2024-02-05
I wrote about the soul-sucking labor of self-promotion and “audience building” that basically every artist/journalist/creative worker has to do now ... unless they are very lucky https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
How social media is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts
2024-02-04
I wrote about the soul-sucking labor of self-promotion and “audience building” that basically every artist/journalist/creative worker has to do now ... unless they are very lucky https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
How social media is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? — When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal … Threads: @joanwestenberg and @jonathangarelick Mast...
2023-02-15
this is so embarrassing lmaoooooooo https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Sources: Twitter engineers built a system to boost Elon Musk's tweets over everyone else's after Musk complained Joe Biden's Super Bowl tweet outperformed his
After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden's, Twitter's CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm
2023-02-01
I have always wanted a “tiktok for text,” but I imagined it including like, little poems and short fiction and classic magazine profiles from the 70s in addition to just news articles?? like this is just an RSS feed lol https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Platformer
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger form a venture to explore next-gen social apps; the first is Artifact, a TikTok-like app for news articles
2022-07-29
celebrities complaining works!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes after a week of mounting criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations
Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now. Adam Mosseri explains why
2020-10-04
ITS HERE! This is the biggest piece I've ever published, the culmination of 6 months of reporting and 2 yrs on the TikTok beat. But this story, about 5 girls and their experiences jumping between collab houses & shady managers, is a shockingly common one. https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
An inside look at the world of TikTok “collab houses” in Los Angeles, amid allegations of exploitative talent managers withholding money from influencers
The Girls in the Valley was supposed to be a collective of Instagram baddie best friends. Then it self-destructed. Tweets: @hautepop , @voxdotcom , @mbmelodies , @rafyevans , @bin...