Why Secrets Don’t Leak At Facebook
“‘People would be pissed if someone else leaked something,’ explained one former employee. ‘You don’t betray the family.’”
Category: Social Media
Modern Art Became Famous Because The CIA Secretly Funded It
“Why did the CIA support [modern artists]? Because in the propaganda war with the Soviet Union, this new artistic movement could be held up as proof of the crea...
How Amazon Innovates In Ways Google And Apple Can’t
“Google’s approach — solve the hard technical problems first, worry about the business model later — is rooted in the engineering background of Google Founders ...
How To Write Better Copy
“It’s the emotion you need to hack. Emotion transcends absolutely everything.”
How To Fix The Internet
“For years, the benefits of anonymity on the Net outweighed its drawbacks. Now the problem is nobody can tell if you’re a troll. Or a hacker. Or a bot. Or a Mac...
Facebook Is Inherently Incompatible With News
“On Facebook, what you click on, what you share with your ‘friends’ shapes your profile, preferences, affinities, political opinions, and your vision of the wor...
Social Media Is Creating A Post-Literate World
“People wonder why their daughter is taking 10,000 photos a day. What they don’t realize is that she isn’t preserving images. She’s talking.”
Students Have No Idea When News Is Fake
“More than two out of three middle-schoolers couldn’t see any valid reason to mistrust a post written by a bank executive arguing that young adults need more fi...
Facebook’s Impact On The 2016 Election Can Be Traced Back To A 2012 Election Tweet
“While it was likely never the company’s intent to create a system that encouraged people to hear only what they wanted — whether or not it was true — Facebook ...
Want To Write Better Emails? Write Them Like The Military.
“Military professionals lead their emails with a short, staccato statement known as the BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front). It declares the purpose of the email and ac...