The report also stated that usage of X for news is "stable or increasing across many markets", with the biggest uplift in the US.
Rival networks like Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon are "making little impact globally, with reach of 2% or less for news", it stated.
I’m on X, Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon and can confirm–there’s little to no meaningful engagement on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon, for me at least.
tags: tech social news journalism
posted by matt in Tuesday, June 17, 2025
It's hard to know why you'd want to remove the human element from every aspect of social media, but Instagram seems to be going to try it anyway.
If AI is writing the posts, and the comments, what’s left for humans on social media? Likes, I guess.
posted by matt in Monday, March 17, 2025
“So in that world, it is actually somewhat less important who produces the content that you’re finding, you just want the best content,” the Facebook founder said.
He's right, of course. And I love that. Go on, Zuck, chase that red ocean. The ocean I'm swimming in gets bluer every day.
posted by matt in Friday, October 14, 2022
Hilariously, the Terms of Use for Trump's new social media site expressly indicate that users agree not to "transmit...excessive use of capital letters" (#20) and not to "disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site." (#23)
I wonder how long it will take Trump to post his first, ALL CAPS disparagement on the site.
postposted by matt in Sunday, October 24, 2021
"Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse....The coming name change...is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail."
I'm not sure that an effort to focus on the metaverse will help Facebook's real branding challenge — the distrust people have for the company. Telling people that the company is "bigger than social media" and wants to "build the metaverse" will probably hurt the level of trust people have for Facebook, not help it. Especially when so many people have no idea what the "metaverse" is. It does sound scary and all-encompassing, though.
posted by matt in Wednesday, October 20, 2021