Yesterday, a Twitter employee made the account of Donald Trump disappear for 11 minutes. Twitter’s reaction showed the world how fucked up the company still remains. The incident and their response was a welcome moment of respite in a very long and strenuous nightmare. Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error… Continue reading Kick and Ban
Category: Social Media
Facebook ads are getting too expensive: letʼs diversify traffic sources
Facebook is getting ready to squeeze harder on the udders of its advertisers. Facebook tests changes to the News feed that make organic reach fall. Under this new plan, access to people’s main News feed will be reserved for friends, family and paying advertisers. Other publications will be relegated to the “Explore” feature which is… Continue reading Facebook ads are getting too expensive: letʼs diversify traffic sources
Mastodon, décentralisation et pluralité pour le vivre ensemble
Mastodon est un nouveau réseau social fédéré. Les différentes installations de Mastodon (aussi appelée “instances”) sont sur différents serveurs et sont gérées par des personnes ou des organisations différentes. Les utilisateurs créent des comptes sur des instances publiques. Ils peuvent suivre des utilisateurs (comme sur Twitter) qu’ils soient sur la même instance ou sur d’autres. … Continue reading Mastodon, décentralisation et pluralité pour le vivre ensemble
Should Academics Try Twitter?
Yes. Absolutely. According to this tongue-in-cheek chart. No, but seriously. You absolutely should — at least — try it. Academic Twitter explained. Courtesy of @sylviaduckworth. pic.twitter.com/zTIHv5IptW — Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) September 24, 2016 (Thanks, @amisamileandme for forwarding this chart to me) At the beginning of August 2016, a Guardian article written by an anonymous… Continue reading Should Academics Try Twitter?
A brief history of social media
Technology might change and forms of communication might shift but, at its heart, social media is based on basic human impulses of sharing. Social media platforms are a space — most often extremely public — set up to share. Sharing interests. Sharing insights. Sharing questions to get answers or more interesting questions. Sharing to make… Continue reading A brief history of social media
Cutting corners on social media management
I’ve been a part-time social media manager for a long time now. Other responsibilities and tasks have always made it hard to focus on the social media side of things. This is far from ideal. The stakes are high, opportunities to embarrass yourself and your organisation are plenty. There are opportunities to be seized and… Continue reading Cutting corners on social media management
Twitter keeps the burden of moderation on users
The Buzzfeed piece about Twitter abuse that makes the rounds since last Thursday proves to be a very interesting read. The way the abuse problem has been left to fester is infuriating. So much so that while reading I took notes. Notes laced with profanity. Here are a few thoughts. Free speech radicalism is an… Continue reading Twitter keeps the burden of moderation on users
Adieu ThinkUp
Hier soir, j’ai appris avec tristesse la fin annoncée de ThinkUp. Anil Dash, co-fondateur de cette entreprise avec Gina Trapani a expliqué les raisons de cette fermeture sur Medium. ThinkUp permettait de recevoir des informations sur son utilisation des réseaux sociaux sous formes de petites capsules digestes comme “Evren a utilisé des points d’exclamation dans… Continue reading Adieu ThinkUp
Event promoting tweets require forethought, time and a well staffed team
Many event organisers want high-level promotion to raise attendance. They often turn to social media to promote. The tweet below is densely packed with information about “Content Marketing World 2016”. It is designed to entice the @CMIContent account’s followers to register for the conference but also to encourage the featured speaker to promote their talk.… Continue reading Event promoting tweets require forethought, time and a well staffed team
How To Share Online Without Worrying About Reputation
Our beloved internet never sleeps, never forgets. Worse, people often don’t understand our intents or make wrong assumptions about us. We may assume a curator approves of the content of every article he shares, for example. As a beginner on the web, I’ve been misled like this myself. Or, we may make mistakes with the… Continue reading How To Share Online Without Worrying About Reputation