One user: “I do not want to stay in touch with avoidable contacts in Dubai or London. I want to know who lives in my neighborhood and wants to get to know these people.”
It was hard to recruit Republican woman (“SO many Democrat white women”), and following the news of the day felt PTSD-inducing to many. But aggressive moderation and the help of a few librarians made a potentially uncivil discussion a little more respectful.
We analyzed the data of groups as large as 40,000 members and as small as 300, from international organizations to local publishers. How does yours fit in?
The podcast has found opportunity with a donors-only Facebook group. Its second-season subject Curtis Flowers is still in prison, on death row — so “giving somebody a mug for donating doesn’t feel right.”
News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.
Shan Wang, Christine Schmidt, and Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 19, 2018
An average post in the private subscribers group of just over 2,000 members attracts about twice the number of comments as a post on the Globe’s main Facebook page, which is approaching half a million likes.
Wang, Shan. "With its subscribers Facebook group, The Boston Globe is mining the stickiest corners of the platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jan. 2017. Web. 17 Jul. 2019.
APA
Wang, S. (2017, Jan. 6). With its subscribers Facebook group, The Boston Globe is mining the stickiest corners of the platform. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 17, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/with-its-subscribers-facebook-group-the-boston-globe-is-mining-the-stickiest-corners-of-the-platform/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "With its subscribers Facebook group, The Boston Globe is mining the stickiest corners of the platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 6, 2017. Accessed July 17, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/with-its-subscribers-facebook-group-the-boston-globe-is-mining-the-stickiest-corners-of-the-platform/.
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