X (Twitter)

X (Twitter)

Caught between a Musk and a hard place

Following the diktats of the MemeMan gets much harder under the harsh eye of parliamentary scrutiny.

Bluesky

The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap

The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack

Bluesky

Bluesky is having a moment. Time to pay attention.

Musk's close alignment with the new US President-elect has triggered a new exodus from X — with many communities heading for Bluesky. Will this be the tipping point for the new network?

social networks

What comes after Twitter?

And are we wordsmiths doomed to be replaced by the video stars?

audience strategy

An uncomfortable audience success story

GB News is generating £600k in audience revenue in under a year… Plus more on Reddit's strategy and some mental health resources.

Google

Monopolies, layoffs and writs: oh, my

I thought August was meant to be a quiet month for news? I miss the silly season.

Google

Google is on the naughty step

Its search engine is a monopoly — and Google is guilty of abusing that.

newsletter

X predicts a riot

Has the loosened moderation under Elon Musk lead to the thuggery on the UK's streets over the weekend? Plus a glimpse at the possible future of search.

Social Media

Social posts that still do #numbers

Get your social posts right, and they can still do the business, even on Facebook.

X (Twitter)

The internet is a failed experiment

Says the man using the internet to send you this.

Blogging

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

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.

Social Media

Social: shifting, selling and struggling

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