social influence

Engaged Reading Digest: a changing language, unfluencers and dodging state surveillance

Some interesting reading on how the internet is changing language, reverse influencer psychology and apps in pretests.

Don't be an influencer: earn influence (a grumpy old blogger writes)

Is "influencer" really a useful catch-all term for creators on social platforms? And is there a danger in the way it's become the default label?

A million accounts gone and a journalist suspended after fake follower exposé

Twitter wiped out over a million fake followers after an NYT report

Fake Followers: the black market in cargo cult influencers

Klout clouted at Le Web

Klout's founder Joe Fernandez failed to defend his product under the lightest of criticism at LeWeb London.