Liveworld
Strategy, advice, and inspiration for digital marketing and social media experts
Remote Is Here To Stay!
Our company, LiveWorld, survived when 80% of Internet companies folded in the 2001 crash and subsequently through other ups and downs in part because we became remote-centric. With two decades of operating a successful company whose employees work virtually 100% from home and are spread around the country in 46 states, for the first time […]
Read moreSocial Media Is Not The Cause of Youth Violence – But It Can Be The Solution
On August 8, 2023, an Atlantic and ProPublica article by Alec MacGillis was published and stated that social media could be fueling youth homicides. Today, I’d like to respond to that with a different point of view. The article covers an important subject and raises many good points. However, I do have some issues with […]
Read moreA Federal Agency to Regulate Social Media Is a Good Idea. Here’s What It Should Do.
In a recent New York Times essay, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham proposed a new federal agency to regulate social media and tech companies. As the CEO and founder of LiveWorld, the longest-standing social media-related company in the world (27 years), having overseen more than 3 million hours of content moderation and engagement managed […]
Read moreThreads, from Meta, is likely to succeed where other Twitter wannabes will not, and where Elon Musk has failed.
Elon Musk’s chaotic reign of Twitter, from a breaking system to erratic policies, to layoffs and fees with total indifference to the impact on people, users, brands, and partners has left the door wide open for another company to take over the lead in the text comment – micro-blogging space. Likely pushing Twitter aside and […]
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