Social Media

Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.

Playing the last post for the defunct Twitter competitor Post News

The last post for Post News Members Public

Another would-be Twitter replacement is dead in the water. What killed this one?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging
TikTok zombies, being influenced by the algorithm

TikTok Watch Members Public

The Chinese-controlled social network really doesn't want to play nice with other governments…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
TikTok

News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies Members Public

Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media

Always fish where the audience swim Members Public

And other strained metaphors about the state of journalism.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audience engagement

The Media Inflection Point: a manifesto for audience centricity Members Public

The doomsayers are out in force. Journalism is dead, they say. Just look at the job losses, the titles closing. But we’re just paying the price of bungling the last digital transition. Let’s not repeat that mistake with the coming one.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audience strategy

Better Threads than dead Members Public

Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Meta

The meta-newsletter newsletter Members Public

Newsletters are over, apparently. But we know better than that, don't we?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Saving local news, one newsletter at a time Members Public

Local newsletters for local people, as The League of Gentlemen never said. Plus, AMP is dead, and Threads is rapidly developing…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters