About half of all BuzzFeed articles that were shared on social networks were shared 1,000 times or more, compared with just 11 shares for half of the articles that the New… Read more »
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted public statements on his personal page about his commitment to free speech in the wake of the killings in Paris last week, but the behavior… Read more »
A teenager’s perspective on how he uses different social networks is useful, but sociologist danah boyd warns that generalizing about what this means for all teenagers inevitably marginalizes some users who… Read more »
Two of the authors of the original Cluetrain Manifesto from 1999 have come out with an update that says many of the risks and potential dangers facing the internet come from… Read more »
A description from 19-year-old Andrew Watts provides a fascinating glimpse into how some teenaged users approach different social-media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat Read more »
Snapchat’s new round of financing, which values the company at somewhere close to $10 billion, is more proof that it has tapped into a powerful need on the part of many… Read more »
Twitter is trying to appeal to new users with enhancements like its “while you were away” feature, which recommends content a user might have missed — but every tweak risks pushing… Read more »
Facebook is moving quickly to try and cement its position in video with a new deal to show NFL highlight clips and split the ad revenue — which comes on the… Read more »
If a Citigroup analyst is right about the amount of revenue that Instagram will be able to generate from advertising over the next couple of years, Facebook’s acquisition of the company… Read more »
Most experts surveyed by the Pew Center for its latest report on the future of the internet said that they expect online privacy will still be a battleground with constantly shifting… Read more »