social networks
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.
There's a problem with "trending" Paid Members Public
It’s Time to End ‘Trending’ [https://medium.com/new-york-magazine/its-time-to-end-trending-28f59e415832]: > The first problem with “trending” is that it selects and highlights content with no eye toward accuracy, or quality. Automated trending systems are not equipped to make judgments; they can determine if things are being shared, but they
Twitter’s abuse problem is, at heart, a technology problem Paid Members Public
This is a damning summation of Twitter’s structural problems [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/how-twitter-lost-the-internet-war]: > “It’s a technology company with crappy technologists, a revolving door of product heads and C.E.O.s, and no real core of technological innovation. You had Del saying, ‘Trolls
Instagram has birthed a clichéd "authentic" visual style all its own Paid Members Public
The Guardian recently published an astonishingly predictable rant about Instagram [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/17/instagrammers-travel-sri-lanka-tourists-peachy-backsides-social-media-obsessed] from Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. The young fogey “oh, social media is ruining the world” tone of this article is almost unbearable. Dig through it, though, and there’s some potentially interesting
Micro.blog: what Twitter would be if it was built as part of the open web Paid Members Public
For the last couple of months, I’ve been really enjoying using micro.blog [https://micro.blog], a Kickstarted Twitter-like microblogging service. It has made some interesting design choices – like not disclosing how many people follow you, and keeping Favourites as a purely personal bookmarking tool – that tend to promote
Twitter closing on Facebook for social traffic Paid Members Public
Interesting piece by Alex Kantrowitz for Buzzfeed yesterday. Facebook’s feed changes might be making Twitter more relevant again [https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-is-sending-more-clicks-to-publishers-as-facebook] : > In October 2017, Facebook sent 4.7 visitors to publishers for every one visitor Twitter sent, according to data from SocialFlow, a publishing tool
