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“social-media” News Archive

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Definition · Supertopics: web · Subtopics: bluesky, facebook+meta, friend-connect, linkedin, mastodon, twitter+x (non-exhaustive) · “social-media” × ? · “social-media” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Firefox Returns to X After Nearly 18 Months of Pretending It Didn’t Need X (piu)118
firefox, browsers, twitter+x
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals (el)117
history
Social Media Is Ruining Developers116
videos, programming, culture, career, monetization
The Boring Internet (tg)115
web, protocols, economics, ai, indieweb
Everyone Wants Servers and Nobody Wants Servers (lau)114
servers, bluesky, mastodon, fediverse, resilience
The EU Moves to Kill Infinite Scrolling (egr)113
scrolling, legal
2026: The Year of My Website (the)112
indieweb
On Using IndieWeb Protocols Like Webmentions and Keeping Your Website Separate From Social Media (pat)111
indieweb, webmentions
Why RSS Matters (wer)110
rss, syndication
Blogging Is Dead. Long Live the Blog. (web)109
blogging, seo, ai, web
Look, Just Fucking Use Mastodon Already (ari)108
mastodon, twitter+x, bluesky
Open Social (dan)107
foss, protocols
The Last Days of Social Media (jam/noe)106
ai
How a Blind Person Uses Social Media and AI to Drive Accessibility (equ)105
interviews, accessibility, ai
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Rise of the Designer as Influencer (goo/its)104
design, career
Accessible Social Media: Alt Text103
accessibility, alt-text, images
Social Media and Ad Specs Cheat Sheet (ron)102
websites, cheat-sheets, monetization, images
How I Built Dynamic Social Media Images in Eleventy Using Cloudinary (chi)101
eleventy, images, tooling, cloudinary
Dropping Support for Twitter/X (fro)100
frontend-dogma, twitter+x
Let’s Knock Down Social Media’s Walled Gardens (tim/fin)99
web
Nobody Should Be a “Content Creator” (cod)98
content, ai, career
Making the Fediverse More Accessible With Claude 3.7 Sonnet97
fediverse, bluesky, ai, claude
Don’t Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media (aar)96
unicode, screen-readers, pronunciation, accessibility
A Quick Snapshot of the Microblogging Landscape (tch)95
comparisons, twitter+x, bluesky, facebook+meta, mastodon, fediverse
X’s Objection to the Onion Buying Infowars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts (404)94
twitter+x
The End of the Twitter Era (san)93
twitter+x, mastodon, facebook+meta, bluesky
Third Parties (htt)92
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, embed-code, monetization, analytics, content-delivery, hosting, marketing, tag-management, multimedia, consent-management
The Rebellion Will Be Federated (el)91
fediverse, foss
Bluesky’s AT Protocol: Pros and Cons for Developers90
bluesky, comparisons
Re: Social Media Hasn’t Killed the Personal Blog Just Yet (hel)89
blogging
Dynamic Social Share Images Using Cloudinary (sia)88
images, tooling, cloudinary
10 Simple Ways to Make Your Social Media Posts Accessible87
accessibility, content, images, alt-text, captions, contrast
POSSE: Reclaiming Social Media in a Fragmented World (mol)86
indieweb
Meta Wants to Kill the Social Web (tan)85
facebook+meta, ai
Social Media Hasn’t Killed the Personal Blog Just Yet (jim)84
blogging
A Beginner’s Guide to Using Bluesky for Business Success (web)83
guides, bluesky, content-strategy
How to Add and Update Social Image Previews in WordPress82
wordpress, plugins, testing
Why Have a Personal Site Instead of Social Media? (kev)81
career, blogging
How Web-Site Design and Social Media Work Together (uxm)80
design, content
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing79
guides, design
The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again (rol)78
web
Testing the Performance of Social Media Embeds (mic)77
performance, testing, embed-code
Is It Time for You to Leave Social Media?76
Forget Twitter: WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Connect to Mastodon (pcm)75
twitter+x, wordpress, mastodon
How to Promote Your Website: 12 Free Methods That Work (sem)74
how-tos, marketing, blogging, content, links, keywords, seo, sem
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore73
web
How Mastodon Handles Images and Web Previews (rba)72
mastodon, open-graph, metadata, images, html
The JS Community on Twitter Is Dead (hbu)71
community, javascript
How I Write Alt Text for Code Snippets on Social Media (ben)70
accessibility, alt-text, writing, images
How to Get 12% More LinkedIn Followers, Impressions, and Clicks—Practical Accessibility Tips and Tricks (mni)69
how-tos, accessibility, tips-and-tricks, linkedin, best-practices
Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to Any Web Site (cod)68
links, mastodon, community, javascript
No Exit—Every Feed Is a Traffic Jam (mus)67
scrolling, user-experience
The New “X” Button Doesn’t Close the Website66
user-experience, community
Displaying Your Full-Sized YouTube Thumbnail or a Custom OG Image in a Twitter Card (phi)65
youtube, twitter+x, open-graph, metadata, images
What Is Open Graph? How to Use It for Your WordPress Website?64
how-tos, open-graph, html, wordpress
Harnessing GPT-4 for Writing Assistance and Content Creation63
writing, content, ai
The Carbon Cost of Social Media62
sustainability
Thoughts on Dev Rel in the Post-Twitter Era61
developer-relations, community
Mastodon and Open Graph (drd)60
mastodon, html, metadata, open-graph
Easy Dynamic Social Sharing Image With Eleventy59
eleventy, images, tooling
The Rise of the TikTok Pattern58
design
Quick Tip: Embedding YouTube Videos in GitHub Pages (cod)57
embed-code, youtube, github-pages, tips-and-tricks
Minimal Social Markup (j9t)56
html, open-graph, minimalism
Level Up Your Link Previews in Slack (whi)55
html, open-graph, links, slack
Reducing the Web’s Carbon Footprint: Optimizing Social Media Embeds (mic/sma)54
embed-code, sustainability, performance
Social Media Image Sizes 2022: Cheat Sheet for Every Network53
cheat-sheets, images
How to Get Started With Social Media Automation52
how-tos, automation, tooling
The Argument That Kills Any Monetisation Discussion (ppk)51
monetization
Twitter Proposes Open Social Network Standard (sjv/zdn)50
twitter+x, bluesky, fediverse, activitypub, standards
The Problem With Web Development Checklists, or: The Frontend Checklist, Revised (j9t)49
checklists, html, accessibility, performance, seo
Take Back Your Web (tan/btc)48
videos, web, indieweb
Three Ways to Grow Your Traffic and Capture Audience47
marketing, seo, traffic, optimization
What Worries Me About AI46
ai
The Future of Communication Is Already Here (for)45
webrtc, ai, multimedia
Quick Tip: How to Automate Social Media Posting With Jetpack44
how-tos, tips-and-tricks, automation, wordpress, plugins
9 WordPress Plugins to Help Get More Social Shares43
wordpress, plugins, link-lists
6 SEO Trends to Watch for in 201642
trends, seo, content, marketing, mobile, performance
Three Ways to Spice Up Your Social Media Strategy (gra)41
marketing, strategies
9 SEO Ideas for Small Businesses on a Budget40
seo, redesigning, responsive-design, marketing, multimedia
Maintainable Social Script Integration39
embed-code, maintainability
The W3C Looks to Standardize the Social Web (sdt)38
w3c, web
Where Is Interoperability for Social Media? (dhi/zdn)37
standards, interoperability, opensocial
The Argument Machine (fra)36
community, communication
How We Can Create Open Standards for Social Business (dhi/zdn)35
standards, w3c, opensocial
Selling Social in 201334
metrics, economics
A Web Developer Fumbling With Social Media (zac)33
SocialCount, Faster and Lighter Social Networking Widgets (zac)32
jquery, plugins
Social Media Is a Part of the User Experience (boa/sma)31
user-experience, marketing
SEO Is Dead30
seo
The Personification of Design (sma)29
career, branding
A Consistent User Experience (dre)28
user-experience, consistency, twitter+x
Why Your Website Is More Valuable Than Facebook27
blogging, content-management, concepts
Three Strategies for Managing Social Networks and a Full-Time Job26
strategies
Top 10 Web Platforms of 2009 (fre)25
content-management, cloud-computing, link-lists
Who Owns Your Retweet? (gri/clo)24
5 Tips to Master Google Friend Connect (j9t)23
google, friend-connect, tips-and-tricks
Google Friend Connect Introduces the Social Bar22
introductions, google, friend-connect
Do You Own Your Social Media Identity? (cat)21
branding
How Google Friend Connect Works20
friend-connect, google
Google Friend Connect—Making Open Social Easy19
friend-connect, google, opensocial
MySpace Joins the “Semantic” Web18
semantic-web
Maintaining Your Personal Brand Online (jus)17
career, branding
Google: Don’t Give Up on OpenSocial (cne)16
opensocial, google
4 Simple Ways to Grow Your Brand15
branding, blogging, community
Building on the Future of the Web14
web, semantic-web, mobile
LinkedIn Validator13
tools, analysis, conformance
Social Markup Previewer and Generator (Meta Tags)12
tools, analysis, open-graph, html, sem
Social Markup Previewer and Generator (OpenGraph)11
tools, analysis, open-graph, html, sem
Social Signal Counter10
tools, analysis, sem
Profile Picture Generator9
tools, exploration, images
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (namecheck.com)8
tools, exploration, sem, domains, naming
Social Share Links Generator7
tools, exploration, sem, links
Twitter/X Shadow Ban Checker6
tools, exploration, twitter+x
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (Namechk)5
tools, exploration, sem, domains, naming
Twitter/X Validator4
tools, analysis, conformance, twitter+x
Mastodon Screenshot Generator (rai)3
tools, exploration, images, screenshots, mastodon
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (BrandSnag)2
tools, exploration, sem, domains, naming
Project Name Checker (ym)1
tools, exploration, sem, naming