social networks

Facebook wants us to know that it's the real victim here

Look, Facebook is the real victim here, being picked on by the mean, nasty press. Don't you feel sorry for these unaccountable billionaires?

Maybe sharing friction in social media is good

Twitter to UnLike Likes?

Could Twitter be about to kill the Like? What impact would that have on the network?

How people silence each other on social networks

The interplay between harassment and silencing is one of networks ways that users effectively networks each other on social networks.

Instagram founders walk away from Facebook

The founders of Instagram are walking away from Facebook. What's next for them - and for the photo sharing app?

Hacking your phone to hack your Instagram

How - and why - do people hack social media accounts?

Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens

Our obsession with organising everything around the latest content may be destroying the greatest value the web holds.

Facebook traffic to publishers is gone - and Campbell Brown just erected its tombstone

Reports from Australia make it clear the traffic from Facebook is a thing of the past - and that Zuckerberg never took it seriously in the first place.

Facebook distorts everything around the idea of engagement

Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, has some compelling theories on how Facebook became whaat it is.