Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
It's not just journalism, it's politics too Paid Members Public
Jim Waterson writing for BuzzFeed UK [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/labour-tories-facebook-campaigns]: > Tory and Labour digital strategists have told BuzzFeed News that their ability to reach millions of ordinary voters could be under threat as a result of Zuckerberg’s tweak. Senior staff at both leading parties have raised
Facebook never loved journalism. It’s time to break up. Paid Members Public
The big social network pretends to like and need news. But it’s all a front, and the façade is beginning to crumble…
Facebook asks publishers: are you local? Paid Members Public
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
Twitter closing on Facebook for social traffic Paid Members Public
Interesting piece by Alex Kantrowitz for Buzzfeed yesterday. Facebook’s feed changes might be making Twitter more relevant again [https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-is-sending-more-clicks-to-publishers-as-facebook] : > In October 2017, Facebook sent 4.7 visitors to publishers for every one visitor Twitter sent, according to data from SocialFlow, a publishing tool
Oh, the irony Paid Members Public
Facebook wants me to pay to promote an article [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2018/01/facebook-newsfeed-changes.html] that accuses Facebook of wanting us to pay…
Facebook Newsfeed Change: the 5 stages of grief in tweets Paid Members Public
Just in case you missed it, Facebook just made a BIG algorithm change [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/technology/facebook-news-feed.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=5CE4FF1E36750B547484DF03FC4AB3F5&gwt=pay] . Journo Twitter is busy passing through the stages of grief… Denial > Facebook engagement decline has been happening all
A brief translation of today's Facebook news from Facebook speak to English Paid Members Public
Facebook has made a major announcement about the future of its newsfeed [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/01/news-feed-fyi-bringing-people-closer-together/] and, in particular, its relationship to news publishers [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/technology/facebook-news-feed.html]. It is, of course, posted in that relentlessly upbeat obfuscation that’s
Facebook is the out-of-town supermarket of the web, so let's learn to browse local Paid Members Public
Jason Kottke on why Facebook won: [https://kottke.org/17/12/stop-using-facebook-and-start-using-your-browser] > […] using Facebook instead of just bookmarks is compelling in the same way that shopping at Walmart instead of small-town shops was in the 80s. We blame Walmart for decimating small businesses, but ultimately, small town shoppers chose
