"Social media" is rarely social these days. How about this for a more proper term:
Scroll-infinite, lean-back, addictive, ALGORITHMIC media
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"Social media" is rarely social these days. How about this for a more proper term:
Scroll-infinite, lean-back, addictive, ALGORITHMIC media
Analogy:
People are sheets of paper flying in the wind. They might fly together (connect) or just miss each other. A paper airplane might take shape and fly across the globe.
As a community builder you’re not air traffic control. You simply create the wind.
dshiao.medium.com/when-the-win...
"When you consistently spot patterns before your audience does, something shifts in how they perceive you.
You’re not telling them what they should think. You’re helping them see what they couldn’t see alone."
encore360.com/the-pattern-...
Chicago sunset
With rigged poker schemes in the news, I decided to go a different direction in my "Content Corner" newsletter.
I compared poker to marketing 🤓
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Excellent video from
@wttw.bsky.social on the history of Chicago foods.
From the Chicago hot dog to deep dish pizza, from Italian beef to the Jibarito, watching this might make you hungry.
www.wttw.com/chicago-stor...
The lack of “legacy network overhang” makes Netflix the King of Streaming. My post at Medium: dshiao.medium.com/why-netflix-...
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TL;DR SEO changes. LLM changes. But trust is a constant. So focus your marketing on building trust.
(Note: with two references to articles by @robertrose.me 👋)
Twister cloud
They were up by so much, Coach couldn't see the score
Not to self: don’t rear-end this bus
AI agents can now navigate websites on their own.
When prompted with:
"Verify you are human"
Are they forced to lie? Or do they convince themselves that they are human?
Complete this sentence
Yogurt not included
Photo of a blue sky on Bluesky
... Rice Presses Charges
My picks are in
Brendan was a high school classmate of mine.
He organized a "Students For Peace" group and I attended the meetings.
Brendan's life -- and his final act -- are poignantly captured in this wonderful piece by @danbarry58.bsky.social for @nytimes.com 👇
I like the example of using AI to write subheads for your draft - use this to see if your article has a good, logical flow.
The Last Dunk
Their email marketing is in English, but their unsubscribe reasons are in French.
You're right, you're right - all tabs are equally loved (let's not play favorites).
Which tab do you miss the most?
What happens when I listen to podcasts while washing the dishes 🤣
@iantruscott.me
Answer: Not as much as ChatGPT
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