Social Media
Social: shifting, selling and struggling
An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.
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. .
Social Media
Post-Twitter death-match update: Pebble is down. Who’s next?
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.
AI
Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist
Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #7: Is X throttling your site?
That cheeky scamp Elon is at it again with his traffic throttling ways. Plus ChatGPT can now read news in real time…
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers
Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…
Cuttings #4: Vindicated!
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.
Cuttings #2: the social media diaspora
If you think that one site will replace Twitter or Facebook, I have some bad news. That's not the emerging dynamic…
X (Twitter)
Beating the X (Twitter) headline ban
There is a way around X's removal of headlines from links shared on the platform once known as Twitter. But it comes at a price.
X (Twitter)
Cuttings #1: One year of Musk Twitter
The return of the daily lunchtime email, but now for paying members only.
X (Twitter)
X on the beach
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.
microblogging
The would-be Twitter replacements: who's winning and who's dead?
Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter prompted a raft of competitors to launch. Which ones are still surviving?
Social Media
Threads: first impressions of Meta’s new Twitter competitor
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.