[WATCH] Marketing Land Live #24: Twitter’s abuse problem, Facebook News Feed changes & more

Twitter’s long-running battle against harassment and abuse hit the news last week in a big way, thanks to a Buzzfeed article that included interviews with numerous former Twitter employees. It’s an issue that has cropped up many times in the past despite regular promises from Twitter to take action and make it better. That was the main topic of conversation on the latest episode of our weekly show, Marketing Land Live.

We also discussed the latest ambiguous News Feed algorithm change from Facebook, as well as the arms race happening between Facebook and Adblock Plus over the blocking of Facebook ads on desktop.

Marketing Land’s Tim Peterson and Danny Sullivan joined me for this week’s show, which runs 40 minutes. You can watch the replay below, and be sure to scroll below the video for this week’s Show Notes, with links to the stories we talked about.

If you’d prefer an audio version of our weekly show, it’s now available as a podcast on both iTunes and Google Play Podcasts.

Show Notes

Will Twitter address its harassment issue?

BuzzFeed: “A Honeypot For A**holes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment

Facebook’s changing the news feed again to make it more “informative”

How long has it been since Facebook changed its news feed algorithm?

Facebook is blocking ad blockers on desktop, but not on mobile

Adblock Plus says it has already beaten Facebook’s ad block blocking tactics

Yelp, TripAdvisor: Google’s mobile ‘best-of lists’ hide our content

Instagram’s direct-response ads haven’t totally clicked with advertisers

Pinterest adds impression-based buys to its ad auction

The 2016 Search Engine Landy Awards finalists are…

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Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.