Threads
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Mastodon loves journalism — and even Threads is warming to it Paid Members Public
A glimpse into a possible social media future for journalism.
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Facebook is done with our shit, frankly Paid Members Public
It's never easy being dumped. But Meta has dumped us good and hard. We need to accept that — and move on.
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News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies Paid Members Public
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.
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Better Threads than dead Paid Members Public
Threads has gone global by finally launching in the EU, and is beginning to add ActivityPub, connecting it to the Mastodon world. Could it be winning?
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How to accidentally create a competitor Paid Members Public
What’s to stop a bunch of people you just laid off from launching a competitor? Almost nothing, it turns out…
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LinkedIn wants to connect with you, news Paid Members Public
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
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The would-be Twitter replacements: who's winning and who's dead? Paid Members Public
Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter prompted a raft of competitors to launch. Which ones are still surviving?
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Threads: first impressions of Meta’s new Twitter competitor Paid Members Public
Meta’s Twitter clone is here, and it’s surprisingly good. But most of all, it’s growing at an astonishing rate. Time to pay attention.
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