AI
Sit quietly and read time: AI, Meta, money and… Tintin?
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
AI
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
Nowhere does the heroic myth of the founder look more tarnished than in the tattered remnants of the Facebook creator's reputation.
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.
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit.
Meta
And this might matter to local journalism. Plus: has The Telegraph found a buyer? And the mysteries of algospeak.
Social Media
Get your social posts right, and they can still do the business, even on Facebook.
It's never easy being dumped. But Meta has dumped us good and hard. We need to accept that — and move on.
Social Media
One would-be Twitter replacement crashes and burns, while an unexpected challenger is sneaking up behind the pack. Uncertain times in the social media world.
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
newsletters
Can a format that's been around since the last century truly be something new?