Social Media Strategy
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Why Elon Musk’s plan to charge Twitter/X users $1 will actually make the platform’s problems worse
The businessman’s idea of a ‘bot tax’ is not the best way forward.
Hamza Mudassir, The Conversation
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How offering incentives can prompt social media users to post more accurate information
An accuracy-based reward structure could help restore waning user confidence.
Ian Anderson, The Conversation, Gizem Ceylan, The Conversation & Wendy Wood, The Conversation
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Several Twitter users change identities to claim to be Muslims who support citizenship law
Alt News finds that many of these handles had in previous tweets declared themselves to be Hindu.
Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in
Trending
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Election Commission orders transfer of Andhra Pradesh police chief
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Facebook takes down another influence campaign from Iran that targeted Indians
This influence campaign targeted people “across the world, although more heavily in the middle east and south Asia”.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger: New York Times
The three services will continue to remain stand-alone apps, but it would allow users to communicate across the apps.
Scroll Staff
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Snapchat eyes a bigger share of the Indian market after shunning it all this while
The pressure to grow in new markets like India perhaps stems from the platform’s losing battle against Instagram.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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‘We have learned a lesson’: Facebook says it’s trying to tackle spread of misinformation in India
An interview with a public policy manager at Facebook.
Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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A toxic work environment could be weakening the social media cell of the Congress
Instead of growing in the months before the 2019 general elections, the team is now battling attrition, according to interviews with employees.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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The anti-social network: Four ways the US government can help fix Facebook
For years, Congress and federal regulators have allowed the world’s largest social network to police itself – with disastrous results.
Julia Angwin, ProPublica
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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How the Euro 2016 sponsors were ambushed on social media by ‘unofficial’ brands
This so-called ambush marketing is an established phenomenon, but social media has become the perfect new vehicle for it.
Simon Chadwick and Alex Fenton, The Conversation
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Four things Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg might discuss with Narendra Modi
The Silicon Valley executive is likely to seek a reduction of controls on users and on businesses.
Mayank Jain