X (Twitter)

Insight about X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The former news social media mainstay once described as "microblogging", and now better known as "that hell site", is in the midst of some dramatic changes. .

A man walking away from a broken laptop into a pastoral landscape.

The internet is a failed experiment Members Public

Says the man using the internet to send you this.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

What if the Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone? Members Public

Twitter's growth was fuelled by making it easier to publish micro blog posts there than on a website. That was a trap, and we fell into it.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Social: shifting, selling and struggling Members Public

An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media
The Twitter bird looks at a decaying Pebble.

Post-Twitter death-match update: Pebble is down. Who’s next? Members Public

One would-be Twitter replacement crashes and burns, while an unexpected challenger is sneaking up behind the pack. Uncertain times in the social media world.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media

Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist Members Public

Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

Cuttings #7: Is X throttling your site? Members Public

That cheeky scamp Elon is at it again with his traffic throttling ways. Plus ChatGPT can now read news in real time…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)
A mastodon blogging using WordPress.

Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers Members Public

Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

Cuttings #4: Vindicated! Members Public

Twitter traffic is not what it's cracked up to be, AI Search will hit harder than people expect — and Mastodon turns out to be a bigger beast than thought.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)