social networks
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
A brief translation of today's Facebook news from Facebook speak to English Paid Members Public
Facebook has made a major announcement about the future of its newsfeed [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/01/news-feed-fyi-bringing-people-closer-together/] and, in particular, its relationship to news publishers [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/technology/facebook-news-feed.html]. It is, of course, posted in that relentlessly upbeat obfuscation that’s
Maintaining friendships without social networks Paid Members Public
Maintaining friendships after Facebook and Twitter [https://jonmitchell.net/blog/how-to-stay-internet-friends-without-facebook-or-twitter] : > Some people are like, “How are you supposed to maintain normal human relationships?” Don’t worry, I tell them. There are way better ways to be internet friends than Facebook and Twitter. In fact, most of them already
Instagram's key feature: search Paid Members Public
The Buffer blog has published a really useful post looking at how to make the most of Instagram, by using its search function [https://medium.com/@buffer/how-to-use-instagram-search-to-grow-your-instagram-account-21d683bd3de4] . One particular piece of advice often missed comes from photographer Allen Harper: > Some hashtags are vastly more popular than others; however,
