Seven leading SEO experts and publisher audience strategists on changing their approach due to Google Search's AI Overviews, how it may impact traffic, and more
Google's generative AI search feature is here to stay, but will it actually impact how digital outlets do business? X: @stevewbeales , @p0st_news , @decka227 , and @glenngabe LinkedIn: Tristan Loper ,...
How the rise in the US of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, came to a halt in 2023, leading to CEO Ken Suzuki's departure in November
https://restofworld.org/... X: @restofworld : Japan's SmartNews was growing fast in the U.S. What went wrong? Once valued at $2 billion, the news app has been hit by heavy layoffs. Former employees te...
A look at the global freelancer labor force on sites like 99designs, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI
The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social and @anabrandusescu.bsky.social . Mastodon: @w...
A look at Meta's “spirit of the policy” exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency
An Oversight Board case from Sri Lanka shows the power of Facebook's “spirit of the policy” exception Tweets: @hkanji , @restofworld , @decka227 , and @mvzelenks Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : A li...
TikTok's music distribution service SoundOn is receiving mixed reviews from Brazilian and Indonesian artists for delays in releases and issues in audience reach
Rest of World : Tweets: @fogginsophie and @mvzelenks Tweets: Sophie Foggin / @fogginsophie : Wonderful colleagues @helenliwrites and @decka227 spoke to emerging music artists who told them that TikTo...
A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4M hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020
Andrew Deck / Rest of World : Tweets: @decka227 , @restofworld , @mvzelenks , @dlberes , and @anupkaphle Tweets: Andrew Deck / @decka227 : LINE is host to a sticker marketplace that is 4 million arti...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, is navigating a precarious environment for LGBTQI orgs by positioning itself as a sexual health service
and thriving https://restofworld.org/... @aurorachaang : great article by @decka227 and @WilliamYang120 on bluecity, a chinese lgbtq tech company. in order to survive, they have to avoid being mistake...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, is navigating a precarious environment for LGBTQI orgs by positioning itself as a sexual health service
Focusing on HIV prevention and sexual health care has helped BlueCity navigate a precarious environment for LGBTQI organizations. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @anupkaphle , @aurorachaang , @decka227 , @lmatsa...
A look at Chinese content farms behind “Factory TikTok”, a subgenre where workers making products like aloe jelly and gloves also are influencers selling them
How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them. Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @sub8u , @parismarx , @lmatsakis , @bnox , @linzhang9 , @richgg...
How Line's Fact Checker program, which lets users voluntarily report suspicious messages, is tackling misinformation without sacrificing user privacy
The chat app's Fact Checker program is proving that private messaging platforms can do more to moderate harmful content. Tweets: @mantzarlis , @restofworld , @anupkaphle , @restofworld , @telliotter ,...