Cuttings
Cuttings: Breadth, Depth and WhatsApp
Insights into audience development, newsletter strategy, and just how much bigger than us Facebook is.
Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
Cuttings
Cuttings: The true face of X political influencers
Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product
indie journalism
Cuttings: Facebook, The Nerve and the Butcher
Curated read for paying members of OM&HB. And curated with love and thanks.
AI
Sit quietly and read time: AI, Meta, money and… Tintin?
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t know what he’s doing
Nowhere does the heroic myth of the founder look more tarnished than in the tattered remnants of the Facebook creator's reputation.
Book recommendations: Drax & Meta
How money from the slave trade is still influencing British politics — and the inside story of the people in Facebook that ended up upending society.
The humour and morality void at the heart of Meta
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
Rule 1: Never trust Facebook
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.
Missing Links & Unfinished Thoughts #2: An Ugly Truth or Two
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit.
Meta
Facebook woos the kids
And this might matter to local journalism. Plus: has The Telegraph found a buyer? And the mysteries of algospeak.
Social Media
Social posts that still do #numbers
Get your social posts right, and they can still do the business, even on Facebook.
Facebook is done with our shit, frankly
It's never easy being dumped. But Meta has dumped us good and hard. We need to accept that — and move on.