Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
Understanding Facebook's quasi-journalistic trending algorithm Paid Members Public
Facebook fired the human journalists working on its trending section (see posts passim [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/05/dont-be-a-journalism-algorithm.html] ) and replaced them with algorithmic journalists [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/29/facebook-fires-trending-topics-team-algorithm] . It went…uh…well: > Over the weekend, the fully automated Facebook trending
Is Facebook's algorithm a bit… rubbish? Paid Members Public
The sheer power of Facebook’s news feed is not a matter of debate – especially for publishers. But Om Malik makes a different challenge in this thoughtful piece for the New Yorker [http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/facebooks-news-feed-often-changed-never-great] : > However, every time Facebook’s news feed, introduced almost a
Watch: Nice newsfeed you've got there. Shame if something happened to it. Paid Members Public
Snapchat gains Memories, moves in on Facebook's turf Paid Members Public
Snapchat updates [http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/snapchat-introduces-memories-for-saving-snaps-and-stories/641936] : > Snapchat introduced Memories, a way for users to save their Snaps and Stories for later viewing and sharing. That’s muscling on Facebook territory, that is. > Users can swipe up while on the camera screen to open their Memories.
Post-Brexit political discourse in the UK Paid Members Public
Luke Lewis, of Buzzfeed, has a public Facebook profile. And he’d been using it to comment on Brexit. And things have taken a nasty turn [https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/im-being-trolled-on-facebook-by-brextremists] : > Over the weekend, comments started flooding in from people who’d voted Leave disagreeing with me. Not
Facebook engagement plummeting: the free ride is over Paid Members Public
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
Don't be a journalism algorithm Paid Members Public
Gizmodo‘s Michael Nunez delved into the lives of Facebook’s contract journalists [http://gizmodo.com/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists-1773916117] in a well-shared piece: > Over time, the work became increasingly demanding, and Facebook’s trending news team started to look more and more like the worst stereotypes of a digital media content
The FT wants its staff to use Facebook all day Paid Members Public
The FT chooses Facebook@Work as its internal social network [http://aboutus.ft.com/2016/03/01/financial-times-to-launch-on-facebook-at-work/#axzz41fI6jBTj] : > We want to provide our employees with a place to interact with each other securely and easily, anywhere in the world. We hope Facebook at Work will help further foster
