The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap
The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack
The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack
More interesting reading and viewing culled from a long list of unpublished posts.
The doomsayers are out in force. Journalism is dead, they say. Just look at the job losses, the titles closing. But we’re just paying the price of bungling the last digital transition. Let’s not repeat that mistake with the coming one.
The problem with playing the platform game, even if it's a newsletter platform. And another reason to mistrust AI…
Who is the new Substack feature serving? Plus the final nail in the coffin of the keyword from Google.
Are we any nearer buidling a more healthy relationship between news publishers and social media platforms? The outlook is not good, suggests a news:rewired panel…
What does a fried egg have to do with the Wall Street Journal and Apple News+? It's all about your most important content…
Beware the roach motels of the platforms - if content is your business, you still need to own and publish it yourself.