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A spool of thread, tanged and messed up

How Threads got tangled Members Public

Meta's Twitter clone is struggling with engagement bait and over-zealous moderation. Meanwhile, has The Economist figured out how to attract Gen Z without TikTok?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Threads

From nihilistic lulz to the White House: 4chan and Trump's electing coalition Members Public

Dale Beran has written a fascinating and compelling long read, drawing a direct line from 4chan springing to life from Something Awful’s forums, to the rise of Trump [https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb#.ka2rhjhhn] . And the bridging factor? Milo. He took the GamerGate movement and connected it up with

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
4chan

Does Conversation Scale? Members Public

The BBC’s Nick Robinson on the comments left on his blog: > “So I’m going to be honest with you and I’ve said this before and I’ve upset some people. I don’t read the comments anything like as much as I used to because there

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
BBC

Social Networks Eroding Forums? Members Public

Forrester’s new Social Technographics Profile report [http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,55132,00.html] hit the interwebs a few weeks back. (I’m catching up on my Safari tabs, can you tell?) A couple of key points in the accompanying blog post [http://blogs.forrester.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community

#csnf - AXA Case Study Members Public

How do you launch social media in a company where every second of an employee’s day is timed? That’s the challenge Sonia Carter, head of online internal communications at AXA UK is talking about. Intensive Customer Experience (love the name, so much room for innuendo…) training courses created

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogs

Digital Doorstepping Done Right Members Public

Two years ago, there was some debate about the ethics of digital doorstepping [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/04/theres_no_doubt_that_the.html] – the practice of media diving into blogs or social networks looking for quotes and interviewees for their stories, particularity in the aftermath of a

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community care

Save B2B Publishing By Loving People Members Public

Putting people, not topics, at the heart of our journalism is the best way to reconnect with readers…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
B2B

Why Media Gets Community Wrong Members Public

Now the big upgrade to Movable Type 4 is done, I’m pulling together a strategy to develop our blogs. At the heart of that is slowing down the expansion of them, and upping the quality (or humanely putting down) those we have. And for those of you who are

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogs