Can’t make this stuff up:
But as of today, many of the academic teams remain on hold because Facebook has yet to provide key data required to conduct research into sharing patterns of fake and polarized news, among other projects. Facebook has also declined to provide some of the data it originally said it would offer, citing privacy concerns.
It’s pretty easy – check what they do on weekends.
Further to my post last week, if they are engaging on weekends (ie replying etc, not the scheduled updates) then there’s a good chance they are actually managing it themselves.
But if all the engagement is on weekdays (and in business hours no less!) then chances are the marketing team (and likely an intern) is managing it.
This article from HuffPost about article spinning news sites is kinda bizarre – it’s like bad SEO from the mid-2000s all over again.
I’ll bet it started as a joke – after all they didn’t even use a decent synonym algorithm – and spiralled into success.
What’s old is new again.
Just sharing this post here, so that I remember to read it later.
(Yes, that was supposed to be ironic)
And yes, another link to another WeWork discussion, this time Ben Thompson’s insightful take. Of particular interest (which I haven’t seen highlighted elsewhere), is WeWork’s ability to abandon leases: The company also has another, rather unsavory, advantage in a recession: its opaque corporate structure. While there are many downsides to the fact that the “We Company†is a...
Further to my post a few days back, here’s Scott Galloway’s epic WeWork takedown. The last round $47 billion “valuation” is an illusion. SoftBank invested at this valuation with a “pref,” meaning their money is the first money out, limiting the downside. The suckers, idiots, CNBC viewers, great Americans, and people trying to feel young again who buy on the...
Such a wonderful interview with Matt Mullenweg by The Verge, discussing Automattic’s purchase of Tumblr. Put aside the riches to rags story of Tumblr (sold to Yahoo for $1.1B in 2013, sold to Automattic for $3M in 2019 – supposably) and instead focus on the well meaning intent of both Verizon and Automattic: Their top priority was not trying to maximize the purchase price. There might...
A good post from Databox outlining a ton of SEO myths.
The only one I’d quibble with is #40 – about hosting a blog on a subdomain (or even another domain). In the article they state that hosting a blog on a subdomain is a bad idea.
I’d simply counter this by saying that it hasn’t hurt HubSpot’s blog.
btw we covered this in depth in episode 157 of HubShots.
This post by Seth is spot on. Social networks have amplified this desire, at the same time they simplified the execution. Now you can waste time and dignity instead of money. Who can you tear down? How much time can you waste? What’s it worth to you to have more followers than the others?It’s a lousy game, because if you lose, you lose, and if you win, you also lose.The only way to do well is...
It’s hard to get your head around the We Company train wreck that is heading this way.
Elizabeth Lopatto’s post on The Verge is a masterpiece in shining the light on impending chaos. Kinsey Grant at Morning Brew is a little more restrained, but equally dubious.
Who on earth will be buying shares?