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. .
Twitter hires Storyful founder Mark Little Paid Members Public
Smart move by Twitter [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/10/twitter-hires-storyful-founder-for-senior-international-role] : > Mark Little, the founder of News Corp owned social news agency Storyful, has been hired as a senior executive across Twitter’s international operation. Few people have been as successful in recognising the potential of combining
Is Twitter conversation or publication? Paid Members Public
How Twitter went bad [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/conversation-smoosh-twitter-decay/412867/] : > In other words, on Twitter, people say things that they think of as ephemeral and chatty. Their utterances are then treated as unequivocal political statements by people outside the conversation. Because there’s a kind
Twitter: change the culture, change the platform Paid Members Public
Emily Bell on the consequences of replacing Twitter’s stars [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/08/twitter-heart-wrong-beat] – “favourites” – with hearts – “likes”: > I found myself not bookmarking, as I would have done a day earlier, a horrifying image retweeted by journalists depicting men using phones to film a
And…breathe Paid Members Public
Well, that was a lovely way to spend a long, long weekend. Yes, we went camping with a three year old and a three month old and, while it did have its challenges, it was basically lovely. And, despite my initial discomfort, it was rendered even more lovely by being
Twitter drops the 140 character limit for DMs Paid Members Public
A significant move from Twitter [http://www.imore.com/twitter-remove-140-character-limit-dms-july]: > Currently, users have a 140 character limit for both tweets and direct messages, but in July Twitter will be removing that limitation from direct messages. The company has announced the new change, along with an updated API for developers.
Tweetdeck to save idiot social media managers from themselves Paid Members Public
Tweetdeck tries to save you from posting to the wrong account. This might save people's jobs…
Buzzwording your way to irrelevance Paid Members Public
Johnston Press has clearly mastered the art of buzzwording [https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/6-opportunities-for-publishers-on-social-media-from-johnston-press/s2/a564844/] more than it has the art of social media: > “Twitter users are much more engaged with news brands,” he said, so the network’s place in Johnston Press’ social strategy is
The (social media) crop shop Paid Members Public
A handy guide to getting image cropping right for social media [http://alisongow.com/2015/03/09/off-with-their-heads-crimes-against-cropping-in-tweets/] – with links to tools: > The thing is, even when it looks normal in the tweet, the preview (these examples are from Twitter and Tweetdeck) often doesn’t. I learned bitter lessons
