A look at POSSE, a decade-old idea that a user should Publish (on your) Own Site and Syndicate Elsewhere, and the challenges of building a system based on that
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody.
Twitter no longer lets users browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web without logging in, redirecting Twitter URLs to the sign in page
https://www.theverge.com/... @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social : You can no longer view tweets if you're not logged in to twitter. — You can't even view someone's twitter profile, not even if it's public....
Twitter's ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned: a Twitter whose policies are defined by unilateral edict has little need for a trust and safety function
Twitter isn't going anywhere. $44 billion corporations … Luc Olinga / TheStreet : Elon Musk Bids Farewell to Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Mitsuwo Note : Strange coincidence between Elon Musk and Ji...
Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social media moderation by channeling partisan motivations to be productive if opposing sides police each other
and most experts — see #misinformation as a “major problem” and believe internet companies should do more to curb its spread. - via @FT By Prof. @DG_Rand @MIT #Tech https://www.ft.com/... David G. Ran...
Meta closes down 26%, erasing ~$250B from its market cap, the biggest single-day loss in market value for a US company, after weak Q4 results and Q1 guidance
the second-biggest drop ever Steve Muchoki / Coinspeaker : FB Stock Dips Over 26% after Meta Forecasts Weaker than Expected Earnings Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Snap Up, Zuck Down — Snap earned a profi...
Facebook misses on Q3 revenue, $29.01B vs $29.57B expected, and monthly active users, 2.91B vs 2.93B expected, but beat on EPS of $3.22 vs $3.19 expected
and reason to believe that Facebook will get worse. If Facebook's core business isn't growing as quickly anymore, it will be even more inclined to manipulate users and to use its massive war chest to ...
Snap's hands-off approach to high profile Snapchat users has alienated some of them, increasing the appeal of Instagram and YouTube
which is exactly what happened to Vine before its demise. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Snapchat influencers are feeling the cold shoulder, so they're bringing their audi...
After years of rejecting the “media company” label, Twitter is hiring Periscope editors, broadcasting news alerts, and airing premium live video
If you're wondering whether Twitter views itself as a media company or not, take a look at its careers page. Tweets: @trengriffin , @kantrowitz , @peterhimler , @eileenmcarey , @johnpaczkowski , @jayf...