent piece cutting through the “buzz wording” of “engagement”, and hitting the heart of what matters: > Audience engagement is a newsroom where the reader is considered at the start of the story
Reddit for Journalists
Three speakers at news:rewired talking about use of Reddit in journalism, moderated by Mark Frankel, assistant editor, social news, BBC
news:rewired - New forms of engagement for journalism
Matt Nevarra [http://www.twitter.com/MattNavarraUK] hosting Panel: * Bella Hurrell [http://www.twitter.com/BellaHurrell], assistant editor, visual journalism, BBC News * Ezra Eeman [http://www.twitter.com/ezraeeman], founder, Journalism Tools * Jo Kelly [http://www.twitter.com/jokelly], head of audience engagement, Trinity Mirror * Ben Fogarty [http://www.twitter.