2022-04-13
It's crazy that stories about CNN+ don't mention the surprising fact that a CNN+ subscription doesn't let you watch CNN. It's all bonus content for the CNN superfans! https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Sources: two weeks after the launch of CNN+, the premium streaming service has garnered under 10K DAUs, amid reports that CNN has spent ~$300M on the effort
- Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said.
2021-11-20
Remember the idea of broadcast television as a “vast wasteland” where Americans consumed garbage all day? It turns out that was a golden age of mass edification compared to the Facebook era https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
The Atlantic
A writer created a politically bland Facebook profile to test the app's algorithm for extreme content, and ended up being shown low-quality, clickbait posts
In 2019, a researcher at Facebook conducted an experiment to see whether the platform really has a tendency to send users … Tweets: @golikehellmachi , @joshtpm , @jbouie , @mckayco...
2018-01-05
Banning Trump from Twitter is “a sort of milquetoast revenge fantasy” http://www.slate.com/...
Slate
Calls for Twitter to ban President Trump are misguided and counterproductive; the biggest threat posed by @realDonaldTrump is to Trump's own presidency
An evening newsletter about Facebook, social networks, and democracy. Valentin GRAFF / France 24 : From the US to North Korea, the myth of the ‘nuclear button’ Ians / Firstpost : H...