The Far Right is feeling targeted on social platforms. Britain’s Nigel Farage directly questioned Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on the very subject, claiming that: “right-of-center political opinions” had been affected by a change in Facebook algorithms in January of this year, and that “on average, we’re down about 25 percent over a course of this …
Almost 6000 journalists around the world use EzyInsights Realtime for monitoring content. We’ve just upgraded it for all of you. One of the most requested features has been to include Instagram within our Realtime tool. We’ve worked solidly for the past few months to find a way to include Instagram content in a way that …
A lot has been written about regarding Filter Bubbles in the past 18 months, yet the real effects upon individual users are not widely understood. Filter bubbles are understood to be a result of algorithms on social platforms. On Facebook, they decide in large part what content an individual is exposed to in their newsfeed. …
A recent post by the International Journalists’ Network highlighted Spanish publisher Diario Público and the success that their strategic changes have brought. “How Spain’s Público redefined its strategy and grew its audience by 40 percent” We are always excited to read about the success of our customers, and this article is littered with fantastic insights …
Welcome to the EzyInsights round up of the most viral posts by a selection of the world’s biggest news publishers. What wondrous insights will be gleaned from this examination of social engagement gluttony? Let’s find out! For BBC News, nothing beat Michelle Obama’s tearful farewell speech way back in January. 848,429 likes, 38,427 comments and …
EzyInsights is proud to announce the launch of Intelligence – putting powerful historical data at your fingertips. Over the last 3 years, we’ve worked with the top publishers around the world. We’ve tracked hundreds of millions of stories. We’ve seen newsrooms and editorial teams transformed by our real-time data. Now, the perfect complementary tool has …
What we already know: Donald Trump regularly criticises the mainstream news media in the USA, especially the New York Times, claiming it is unfair and one sided. He notably uses Twitter to directly address the public, but how influential is he on Facebook? We know that Facebook’s newsfeed algorithm is optimised for engagement, by design …