microblogging

Better Threads than dead Members Public

Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Meta

What if the Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone? Members Public

Twitter's growth was fuelled by making it easier to publish micro blog posts there than on a website. That was a trap, and we fell into it.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Twitter’s decline has birthed a new social ecosystem Members Public

There won't be one Twitter killer. Instead, the platform's decline has opened up the world of microblogging.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging

Let's kick the Tweetstorm habit Members Public

Why do we give Twitter our most valuable thoughts?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

Micro.blog: what Twitter would be if it was built as part of the open web Members Public

For the last couple of months, I’ve been really enjoying using micro.blog [https://micro.blog], a Kickstarted Twitter-like microblogging service. It has made some interesting design choices – like not disclosing how many people follow you, and keeping Favourites as a purely personal bookmarking tool – that tend to promote

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
indieweb

One Man on app.net Members Public

![Me on app.net](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/09/adders-appdotnet.jpg?resize=668%2C358) In news not entirely unrelated to my [last post](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/09/twitter_has_chosen_a_fickle_monetization.html), you can now find me [on Twitter

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
adam tinworth

The Dangers of Web Neophilia Members Public

My job pretty much comes down to looking at all the new, shiny stuff on the internet, and figuring out how we can use it to garner traffic (or, more often, the right traffic), and then use that to make some money. In my experience, new social media tends to

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Opening Keynote: Suraj Kika on Twitter Members Public

Opening keynote is by Suraj Kika of Jadu [http://www.jadu.co.uk/]. He’s compared the massive growth of Twitter (1600% in 2009) with the wholesale shift of people’s attention away from mass media to personalised media.It’s been a very example-based presentation so far. He cited

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
engagement