Social Media•26 February 2021•2 min readA Decentralised Social NetworkTwitter, one of the most active social media platforms, has been working on a new, decentralised social network, (called Bluesky) for a couple of years now, and earlier this…Read more→
News•27 November 2020•3 min readDisappearing Tweets & The Return Of VerificationTwitter made two recent announcements about changes to the platform, one of which was the launch of their new "Fleets" messaging, which allows users to send a series of short…Read more→
News•28 October 2020•2 min readAdvertisers Working With Social Media To Curb Harmful Content3 months after a major advertiser boycott which led to massive brands such as Coca-Cola, The Hershey Co., Unilever, Verizon, Honda, Birchbox, Ben & Jerry’s, The North Face, REI,…Read more→
Social Media•27 February 2020•1 min readTwitter Tests Flags For False TweetsWith increasing concerns about the proliferation of false or misleading information on social media, Twitter appears to be planning a way for users to provide feedback by…Read more→
Social Media•29 October 2018•2 min readFacebook Moves Against Bullying With Keyword BlockingUnder pressure for some time already to combat the growing problems of bullying and harassment on Facebook, the platform has announced that they will begin to allow users to block…Read more→
News•30 August 2018•2 min readTechnology For Fake Video Improving RapidlySo-called fake news has been one of the hottest topics for the last year, and platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have working on addressing threats posed by…Read more→
Social Media•30 July 2018•1 min readTwitter User Numbers DownHot on the heels of Facebooks reported slow-down of growth for Q2, Twitter followed suit by reporting not just that growth had slowed, but that they actually lost 1 million active…Read more→
Social Media•30 October 2017•1 min readTwitter Testing 280 Character TweetsThe Twitter character limit has always been a thing. Except in countries where the written word makes use of an alphabet where characters can convey more meaning than mere letters…Read more→
Social Media•30 October 2017•4 min readPosting Smart On Facebook: Socially Responsible AdvertisingSocial media comes with many privileges, and just like any other medium, these privileges come with responsibilities. Finding the balance between freedom of expression and social…Read more→
Social Media•24 April 2017•2 min readTwitter Users Offer To Buy CompanyIf you've been following along, Twitter has been experiencing the corporate version of existential angst for quite some time already. After the heady days of it's IPO of $26 a…Read more→
