Five Up: some reading to start your day
Five good reads to kick off your week.
Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
X (Twitter)
Maybe sharing friction in social media is good
Charles Arthur [https://theoverspill.blog]: > Before the retweet was a function, one had to manually copy the content of a tweet and put “RT” or “MT” (modified tweet) in front of it. This friction meant something had to be really worthwhile to achieve any velocity. Increasingly it looks as
X (Twitter)
Twitter to UnLike Likes?
Could Twitter be about to kill the Like? What impact would that have on the network?
toxic communities
How people silence each other on social networks
The interplay between harassment and silencing is one of networks ways that users effectively networks each other on social networks.
Kevin Systrom
Instagram founders walk away from Facebook
The founders of Instagram are walking away from Facebook. What's next for them - and for the photo sharing app?
Social Media
Social Media, chat apps and journalism: people's news discussions are becoming private, not public
Facebook is in decline and the chat apps are rising. But it's more than algorithm changes, but a shift in people's behavior - how do we adapt?
Social Media
“Spray and Pray” is not a viable social media strategy for newsrooms
There are too many social platforms now, so you need to have intelligent focus to make the most of them.
X (Twitter)
Deleting the internet’s innocence
The internet is having a rough adolescence
Hackers harvesting Instagram accounts
This month has seen a spate of connected Instagram account hacking - with no clear objective. Why?
X (Twitter)
Twitter's "them and us" problem
Twitter has fallen a very long way from its roots as the place where you went to find out what was happening - and to discuss it. If it's just about an elite telling us their thoughts, does it really matter all?
social media mobs
WhatsApp, mob justice and the desperate need for a strategic response worldwide
Messaging apps are allowing misinformation to spread faster than ever before, and tactical responses aren't working. We need to address this at a societal level, with research and education.
design
The Lily: iterating a visual and editorial voice (News Impact Summit, Paris)
For the social media generation, the design of a story is just as important as the journalism. The Lily's Amy King explained the team's interactive approach to design at the News Impact Summit.