Mark Vanderbeeken
@vanderbeeken.bsky.social
International customer insight, market research and digital innovation expert. And some more.
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In general, about 15% of traffic to news sites comes from social media and that number is declining.
Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl report today that it was less than 10% for the traffic to their site.
www.echobox.com/resources/bl...
Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl report today that it was less than 10% for the traffic to their site.
www.echobox.com/resources/bl...
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In general, about 15% of traffic to news sites comes from social media and that number is declining.
Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl report today that it was less than 10% for the traffic to their site.
www.echobox.com/resources/bl...
Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl report today that it was less than 10% for the traffic to their site.
www.echobox.com/resources/bl...
Hoe NRC vergelijkt met andere NLse en Europese news sites
December 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hoe NRC vergelijkt met andere NLse en Europese news sites
European news sites on social media
(8 countries, 56 selected media)
- X dominates as microblogging platform, but a crisis is looming: some major news European outlets have archived their X accounts over the last year, for reasons of disinformation...
[1/6]
(8 countries, 56 selected media)
- X dominates as microblogging platform, but a crisis is looming: some major news European outlets have archived their X accounts over the last year, for reasons of disinformation...
[1/6]
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
European news sites on social media
(8 countries, 56 selected media)
- X dominates as microblogging platform, but a crisis is looming: some major news European outlets have archived their X accounts over the last year, for reasons of disinformation...
[1/6]
(8 countries, 56 selected media)
- X dominates as microblogging platform, but a crisis is looming: some major news European outlets have archived their X accounts over the last year, for reasons of disinformation...
[1/6]
Even your DNA
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Even your DNA
Same with the European media (attached are today's numbers for key media in 9 countries, numbers represent 1000 of followers).
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Same with the European media (attached are today's numbers for key media in 9 countries, numbers represent 1000 of followers).
The social media accounts of European media (numbers of key media in 9 countries) are utterly dominated by X and Instagram. Mastodon and Bluesky barely count.
(in 1000 of followers)
(in 1000 of followers)
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The social media accounts of European media (numbers of key media in 9 countries) are utterly dominated by X and Instagram. Mastodon and Bluesky barely count.
(in 1000 of followers)
(in 1000 of followers)
The same happened to Francesca Albanese on 9 July 2025.
Now Elon Musk is threatening "the individuals who took this action against [him]". What if Rubio follows up?
Now Elon Musk is threatening "the individuals who took this action against [him]". What if Rubio follows up?
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The same happened to Francesca Albanese on 9 July 2025.
Now Elon Musk is threatening "the individuals who took this action against [him]". What if Rubio follows up?
Now Elon Musk is threatening "the individuals who took this action against [him]". What if Rubio follows up?
It didn't go unnoticed on the other side of the pond
October 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It didn't go unnoticed on the other side of the pond
The study has some issues though:
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The study has some issues though:
The study has some issues though:
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The study has some issues though:
"generate a map of Europe with each country named"
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"generate a map of Europe with each country named"
Gemini is even worse.
August 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Gemini is even worse.
E nemmeno molto bene. La gente si è chiesta quanti b ci sono in "blueberry" (3 secondo Chatgpt 5). Le ho fatto produrre una mappa dell'Europa con i nomi dei paesi e il risultato è stato illuminante.
August 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
E nemmeno molto bene. La gente si è chiesta quanti b ci sono in "blueberry" (3 secondo Chatgpt 5). Le ho fatto produrre una mappa dell'Europa con i nomi dei paesi e il risultato è stato illuminante.
The Europe map is even worse
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The Europe map is even worse
Cognitive miserliness, the tendency to seek the least effortful way to solve a problem, is rooted in the term "miser", a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.
@economist.com
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@economist.com
www.economist.com/science-and-...
July 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Cognitive miserliness, the tendency to seek the least effortful way to solve a problem, is rooted in the term "miser", a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.
@economist.com
www.economist.com/science-and-...
@economist.com
www.economist.com/science-and-...
The S&D Group is not pleased.
July 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The S&D Group is not pleased.
The payoff of critical thinking in the new world of AI
(in @fastcompany.com)
www.fastcompany.com/91346227/why...
(in @fastcompany.com)
www.fastcompany.com/91346227/why...
June 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The payoff of critical thinking in the new world of AI
(in @fastcompany.com)
www.fastcompany.com/91346227/why...
(in @fastcompany.com)
www.fastcompany.com/91346227/why...
Interview of @jessiesinger.bsky.social on her new book "There Are No Accidents"
www.vox.com/23016529/the...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/There-...
(It brings to mind "Vision Zero", an initiative started in Sweden to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries).
www.vox.com/23016529/the...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/There-...
(It brings to mind "Vision Zero", an initiative started in Sweden to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries).
June 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Interview of @jessiesinger.bsky.social on her new book "There Are No Accidents"
www.vox.com/23016529/the...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/There-...
(It brings to mind "Vision Zero", an initiative started in Sweden to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries).
www.vox.com/23016529/the...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/There-...
(It brings to mind "Vision Zero", an initiative started in Sweden to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries).
"How ordinary people use a product or service [like AI chatbots] in the real world may diverge wildly from the designers’ intentions in the lab".
Article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/aaa5...
Article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/aaa5...
June 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"How ordinary people use a product or service [like AI chatbots] in the real world may diverge wildly from the designers’ intentions in the lab".
Article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/aaa5...
Article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/aaa5...
Accenture: By 2030 carbon emissions for AI may account for 3.4% of total global emissions—an 11-fold increase in one decade
www.accenture.com/content/dam/...
www.accenture.com/content/dam/...
June 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Accenture: By 2030 carbon emissions for AI may account for 3.4% of total global emissions—an 11-fold increase in one decade
www.accenture.com/content/dam/...
www.accenture.com/content/dam/...
Really disturbed by @shayan86.bsky.social of BBC Verify who reposted on X - without any comment - an IDF (!) video that shows there are Hamas tunnels underneath the European hospital in Gaza, despite the video showing obvious cuts. I hope he can articulate (or that his account was hacked).
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Really disturbed by @shayan86.bsky.social of BBC Verify who reposted on X - without any comment - an IDF (!) video that shows there are Hamas tunnels underneath the European hospital in Gaza, despite the video showing obvious cuts. I hope he can articulate (or that his account was hacked).
If you use LLMs to conduct polls or user research to understand what people say, think or do, and you are not sure that your data are 100% human-generated, results will be biased towards the mean, and this bias will grow over time.
June 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If you use LLMs to conduct polls or user research to understand what people say, think or do, and you are not sure that your data are 100% human-generated, results will be biased towards the mean, and this bias will grow over time.
Could you elaborate on A? The Guardian is now implementing a similar process. Forced sign-in and when you inquire about how your data are used, you end up on a page that says "One of the ways in which we safeguard our journalism for the future is by using your personal data."
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Could you elaborate on A? The Guardian is now implementing a similar process. Forced sign-in and when you inquire about how your data are used, you end up on a page that says "One of the ways in which we safeguard our journalism for the future is by using your personal data."
A volte un'immagine racconta più di mille parole
Fonte: www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
Fonte: www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
May 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A volte un'immagine racconta più di mille parole
Fonte: www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
Fonte: www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...