Mark Zuckerberg doesnāt know what heās doing
Nowhere does the heroic myth of the founder look more tarnished than in the tattered remnants of the Facebook creator's reputation.
Missing Links & Unfinished Thoughts #2: An Ugly Truth or Two
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit.
The Zuckerberg Obfuscation
Like all the post produced by Mark Zuckerbergās team, the recent anniversary post was carefully written to obfuscate a core issue.
A translation of elements of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook anniversary post from Zuck to English
Let me just clarify a few points in Zuckerberg's anniversary addressā¦
Facebook speeds up assimilation of WhatsApp and Instagram
Looks like a handy way of fending off the regulators and avoiding a break-up.
Facebook wants us to know that it's the real victim here
Look, Facebook is the real victim here, being picked on by the mean, nasty press. Don't you feel sorry for these unaccountable billionaires?
Kevin Systrom
Instagram founders walk away from Facebook
The founders of Instagram are walking away from Facebook. What's next for them - and for the photo sharing app?
Facebook traffic to publishers is gone - and Campbell Brown just erected its tombstone
Reports from Australia make it clear the traffic from Facebook is a thing of the past - and that Zuckerberg never took it seriously in the first place.
Facebook distorts everything around the idea of engagement
Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, has some compelling theories on how Facebook became whaat it is.
The dangerous ignorance at the heart of Facebook
The attitude Mark Zuckerberg is displaying towards news suggests a deep ignorance of the true dynamics of news and its role in society.
A quick glimpse at the next evolution of Facebook's newsfeed
Mark has plans to make you fully immersedā¦
interviews
4 Things Journalists Can Learn from the Lacy/Zuckerberg Interview
3. Do Your ResearchThis is something ofĀ corollaryĀ to the last one, but make sure you understand theĀ audienceĀ as much as the background of the story. News doesnāt exist in an objective vacuum. It exists because it is of interest to the audience ā and that has a profound