Accountability for my TikTok Heresy Plus some explanation of why social platforms go bad, and how the FT’s Mastodon experiment died. Adam Tinworth Jan 26, 2023 4 min read
Twitter It’s really time to stop embedding tweets in articles Things are changing so fast under Elon Musk, embedding Tweets may no longer be safe, if they're important to the story Adam Tinworth Nov 16, 2022 1 min read
social media Social media isn’t dead — it’s regenerating Despite Twitter and Meta’s troubles, humanity’s desire to create and share will not diminish. They’ll just find new ways of connecting. And they already are. Adam Tinworth Nov 15, 2022 7 min read
mastodon Mastodon servers for journalists Looking for a Mastodon Instance to begin your journey in the fediverse as a journalist? You’ve come to the right place! Adam Tinworth Nov 11, 2022 3 min read
Featured Twitter What today’s Twitter layoffs could mean for journalists Elon Musk is busy gutting Twitter’s staff — and where he chooses to cut will tell us what the platform’s future relationship with news will look like. Adam Tinworth Nov 4, 2022 6 min read
social media Platforms and Publishers: the best of frenemies? 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… Adam Tinworth May 24, 2022 4 min read
Twitter It’s time to stop embedding tweets in news stories The possibility of an Elon Musk-run Twitter has people heading for the doors. If we see a mass deletion of accounts, all of a sudden a lot of news stories while find crucial embedded elements at risk. Adam Tinworth Apr 25, 2022 4 min read
audience engagement WhatsApp for war reporting, Reddit for search and Twitter for GIFs… Social platforms keep evolving in unexpected directions. Here's three changes that have become clear in recent weeks. Adam Tinworth Mar 23, 2022 3 min read
social media Getting tone of voice right on social media Being able to talk like the people you want to reach is a critical audience engagement skill. Adam Tinworth Nov 29, 2021 4 min read
culture wars Cultural jargon is still jargon It's easier than ever to connect with fellow journalists. But does that mean it's too easy to get disconnected from our audiences? Adam Tinworth May 26, 2021 5 min read
social media Performative power versus persuasive dialogue on social media Ezra Klein's latest podcast delves deep into the social complexities of the behaviours lumped under the banner of "cancel culture" Adam Tinworth Apr 28, 2021 4 min read
mental health Sunday Supplement: trees, mental health, Alistair Campbell and more Pour yourself a drink, find a quite corner, and enjoy this selection of interesting reading, listening and viewing from around the web. Adam Tinworth Apr 11, 2021 6 min read
online communities Trump, QAnon and the limits of the “viral” metaphor to describe online communities Deplatforming Trump and QAnon won’t kill the movement. But it might just stop it growing as fast. Adam Tinworth Jan 20, 2021 6 min read
social networks Attack of the clones: all social networks are NOT becoming the same Yes, all social networks are developing the same feature set. No, that doesn’t mean they’re all becoming the same. Here’s why. Adam Tinworth Nov 30, 2020 3 min read
aggregation Social & Digital Coffee Break: Google tools, social media stats and free money A round up of news you can use in your social media and digital publishing work. Just don't click on the last link, unless you want to despair of men. Adam Tinworth Oct 20, 2020 4 min read
Members only tiktok Weaning media off its social addiction Kicking the social media traffic fix, plus links on the tricks of pseudoscience and the future of media. Adam Tinworth Sep 8, 2020 4 min read
Twitter Twitter's faceless accelerants Social media mobs do what mobs have always done: give the masses the feeling of power. Adam Tinworth Aug 17, 2020 1 min read
Members only social media How do we solve our online civility problem? Some more thoughts on deescalating the culture war, as well as ways of looking better in your Zoom calls and an interesting new business opportunity… Adam Tinworth Jul 8, 2020 6 min read
Members only social media Abuse, arrogant tech VCs and hypocrisy everywhere. It's time for the weekend, folks. The tech VC community shows its true face, social media gets toxic and… Oh, can we just have a break, please? Adam Tinworth Jul 3, 2020 5 min read
content moderation Coronavirus: the social media moderation problem explained As the social platforms empty their offices of staff, content moderation is taking a serious hit. Here's why. Adam Tinworth Mar 18, 2020 3 min read