What if you could publish 3D posts on social media, just like you can create objects with a 3D printer? Well, actually, you can. In this TechCrunch piece, Josh Constine gives us a glimpse into the future of social media, as Mark Zuckerberg plans to unite AR, VR, and Newsfeed with 3D objects to let us craft and share 3D posts. In
This week in our #LongReads section, we are bringing up a potentially controversial topic concerning Facebook’s alleged attempt to increase video viewership. Following Facebook’s recent announcement of a major Newsfeed’s update, The New York Times published this article : As Facebook Changes Its Feed, Advertisers see Video Ambitions. Why is that potentially controversial, you ask? Well, while Facebook mentioned that the change will
In the past, social media have both been seen as an unprecedented opportunity and a lethal threat for Democracy. This week in our Long Reads section, we are featuring the best piece of journalism we have read so far on that very topic: the impact of social media on Democracy. Extracted from the print version of The Economist from November
Let’s start the week on the right foot with two inspiring long reads including ideas to make creative use of social media: On Medium, Tristan Ferne, in charge of R&D on the web for the BBC, suggests 12 new digital story formats to standout online: On TechCrunch, Devin Coldewey reports how Sociologist Emilio Zagheni at the University of Washington found a
It’s no secret that change is hard, be it within a company, an industry or platforms used by millions — or even billions — of people: that being said, change is also good, and we want to feature today some positive social media evolutions. In this Long Reads TechCrunch Special Edition, we will focus on three pieces showing how social
If you read social media publications, then you may have noticed how much everybody is talking about Twitter recently: as it’s getting harder to keep up with Twitter latest news, we made a short selection for of what we thought was worth noting. In this LongReads episode, we feature 3 articles: In a pretty incredible (updated) story for The Daily
Since their early days, social media have always been a way for users to share a part of their reality, but as social media permeate our lives & habits a bit more every single day, it’s worth wondering if we are not reaching a point where social media is taking over reality: welcome to social media reality. In this week’s
As we’ve seen earlier this week, beyond Facebook — and Facebook’s other apps such as Messenger & WhatsApp — only YouTube has more than one billion monthly users: this may be the reason why Facebook is challenging YouTube on the video area, chasing online stars. In this New York Times piece, Daisuke Wakabayashi gives us a backstage access to Facebook’s
Social media being by nature social, we wanted to take a critic look at what the impact of our favorite platforms could have on society: in today’s #LongReads, you will learn about five societal challenges induced by social media. If you are familiar with this blog, you know we always try to feature long-form articles from various media outlets and today
This week, we are dedicating our #LongReads section to a meta Long Read: The Perspective, a platform offering two contradicting views on every hot topic and allowing readers not only to read, but also vote, comment and play. As The Perspective Founder Daniel Ravner puts it: While the web was meant to broaden our horizons, the opposite has happened. Filter bubbles, click baits,