The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
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I’m finding Threads to be an excellent social media platform right now. It’s grown large enough to have great conversations, but not too large (yet) that it invites in all of the chaos. It’ll be interesting to see how it continues to grow, but right now it’s an excellent space to spend time in.
Rand Fishkin, who I’ve written about a handful of times on here before, had an excellent take on the contrast of trying to “go viral” versus just making connections. He shared:
Too many folks believe social media’s all about reach. They optimize for posts that can earn thousands or millions of engagements.
But there’s another way to view these networks – as 1:1 connectors.
Like anyone, I think it’s cool when one of my posts here “does well.” But 99% of my activity is the opposite. I read & reply to people when I like their work or want to support/amplify them. I post things that are valuable for 100 people but not of much interest to millions. And it works great 🥰
His activity on Threads, as I’ve witnessed on mine, has been one with some great connections. None of my posts on there have gone viral, and I doubt any ever will, but it’s a fantastic platform simply to be able to connect with others.
Connect with me on there (@mickmel) if you’re active over there yet.
I’m finding Threads to be an excellent social media platform right now. It’s grown large enough to have great conversations, but not too large (yet) that it invites in all of the chaos. It’ll be interesting to see how it continues to grow, but right now it’s an excellent space to spend time in.
Rand Fishkin, who I’ve written about a handful of times on here before, had an excellent take on the contrast of trying to “go viral” versus just making connections. He shared:
Too many folks believe social media’s all about reach. They optimize for posts that can earn thousands or millions of engagements.
But there’s another way to view these networks – as 1:1 connectors.
Like anyone, I think it’s cool when one of my posts here “does well.” But 99% of my activity is the opposite. I read & reply to people when I like their work or want to support/amplify them. I post things that are valuable for 100 people but not of much interest to millions. And it works great 🥰
His activity on Threads, as I’ve witnessed on mine, has been one with some great connections. None of my posts on there have gone viral, and I doubt any ever will, but it’s a fantastic platform simply to be able to connect with others.
Connect with me on there (@mickmel) if you’re active over there yet.
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