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We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world’s favorite messaging app.
“It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.”
“Threads’ vibes may have been cheerful and friendly at the outset — disingenuously so, according to Musk — but it may well prove that, eventually, all social media sites regress toward the meanest.”
“This would sustain community radio and enhance its role as a vital source of alternative voices, diverse perspectives, and local engagement.”
“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”
“After a few tweaks to the reward structure of social media platforms, users begin to share information that is accurate and fact-based.” (Though the tweaks involved paying people to do so.)
“The media treating Twitter like an assignment editor is one of the fundamental errors that enabled meme warriors to play everyone.”
“Our analysis finds that the vast majority of local election officials don’t even have social media accounts beyond Facebook. And, when they do, it is likely that they are not effectively reaching their audience.”
“Compared to online audiences, partisan TV news consumers tend not to stray too far from their narrow sets of preferred news sources.”