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. .
The internet is a failed experiment Paid Members Public
Says the man using the internet to send you this.
What if the Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone? Paid 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.
Social: shifting, selling and struggling Paid Members Public
An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.
Post-Twitter death-match update: Pebble is down. Who’s next? Paid 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.
Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist Paid Members Public
Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.
Cuttings #7: Is X throttling your site? Paid Members Public
That cheeky scamp Elon is at it again with his traffic throttling ways. Plus ChatGPT can now read news in real time…
Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers Paid Members Public
Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…
Cuttings #4: Vindicated! Paid 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.
