Insight about Twitter, the social media mainstay once described as "microblogging", and now better known as "that hell site".
X on the beach Paid Members Public
Twitter is dead, and X has risen, zombie-like from its ashes. Now's the time to review your publication's commitment to the platform.
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.
Sell the harder story, don’t just milk the easy one Paid Members Public
Too many editors hide behind analytics when making bad choices on which stories to prioritise. And what's going on with the would-be Twitter replacements?
🤯 LinkS in bio Paid Members Public
Well, stone the crows. Instagram has unexpectedly done something we never thought they’d do…
The Tickpocalypse is upon us Paid Members Public
Musk’s long threatened bonfire of the blue ticks is nearly here. And it could change the relationship between journalists and Twitter forever. Plus, some great weekend reads.
Building a news oasis in a journalism desert Paid Members Public
Plus why we end up with zombie websites, YET MORE Twitter chaos, and the cancelling of Dilbert
Readers Write: on ChatGPT search, Twitter changes and Mastodon Ice Cubes Paid Members Public
Thoughts from the lovely OM&HB community about types of search, the impact of Twitter’s changes — and a freebie Mastodon app.
Why the Twitter road crash is more serious than you think Paid Members Public
Plus the growing evidence that AI chat search is far from ready for prime time, and some great reads on both how ChatGPT actually works and what’s behind “hot, lonely women” catfishing scams
