The Hoopla Over Snap Map

If privacy is the topic and some app or policy is trying to take more of it away, I’ll be first in the pitchfork line. However, when I read about the privacy hoopla over Snap Map, Snapchat’s latest location based mapping feature, I’m left scratching my head.

Is Twitter Being Gamed?

Maybe, If You Don’t Get Twitter The New Your Times recently published this article: How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation – NYTimes.com But the biggest problem with Twitter’s place in the news is its role in the production and dissemination of propaganda and misinformation. It keeps pushing conspiracy theories — and because lots […]

The Algorithmic News Feed Problem

And The Filter Bubble Facebook has been at the center of fake news stories and the resulting negative PR because its entire business model depends on and supports ad tech. Ad money relies on views and clicks. So the more Facebook users “Like”, react and engage with content in the news feed, the more data […]

Stop Using Link Shorteners

Stop Obscuring Your Brand We are at the end of 2016 and this is my free tip to everyone – a repeat one to be exact. If you want to share a URL (from your blog or website perhaps) and your workflow involves using a link shortening service (such as Bit.ly, Ow.ly or another) – […]

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