Social Media Trends & Tips: May 20-24

Each week on Friday I share 4-8 articles that I thought were particularly insightful or useful from the previous week. If you like what you see below, you can subscribe to my weekly e-newsletter where I share articles and perspectives like this--as well as local jobs, events and news around town: https://tinyurl.com/5n8xp294

Here's what I thought you might find interesting this week:

The 7 phases of unemployment

With more people looking for work (seemingly) every day, I thought this post by Monica Wiant was particularly poignant and refreshingly honest. Read More

If TikTok is banned this is where users say they'll spend time

Obviously, Insta is going to be #1. But #2 on the list might really surprise you. Read More

Why has my LinkedIn feed changed so much this year?

Outstanding update from Richard van der Blom here (my go-to LinkedIn expert) on a host of topics--notably, how our Linkedin feeds have changed since just the beginning of the year (i.e., 75% of content in your feeds now is either ads or content from creators you don't necessarily know).? Read More

Former Googler says AI driven by "stone cold panic"

Now this is interesting... Read More

What's it like to be off social media

Must-read of the week from a guy I met 15 years ago at an event called BlogWorld in NYC. Many of the points David makes in this post hit me right between the eyes, as I've been feeling a lot of this for the last few years. And I'm 100% sure I'm not alone. Read More