Absolute cinema

Are You Still Making Your Audience Click? Yikes. Stop torturing your audience with clicks. They’re already on to the next thing.

Social media is built to disappear, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth talking about while it’s happening.

That’s what Ephemeral, my new publication on Substack, is for.

Check it out and subscribe if you like what you see, there's more to come.

open.substack.com/pub/vincento...

In my tabs this week:
- Link In Bio (Rachel Karten newsletter)
- ICYMI (@liahaberman.bsky.social weekly newsletter)
- @delainabaker.bsky.social's social media industry piece
- @404media.co article on how CBP is using AI to scan social media
- AI for non-data scientists (Coursera course)

Really glad you were able to check it out. We are lucky enough to have Bookmans less than a mile from us here in Mesa, AZ. My 11yo daughter LOVES when we take a trip there (which we do a couple of times a month) 😊

🦋💯

As someone who works in social media marketing for a living and is very familiar with Signal and every other messaging app, I can confirm that those of us in the industry would all recommend using one platform for such sensitive information:

Data doesn’t lie. X is heavily amplifying accounts of a certain political nature.

(Graphic via CAP Action and shared by Mark Cuban)

"Social-first content is the hero creative. Writers room mentality. The goal isn’t to make an ad. It’s to create organic content that entertains and engages." - Eric Stark, Slate

Probably the best thing you’ll read this week.

Full #Duolingo handbook: handbook.duolingo.com

We are now at the point where we are celebrating the American Bar Association confirming that yes, they support following the rule of law.

I’ve cornered the market! 🎊

Am I the only one making GIFs on my lunch break as the world crumbles around us

🤣🤣🤣

(Also, you should follow Jason and @404media.co and listen to their podcast too)

The fact that Zuckerberg complaining about leaks was then itself leaked is absolutely sending me

A reminder that this is a real, functional basketball court that exists in Phoenix, Arizona.

And it’s amazing.

Hey fellow marketers, social media peeps, startup and small business ecosystem builders, and Arizona residents…I need more to follow! It would be great to connect here on Bluesky 👍

He will def have his pick of better places to land. I’d also follow him and pay something to subscribe if he did his own thing.

The levels to this one tho

Well at least it’s a bachelors degree

For sure. We all saw it coming and we all know what and why it’s happening. They think they’re pulling one over on everyone, but it’s so blatantly obvious (as with everything he does) what a grift it is.

Welp

And that’s why I tagged you lol…based on everything you’ve been posting lately I knew you’d set it straight. 👍

TikTok is likely getting banned.

Here’s what will happen if you have the app on your phone.

@randfish.bsky.social thoughts?

Happening today.

Inside CES's First-Ever Creator Space I went to CES this week to bring you the details of their new, dedicated Creator Space, plus highlights of the conversations happening among creators, brand marketers and platform executives at the fi...

Smart recap from #CES2025 by @liahaberman.bsky.social incl this: “ByteDance confirmed it would pull TikTok from the U.S. unless the Supreme Court blocks or delays the ban”

…but ALSO: “TikTok used CES to launch its What’s Next Trend Report 2025.”

🤔

Link: www.linkedin.com/pulse/inside...

Today and this week will probably see another large migration over here to Bluesky after Zuckerberg’s latest statement on content moderation, fact-checking, and more.

Trump meets TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.

"I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok, because I won youth by 34 points.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today I learned there’s a specific word for this way of preparing a turkey, and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long. 🦃 #Thanksgiving