According to the @aihw (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) there are about 3.3 Million young people aged 15–24 in Australia. Yet @AlboMP managed to #SocialMediaBan 4.7 Million. I grew up in a socialist world. Everyday we also produced more than we planned.

thats what you get when the state interferes in the market. "well meaning" is not "well done"

Cheers from @Australia, where I am getting a head start into the new year again. 2026 will not be easy but 2025 laid a solid foundation. Looking forward means challenges, curiosity, movement, new partners, new projects and most importantly ideas that turn into something real. I

ha... same with this. :)

That “Boost” button? It’s not a shortcut to influence. It’s a trap. Every time you click it, you’re paying to stay inside your own echo chamber. You’re funding the illusion of reach — and losing the people who actually need to hear your message. Check my thoughts on this. It

NGOs, media, civil society: Are you ready for AI-curated visibility? Google now writes answers, not just shows links. Meta’s AI learns from social signals, not just posts. That means the way causes get seen (and don’t get seen) has changed. Check what I think of Googles CEO

https://t.co/QXj5ilqiE3

🤦‍♂️Falsche Baustelle @fiedelseb ... Das Problem ist nicht dass es Algorithmen gibt, sondern wie sie genutzt werden. Populisten beherrschen die Spielmechanik – datengetrieben, emotional, zielgenau. Und was macht die @spdde? Redet über Verbote, statt endlich selbst Wirkung zu

Check out my latest article: Aesthetic Warfare: The worst ideas will win, if compelling enough and distributed with skill. https://t.co/GL3x84nSWV via @LinkedIn

apperently the "Magna Carta" is stored in #FortKnox as well... lets look at that first. it may offer some serious value nowadays...

The current funding cuts are brutal. Here’s what cause-driven organizations must do now. Overnight funding cuts of USAID etc. are not a wake-up call. They are a cold, hard reality. The most vulnerable are already feeling the impact and the future promises even greater pressure

Democratic actors need to understand that almost all of the reach they’re getting – both paid and organic – is only with the people that agree with them already. This is a new-media literacy issue. Right now there’s too much focus on our opponents cheating and manipulating.

Unfortunately, there are still too many people in civil society who refuse to understand how anyone could find Trumpian ideas appealing. But Trump and his European counterparts are winning precisely because they’re appealing. That’s why their messaging works. They offer a

We’ve gone so far backwards on democracy, that many think we need to shout louder to prevent further erosion. But the louder we shout in the algorithmic age, the fewer people hear us. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

2024 was again a whirlwind - full of challenges and excitement. I traveled the world, explored new countries, finished my degree in Singapore, lived abroad, started a business, met amazing new friends, tackled another renovation project and yet spent more time with the kids... My

Fascinating and dismaying in equal measure. A pro-Russian candidate wins the first round of the Romanian election, and his victory is nullified by the establishment. This is a good article for background on voter sentiment and how digital media has transformed modern elections.

In business and marketing threads on LinkedIn there are long nerdy discussions, where people dig into strategy, tactics and data with real intellectual depth. Unfortunately the same level of depth just isn’t there in threads about civil society comms. When Trump won again last

This is how the populists are winning. They spent the last fifteen years researching their audiences and finding out what works for them. They mapped out their maximum optimal audiences by segment (families, conservatives, religious groups, struggling working class, patriotic and

One simple fact that underpins the downfall of democracy: Comms departments measure success by the number of likes and engagements they get. And the easiest people to get likes from are the people that like you already.