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5 problems Twitter must solve to survive

Facebook alters News Feed to deliver engaging stories | Will B2Bs embrace Snapchat? | DiGiorno brings social stars to TV screens
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February 2, 2016
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Facebook alters News Feed to deliver engaging stories
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Facebook is aiming to provide stories in its News Feed that users not only want to see but will prompt action. The social network says the adjustment was made in response to consultations with its Feed Quality panel that concluded stories shown at the top of a feed deliver a better experience when they are ones users are "both likely to rate highly if asked and likely to engage with."
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Will B2Bs embrace Snapchat?
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5 problems Twitter must solve to survive
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Twitter is struggling and will continue to do so unless it can change course, writes Bhaskar Chakravorti. The social network needs to find ways to make its users less passive, ensure that online chatter isn't dominated by elite users, and grow in key markets such as the Asia-Pacific region.
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Twitter is in a state of crisis.
Bhaskar Chakravorti, writing at The Washington Post
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 Andy Sernovitz, Editor at Large
Andy Sernovitz is the New York Times best-selling author of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" and the blog "Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That!" He runs WordofMouth.org, where marketers and entrepreneurs learn to be great at word of mouth marketing, and SocialMedia.org, the community for social media leaders at the world's greatest brands.
 
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