Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Russia’s trolling operations are effective, but not sophisticated Paid Members Public
Russia’s Troll Operation Was Not That Sophisticated [https://medium.com/the-atlantic/russias-troll-operation-was-not-that-sophisticated-39111b4f1ce4] : > The Russians tracked how well what they were posting was connecting with people. “In order to gauge the performance of various groups on social media sites, the ORGANIZATION tracked certain metrics like the group’s size,
Twitter’s abuse problem is, at heart, a technology problem Paid Members Public
This is a damning summation of Twitter’s structural problems [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/how-twitter-lost-the-internet-war]: > “It’s a technology company with crappy technologists, a revolving door of product heads and C.E.O.s, and no real core of technological innovation. You had Del saying, ‘Trolls
Even in the depths of the social media backlash, there’s reason for hope Paid Members Public
At the end of a session at LCC [http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-journalism/] today — I’m doing a small series of workshops on social media in journalism for the 2nd year undergraduates there under the auspices of Russell Merryman [http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/people/
Facebook never loved journalism. It’s time to break up. Paid Members Public
The big social network pretends to like and need news. But it’s all a front, and the façade is beginning to crumble…
Fake Followers: the black market in cargo cult influencers Paid Members Public
There’s a great piece of reporting from the New York Times that’s been, quite deservedly, doing the rounds for the last couple of days, exposing the seedy underbelly of the influencer economy [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/100000005704904.app.html] . It’s been an
A brief translation of today's Facebook news from Facebook speak to English Paid Members Public
Facebook has made a major announcement about the future of its newsfeed [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/01/news-feed-fyi-bringing-people-closer-together/] and, in particular, its relationship to news publishers [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/technology/facebook-news-feed.html]. It is, of course, posted in that relentlessly upbeat obfuscation that’s
Chinese intelligence services using fake social media profiles to gather data Paid Members Public
Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-china/german-intelligence-unmasks-alleged-covert-chinese-social-media-profiles-idUSKBN1E40CA] : > Germany’s intelligence service has published the details of social network profiles which it says are fronts faked by Chinese intelligence to gather personal information about German officials and politicians. I think it’s fair to say that social networks have
Three thoughts about Facebook Creator Paid Members Public
So, Facebook updated its verified-user-only app Mentions to become Creator [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/11/announcing-new-tools-for-the-creator-community/] , which is available to anyone. Here’s the video that they’re using to promote it: And here’s how they’re describing the main functions: * Live Creative Kit: Access exclusive tools
