David Cohen wrote an interesting piece on AdWeek about data/trends related to Twitter. Twitter Reveals 18 Emerging Trends That Marked U.S. Cultural Shifts Since 2016 Cohen breaks down the billions of tweet data that Twitter unveiled. Why I think this can be useful for a domainer is it might help to show you where some naming themes you have been interested in, might be falling out of … [Read more...]
Hold up on that whole Twitter deleting inactive accounts
Yesterday Twitter announced they would be deleting inactive accounts. Today they said no so fast. https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1199777312671064064 https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1199777313933496320 So it turns out that this was really going to be EU centric on the deleting of accounts and now they need to come up with a plan to memorialize accounts before they … [Read more...]
So long Google +
Say goodbye to your Google+ account. I know you probably did that a long time ago but Google is making it official. Note this Google+ for consumers only. I never really got into Google+ and I do spend a lot of time on social media. I just never thought it was clever, cool or made much sense. Google just seemed like they created something so they could say we are social too. On their blog … [Read more...]
Social Media companies on notice in Germany as new legislation passes
Back in March we wrote about a proposed German law to fine social media companies that did not remove hate speech. The New York Times reported that the law has passed and things are about to get tricky for social media companies doing business in Germany. There is plenty of speech that is obviously wrong to any reasonable person, but there might be some instances where things are gray. That … [Read more...]
German cabinet OKs fines up to $53M for social networks that don’t delete hate speech fast
A couple weeks ago we wrote about Germany taking hate speech and fake news seriously. In an article out from Reuters it looks like the fines are going to be huge and I would expect companies either pulling out of Germany or moderating a lot of content. From the article: Germany has some of the world's toughest laws covering defamation, public incitement to commit crimes and threats of … [Read more...]
Germany is not messing around when it comes to fake news
Germany is not screwing around when it comes to fake news. Digiday.com goes into the details about the new law. Basically fake news is considered criminal content. From the article: Last week, Germany formally proposed a law to fine social networks up to €50 million ($54 million) if they fail to remove harmful fake news or defamatory content — what it’s calling “criminal content” — from their … [Read more...]
60 Minutes Covered Vine Millionaires on Sunday; Today It’s All Over
On Sunday the television show 60 minutes covered "The Influencers" "Social media stars are earning big money for pitching products in short, often silly, postings seen by millions of followers." Parts of the 60 Minutes segment chatted with people who said they were making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on Vine. Today Twitter announced they were killing off Vine after they paid $30 … [Read more...]
