Axios
The TikTok war
2 min read · · Social media has changed the flow of information in these tense situations. · Shared by 117, including Thomas Knüwer, Katja Evertz, Brian Stelter, Matt Navarra, Clemens M. Schuster
Content Marketing Institute
10 Tips To Write Engaging Content Previews for Social Media
5 min read · · Get social media scrollers to stop, read your preview text, and click to consume the full-length content with these tips. – Content Marketing Institute · Shared by 89, including AJ Ghergich, Robert Rose, Gero Pflüger 🫡💙, Katja Evertz, Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー
Social Media Today
Which Social Media Apps Have the Biggest Impact on Sleep Patterns? [Infographic]
1 min read · · Using your phone late at night can impact your sleep - but which social media apps worsen that impact? · Shared by 438, including Katja Evertz, Loubna Rais, Matt Navarra, Andrew Hutchinson
TechCrunch
TikTok to rank as the third largest social network, 2022 forecast notes
2 min read · · A new forecast has dubbed TikTok as the world’s third-largest social network, just behind Facebook and Instagram. In its inaugural forecast on TikTok’s global install base, Insider Intelligence — the… · Shared by 38, including Pierre Olivier Carles, Keith Keller, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Matt Navarra, James Gingerich @Expeflow #NRF2023 #CES2023 #RPA
Visual Capitalist
Ranked: The World’s Most Popular Social Networks, and Who Owns Them
~11 min read · · Currently, there are over 4.5 billion people around the world who use some form of social media—about 57% of the global population. Yet, while social media& · Shared by 420, including James Gingerich @Expeflow #NRF2023 #CES2023 #RPA, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Lisa Gualtieri, Tom Raftery (Mastodon: @tomraftery@mas.to), Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #WEF23, Matthias Lampe, DP, Jim Marous 💯, Oliver Raduner, Nige Willson, Nicolas Babin, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Álvaro Felipe, Ian M Calvert
Axios
Exclusive: New bipartisan bill takes aim at algorithms
2 min read · · The bill requires tech platforms to offer users an option to view content unsorted by algorithms. · Shared by 63, including Fabio Chiusi, Mathew Ingram, BenYT, tante, Dr. Marie Haynes🐼, Alex Iskold | 2048.vc, Thomas Fuchs, find me at @anildash@me.dm or anildash.com, Kyle Chayka, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, Corvida 🏳️🌈, Katja Evertz
The New York Times
Opinion | Does Instagram Harm Girls? No One Actually Knows.
4 min read · · The findings of psychological research are inconclusive. · Shared by 59, including Fabio Chiusi, Steven Pinker, Jeff Jarvis, Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan in other places), Carrie Brown, Nir Eyal, Katja Evertz, Mathew Ingram, Scott McLeod, Kevin Kelly
Vox
How mental health became a social media minefield
~12 min read · · How many mental illnesses does the internet think you have? · Shared by 358, including Marsha Collier, Stephanie A Kowalski, Lee Keyes, Digg, Dr. Alec Couros, Christina Farr, Dietrich Inocencio, p.e. moskowitz, Bethany Brookshire, Philanthropy News Digest, Vaughan Bell, Katja Evertz
BBC News (World)
Would Plato tweet? The Ancient Greek guide to social media
10 min read · · Socrates or Plato may not have used Twitter or TikTok, but as Nathan Dufour writes, they would have had things to say about how to navigate social media more wisely. · Shared by 321, including Nir Eyal, Marsha Collier, Daniel Pink, Katja Evertz, Anita Leirfall, Esther Schindler
Fast Company
It’s not just bad behavior. Social media was designed to infuriate people
4 min read · · We studied how online disagreements unfold on YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp—and found design flaws in each platform. · Shared by 88, including Tactical Tech, Katja Evertz, Klaus Eck
The Verge
The next big social network trend? Shortform audio
5 min read · · Voice notes with viral dreams · Shared by 586, including Tactical Tech, Chad Underwood, Wilko S. Wolters 🇪🇺, Matthew Guay, Matt Navarra, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Katja Evertz, Jean-Patrick, Nicolas Dengler
The Wall Street Journal
Investigation: How TikTok's Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires
· A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger o · Shared by 115, including Brian Roemmele, Katja Evertz, tante, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Lorenz König, John Ourand, David Wessel, Akvile DeFazio, Matt Navarra, Tactical Tech, Brooke B. Sellas, Richard Deitsch, Kai Biermann, Michael (मुकेश), Jon Keegan, Mark Kaigwa, Dean of Big Data 🎓 #DOBD, Nancy, Robin Kwong
The New York Times
Inside Facebook’s Data Wars
~11 min read · · Executives at the social network have clashed over CrowdTangle, a Facebook-owned data tool that revealed users’ high engagement levels with right-wing media sources. · Shared by 131, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Judd Legum, Tactical Tech, Kara Swisher, barb dybwad, Carl T. Bergstrom, ErikWemple, Fabio Chiusi, Kevin Roose, Forbes India, Neil Lee, Howard Getson, Matt Navarra, Katja Evertz, Bryan William Jones, Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr), Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, James Fallows
The Atlantic
My Twitter Rehab
8 min read · · I’d rather have gone out on a champagne bender or bet the house on a poker game than let myself be undone by an addiction to social media. · Shared by 327, including Brian Stelter, Christopher Mims 🤌, Yann “不停” Heurtaux, Anne Thompson, BenYT, Mathew Ingram, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Barry Ritholtz, Matt Navarra, Steve Faktor, Dan Primack, Liv 😷, Marsha Collier, Paul Kedrosky, Timothy Caulfield, Jane, Robin Wigglesworth, Katja Evertz, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
WIRED
This AI Helps Police Monitor Social Media. Does It Go Too Far?
3 min read · · Law enforcement officials say the tool can help them combat misinformation. Civil liberties advocates say it can be used for mass surveillance. · Shared by 99, including Matt Navarra, Tactical Tech, Faik Ersoy, Nicolas Babin, Katja Evertz, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #WEF23, Backchannel, Antonio Vieira Santos, Marsha Collier
Gizmodo
TikTok's Algorithm and AI Tech Are Now Up for Sale
2 min read · · The app's parent company, ByteDance, launched a new BytePlus division to sell its features to other companies. · Shared by 77, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #WEF23, Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Harold Sinnott #CES2023, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Chris Isak 👩💻 #ISE2023, ipfconline, Katja Evertz