Like a $19 turkey sandwich at an airport
Good-bye to All That Twitter
Two New York staffers find enlightenment, or at least more time for Facebook, on a turn-of-the-year social-media holiday.
The Worst Thing That Could Happen to Facebook Is Already Happening
Users are sharing less--way less. Maybe they've figured out Facebook doesn't care what they have to say.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media
Social media became an important platform for interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, coinciding with the onset of social distancing. According to a study conducted by Facebook's analytics department, messaging rates rose by over 50% during this period. Individuals confined to their homes utilized social media not only to maintain social connections but also as a source of entertainment to alleviate boredom. Concerns arose regarding the overreliance on social media for primary social interactions, particularly given the constraints imposed by the pandemic.
Want a Glimpse of Facebook’s Soul in 2019? Look at Its Internal Propaganda Lab.
The Analog Research Lab has evolved its messaging, from ‘be the nerd’ to ‘what matters is what you do next.’ Yet it remains a mirror…
Facebook faces a reputational meltdown
This is how it, and the wider industry, should respond
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis (Published 2018)
Russian meddling, data sharing, hate speech — the social network faced one scandal after another. This is how Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg responded.
The Destructive Switch from Search to Social
2006 wasn’t a great year for our brains. In July, Twitter launched to the world, and in September, Facebook added the News Feed. But…
The Problem with #MeToo and Viral Outrage | Backchannel
Viral outrage is great for Facebook—and that should give us pause.
Birdcage liners
My new year’s resolution was to give up on reading Twitter and Facebook.
15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook
Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs. In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Here's how that turned out.
Note from Mark Zuckerberg
Everything we do at Facebook is focused on our mission to make the world more open and connected.
The Nightmare of Eternal Spring: Why Social Media Can't Survive on "Niceness" Alone - Nightflight
Inside the Team at Facebook That Dealt with the Christchurch Shooting
As long as social media exists, some amount of horror is bound to slip through the cracks.
You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner
We’re witnessing the death of hosting in America. The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined 70 percent since 1975
You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner
We’re witnessing the death of hosting in America. The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined 70 percent since 1975
Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet
Facebook is the zombie internet, where a mix of bots, humans, and accounts that were once humans but aren’t anymore interact to form a disastrous website where there is little social connection at all.
