Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
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Social posts that still do #numbers Paid Members Public
Get your social posts right, and they can still do the business, even on Facebook.
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Mastodon loves journalism — and even Threads is warming to it Paid Members Public
A glimpse into a possible social media future for journalism.
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Morning Coffee Reading: the video podcast is back, baby, back! Paid Members Public
Meanwhile, AI can replace your site for a pittance, and the original sin of the 2010s exposed via Game of Thrones coverage…
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Finding news audiences in the social media shift Paid Members Public
In the first of a series of pieces inspired by the 2024 Reuters Institute Digital News Report, we look at the dramatic changes happening in social and what they mean for you.
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Social videos: No, AI can't do them by itself Paid Members Public
That AI isn't putting you out of a job yet — but it might be about to change it…
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Collapsing Context Collapse Paid Members Public
Mass scale social platforms were wildly profitable — but also terrible social environments for most people. We need more context in our communities.
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One year until TikTok is banned in the USA Paid Members Public
The US Senate votes to force Bytedance to sell TikTok — or see it banned in the US. Social media is the new geopolitical battleground.
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The last post for Post News Paid Members Public
Another would-be Twitter replacement is dead in the water. What killed this one?
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