Threads
How Threads got tangled
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?
4chan
From nihilistic lulz to the White House: 4chan and Trump's electing coalition
Dale Beran has written a fascinating and compelling long read, drawing a direct line from 4chan springing to life from Something Awfulās 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
BBC
Does Conversation Scale?
The BBCās Nick Robinson on the comments left on his blog: > āSo Iām going to be honest with you and Iāve said this before and Iāve upset some people. I donāt read the comments anything like as much as I used to because there
community
Social Networks Eroding Forums?
Forresterās new Social Technographics Profile report [http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,55132,00.html] hit the interwebs a few weeks back. (Iām catching up on my Safari tabs, can you tell?) A couple of key points in the accompanying blog post [http://blogs.forrester.
Blogs
#csnf - AXA Case Study
How do youĀ launchĀ social media in a company where every second of an employeeās day is timed? Thatās 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 innuendoā¦) training courses created
community care
Digital Doorstepping Done Right
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] ā the practice of media diving into blogs or social networks looking for quotes and interviewees for their stories, particularity in the aftermath of a
B2B
Save B2B Publishing By Loving People
Putting people, not topics, at the heart of our journalism is the best way to reconnect with readersā¦
Blogs
Why Media Gets Community Wrong
Now the big upgrade to Movable Type 4 is done, Iām 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
blog azeroth
Blog Azeroth: Mashing Blogging and Forums
First up: what was the motivation for starting the site?āWell, [Bellwether](http://4haelz.blogspot.com/) was lamenting the fact that she and I kept writing about similar things and wished there were a way for druids to get together and talk once a monthā¦ I figured that gettng together