social networks
Instagram founders walk away from Facebook Paid Members Public
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 Paid Members Public
How - and why - do people hack social media accounts?
Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens Paid Members Public
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 Paid Members Public
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 Paid Members Public
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.
Twitter's "them and us" problem Paid Members Public
Twitter has fallen a very long way from its roots as the place where you went to find out what was happening - and to discuss it. If it's just about an elite telling us their thoughts, does it really matter all?
Facebook has implemented a traffic threshold for Instant Articles Paid Members Public
It appears Facebook has quietly implemented a traffic threshold for getting access to Instant Articles. Sites that fall below it are losing access to the format.
Yes, Facebook is tracking you when you aren’t logged in Paid Members Public
Not really a surprise, but it’s good to hear it confirmed.
