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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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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May global nonfiction: Six recent books that examine our fears, pains, and troubled history
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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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: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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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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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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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