At its core, a mostly tech-based social platform is child’s play for any competent developer…but the secret sauce is in people wanting to be there. It’s why Mastodon isn’t the heir-apparent to Twitter. That platform is too hard and siloed to figure out. And since it’s not algorithm-based, it feels even emptier. It’s why Bluesky isn’t good. That platform is…
I know. In some ways, I knew when I wrote the On Leaving Twitter post back in January. Part of me figured I’d be writing this post. So after 3+ months of being completely off Twitter, I’m back on. Not entirely because I missed it1, but because at CEX I was convinced it’s somewhere I need to be. My friend…
I mocked these posts. Made fun of people. Told them at Christmas that no one cares if you leave Twitter1. Now I’m writing the post. Banning 3rd party apps, and turning on the “Home” feed (with stuff you didn’t opt-in to seeing) was a bridge too far. It took my carefully curated experience and turned it into a mess of…
The social media platform wars are an ongoing nuisance for content creators. It seems like you need to be on all of them all the time. But with claimed that Twitter is dying1, and a potential ban on TikTok from the US Government, the push and pull of where to be continues to be a constant question. Upon reflection, I’ve…
Last week’s Facebook outage brought an onslaught of platitudes from people talking about how terrible Facebook is, and how you should own your own platform. But even as a developer myself, my thoughts are a little different.
Just because you’re a government organization doesn’t mean you can’t have a little personality. That’s what my friend Joe Galbo proves day-in and day-out over at the Consumer Products Safety Commission. I’ve wondered for some time how they manage their social media strategy there and Joe’s the brains behind most of the operation. We’ll talk content, memes, data and more, as well as how he can get it all done at the federal level.
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Wondering how to build a following on Instagram? I was! It’s my favorite social platform and I’m trying to be more intentional about the content. So I brought on Andrea Zoellner, who offered fantastic advice around IG strategy, taking great photos, and if those walls of hashtags actually work. Let’s get into all of that and more.
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2018 continues my search for finding a good social media management tool. A while back, I wrote about using Buffer Pro and what its been like for me. I’ve since moved away from the pro version, because there were a few things that I really didn’t like about it. The first was how much manual work was needed for me…
Moving into 2017 I knew I needed to do more to increase engagement on social media for both WP in One Month & How I Built It. Simply promoting isn’t a great strategy; while I convert most listeners and students through my personal Twitter, I want change that. I tried doing it manually for a while, but it was too…
It’s not often I will do a links roundup, but as my Facebook and Twitter friends can attest to, I’ve been posting a lot this week. I’ve tried to hold back, but I will post the good ones here. Of-course, this will then get posted to Facebook and Twitter, but hey- better one than like 15, right?
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