Links on Twitter: Latte analytics, hypergrowth, the economics of abundance

What Buzz should have been? Aol launches Lifestream as a standalone product http://j.mp/aWYzxa »

Latte analytics: Foursquare and Starbucks join forces http://j.mp/aQB7Uq »

Startups and hypergrowth: How much success is too much success? http://j.mp/9AgWco (via @nytimesbits) »

“Google obviously thinks that providing the best local results possible is the future for a large number of its services” http://j.mp/aUWmuS »

The latest episode of “Breaking the New News” is up: @cshirky on scarcity and abundance in journalism http://j.mp/aBkgWT »

Sarah Scire

Seeking “innovative,” “stable,” and “interested”: How The Markup and CalMatters matched up

Nonprofit news has seen an uptick in mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidations. CalMatters CEO Neil Chase still says “I don’t think we’ve seen enough yet.”

Jonathan Stray

“Objectivity” in journalism is a tricky concept. What could replace it?

“For a long time, ‘objectivity’ packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement.”

Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. Goldstein

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

Within days of visiting the pages — and without commenting on, liking, or following any of the material — Facebook’s algorithm recommended reams of other AI-generated content.