Programatic Advertising Is A Black Box And A Huge Trojan Horse For Misinformation
Not good.
Instagram Algo Now Prioritizes Original Content Over Aggregators
Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s recommendations.
CapCut Adds Script-to-Video
Well done, CapCut.
Pour One Out For Crowdtangle
I hate this.
TikTok Is Now Sharing a Monthly Trends Report
Good stuff from TikTok.
Can AI Enable More Effective Constituent Communications For Lawmakers? A New Study Says…Maybe
As the population grows (over 60% since 1970), so, too, does constituent communications.
New AI Disclosure Rules For Political And Social Issue Ads On Facebook
Long overdue and probably not quite enough, but better than nothing. Also, don’t use AI in political ads. Just don’t.
Threads Rolls Out Hashtag Functionality…Without the Hashtag
Threads apes Twitter again, with a few twists.
Twitter Bringing Back The Link Previews They Killed Just Last Month
That was quick.
RIP Twitter Circles
Adios, Circles.
You Can Now Post Threads On Threads
You can post actual threads on the platform they named “Threads” now.
Twitter/X Rolls Out Evil New Ad Product That Can’t Be Blocked Or Reported
Unblockable, anonymous chumbox sludge coming to your feed very soon.
Twitter Desperation Leads To New Programmatic Deal With Google
Twitter is now trying to sell their ad inventory via Google Ads.
Celebrity twitter is mostly sports twitter
Celebrity Twiiter is mostly sports Twitter
YouTube is a beast that marketers can’t ignore
Holy shit
What Instagram NeedsTo Fix
What Instagram Needs To Fix
How PBS Won At Digital
PBS.org was the No. 1 TV network site for unique visitors, according to Comscore.
The Broadcast-ification of Social Media
Not that I’m happy about it, but I agree with what Jake Levine is saying in this post at the Nieman Journalism Lab about how the large social networks are becoming something much more familiar to late adopters and the brands and marketers that want to reach them.
The Web We’ve Lost
A really fantastic look at what we’ve lost from the early social web
I am Spartacus
Stupid Social Media Tricks