Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Twitter is stagnant Paid Members Public
Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-27/twitter-s-revenue-tops-estimates-monthly-user-growth-evaporates] : > A long-term turnaround depends on Twitter expanding its audience. That number stands at 328 million monthly active users — the same as in the prior quarter, the San Francisco-based company said in a statement Thursday. I used to love Twitter. I
The Instagram effect on real estate Paid Members Public
Instagram may be having a more profound effect on our culture than we think. First, people started creating dishes just for Instagram. And now? > Now some entrepreneurs are taking the idea a step further, designing their physical spaces in the hopes of inspiring the maximum number of photos. They’
Let's mock Instagram influencers a bit more, shall we? Paid Members Public
Instagram seems to be the focus of a lot of criticism right now: We seem to have fallen a long way from the ideals of transparency and authenticity that characterised the early social web, don’t we?[via PetaPixel [https://petapixel.com/2017/07/28/instagram-vs-reality-video-shows-people-lie-life-photos/] ]
Slaying the myth of the digital native Paid Members Public
Nature [http://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363] takes aim at the prevaling “wisdom” that the younger generation are more digitally adept: > But a paper published last month in Teaching and Teacher Education reaches the opposite conclusion. The digital native is a myth, it claims: a yeti with a
The family that influences together, stays together Paid Members Public
Videos like this make me very glad my wife is a social media refusenik.
When A Trump Troll Is Outed Paid Members Public
Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity when his Gif went viral — and his true identity was established. [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/
What Makes A Troll A Troll? Paid Members Public
Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
Instagram's key feature: search Paid Members Public
The Buffer blog has published a really useful post looking at how to make the most of Instagram, by using its search function [https://medium.com/@buffer/how-to-use-instagram-search-to-grow-your-instagram-account-21d683bd3de4] . One particular piece of advice often missed comes from photographer Allen Harper: > Some hashtags are vastly more popular than others; however,
