Tag: social media
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I Miss Blogs
It’s a lazy Saturday, and I’m catching up on long-form articles I’ve saved to Pocket from my never-ending Twitter feed over the past few weeks. As I clicked the next link to a story I’m sure was well-reported, I felt a familiar urge for something I’m sure I’ll never quite get back.
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The Proper Media Diet
The way we consume media is broken. As we discover more and more about the severity of our situation, each of us will have to find our own way of adjusting our habits. That, or live out our lives hopelessly indentured to those little screens.
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Better Copy Can’t Save This Tweet
Somehow this tweet from food porn content mill INSIDER food showed up on my timeline: Doughnuts that get a crown of 23K gold are the level of goals we strive to be at. 🍩 pic.twitter.com/5FAGisYyFQ — INSIDER food (@InsiderFood) September 8, 2017 My immediate reaction was to tell INSIDER food to fire their social media […]
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Facebook To Join the Film Foray
Joe Flint and Deepa Seetharaman in The Wall Street Journal today reported that Facebook plans to begin producing original, “TV-quality shows” by as soon as late summer 2017. In meetings with major talent agencies including Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency, William Morris Endeavor and ICM Partners, Facebook has indicated it is willing to commit to production […]
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Is Facebook a news organization?
Amid accusations of Facebook suppressing conservative content in its “Trending” section, The New York Times examined social media’s evolving role as news source and curator. For the companies, adding additional curated or original editorial content has an obvious appeal, helping them extract more value from people already using the platform, as well as potentially attracting new ones. […]
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I’m on Weibo and I honestly don’t know what to do now.
Yesterday, I downloaded and signed up for the Chinese social media app Weibo. But now that I’m here, I really don’t know what to do next.