Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Social: shifting, selling and struggling Paid Members Public
An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.
Post-Twitter death-match update: Pebble is down. Who’s next? Paid Members Public
One would-be Twitter replacement crashes and burns, while an unexpected challenger is sneaking up behind the pack. Uncertain times in the social media world.
LinkedIn wants to connect with you, news Paid Members Public
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff Paid Members Public
It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.
Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist Paid Members Public
Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.
Cuttings #7: Is X throttling your site? Paid Members Public
That cheeky scamp Elon is at it again with his traffic throttling ways. Plus ChatGPT can now read news in real time…
Cuttings #3: Social is more than just traffic Paid Members Public
Sometimes the journalism world talks as if social media is purely a place to win traffic. This week, we've been reminded that there's far more to it than that…
Beating the X (Twitter) headline ban Paid Members Public
There is a way around X's removal of headlines from links shared on the platform once known as Twitter. But it comes at a price.
