Ten years ago today, a new app arrived to strip the “media” out of social media, reducing messaging to two little letters. It burned bright, but not for long.
“We must accept that the beautifully written 10,000-word piece will only reach certain kinds of audiences — those most willing to sit at a desktop and take the time necessary to read it.” Sumi Aggarwal
“Platform-born news brands could prove better equipped than traditional organizations to leverage their relationships with online communities to build a more sustainable future for journalism.” Francesco Zaffarano
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.
“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.”
Sisanda Nkoala, Blessing Makwambeni and Trust MatsileleOctober 24, 2023
“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.”
Ian Anderson, Gizem Ceylan and Wendy WoodAugust 8, 2023
“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.)
Anderson, Ian. "People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Aug. 2023. Web. 24 Apr. 2024.
APA
Anderson, I. (2023, Aug. 8). People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/people-share-misinformation-because-of-social-medias-incentives-but-those-can-be-changed/
Chicago
Anderson, Ian. "People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 8, 2023. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/people-share-misinformation-because-of-social-medias-incentives-but-those-can-be-changed/.
Wikipedia
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