Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Fake news is just the tip of the propaganda iceberg Paid Members Public
Fake news is Facebook’s problem, right? Well, maybe it’s a touch bigger than that. Maybe Google has the problem, too [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook] : > Are Jews evil? It’s not a question I’ve ever thought of asking. I hadn’t gone
The Alt Right media embraced social media with a passion few others can match Paid Members Public
John Herrman on the social media power and savvy of the alt-right media [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/business/media/online-everything-is-alternative-media.html] , in a piece for the New York Times: > The pro-Trump media understood that it was an insurgent force in a conversation conducted on social media
You're only a journalist if Twitter and Facebook say so. Paid Members Public
The social media platforms decide if we are journalists or not. How… odd.
What Twitter needs Paid Members Public
Nobody wants to buy Twitter. It made it obvious it was up for sale – but one by one the buys dropped out. The reasons seem numerous – the trolling problem for one [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/disney-said-to-have-dropped-twitter-pursuit-partly-over-image] . But, at its core, the reluctance seems to be based around
Social media is becoming just plain old media - and that's a loss Paid Members Public
What has killed social media? Vanity [http://www.elsua.net/2016/09/15/vanity-killed-the-social-media-star/]: > At some point in the not so distant past, we knowledge (Web) workers decided to, collectively, kill one of the most profound and deep reaching components from all of these social networking tools out there:
High reach numbers: a dangerous seduction Paid Members Public
Interesting observation from Antony Mayfield [https://brilliantnoise.com/blog/indies-agencies-and-the-battle-for-branded-content/?utm_source=blog_adam_tinworth] (who is finally blogging again): > [The audience’s] antipathy to advertising in general (witness ad-blockers and the rise of ad-free streaming) may present indies with their biggest opportunities in the branded content market: they
Buzzfeed is trying to speed up social media debunking Paid Members Public
Buzzfeed has a social media verification team [https://firstdraftnews.com/buzzfeed-wants-use-social-media-might-take-hoaxers/] : > BuzzFeed Canada editor and First Draft Coalition member Craig Silverman will be leading the charge from Toronto, “bringing his deep expertise at debunking hoaxes to our reporting arsenal,” said Scott Lamb, BuzzFeed’s head of international growth, “and
Snapchat gains Memories, moves in on Facebook's turf Paid Members Public
Snapchat updates [http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/snapchat-introduces-memories-for-saving-snaps-and-stories/641936] : > Snapchat introduced Memories, a way for users to save their Snaps and Stories for later viewing and sharing. That’s muscling on Facebook territory, that is. > Users can swipe up while on the camera screen to open their Memories.
