44: A good picture can save 1,000 words

For those of us who are artistically challenged (read: crap at drawing), it can be daunting to contemplate the use of pictures over text to make a point. I’m a perfect case in point.

#prodmgmt #communication #creativity #influencing #presenting 📖 Read more: https://imanageproducts.com/44-a-good-picture-can-save-1000-words/
PRODUCTHEAD: Increasing and diminishing influence

» The art of influence is the highest-leverage skill remaining for product leaders

» AI agents require the same strategic clarity as humans do

» Building fast necessitates more human selectivity and expert judgement

#prodmgmt #communication #decision #influencing #stakeholders 📖 Read more: https://imanageproducts.com/producthead-increasing-and-diminishing-influence/

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2#Sec4

Evidence that X’s feed algorithm tends to push more conservative content to users’ feeds. Seven weeks of exposure to such content in 2023 shifted users’ political opinions in a more conservative direction, particularly with regard to policy priorities, perceptions of the criminal investigations into Trump and views on the war in Ukraine.

And moreover it is persistent...

#uspol #bias #influencing #musk #x #trump

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

Nature
PRODUCTHEAD: The science of stakeholder persuasion

» Bare facts by themselves are not persuasive; they must be “storified” in a way that triggers people’s sense of self

» A smaller initial ask can increase the likelihood of agreement to a larger, related ask

#prodmgmt #influencing #persuasion #stakeholders 📖 Read more: https://imanageproducts.com/producthead-the-science-of-stakeholder-persuasion/

Finland's preschool classrooms lead the fight against fake news | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-classrooms-finland-russia-194b32d8829838bfe47469d6ff357689

Great initiative that can be taken as an example...

#ai #fakenews #influencing #propaganda

Finland's preschool classrooms lead the fight against fake news

Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especially from Russia. Teachers are now adding artificial intelligence literacy to their lessons. It comes after Russia increased its disinformation efforts following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Finland's entry into NATO in 2023 also heightened tensions. Media literacy has been part of Finnish education since the 1990s, and the country consistently ranks high in the European Media Literacy Index. As AI tools advance, educators are working to help people distinguish fact from fake news.

AP News
@masek @Lilith

Wobei es ja schon nicht nur um
#Werbung, sondern auch um die Tatsache geht, dass in der Anonymität dieser "Räume" der vorwiegend #asozialenMedien #Influencing, #Mobbing, #sexuelleGewalt, #Verschwörung, #Manipulation, #Hass, #Hetze etc. Probleme sind, für die wir aus Gründen der #psychischeGesundheit gerade derer, die am Empfänglichsten dafür sind (#Kinder und #Jugendliche) und damit aus gesamtgesellschaftlicher Verantwortung und Eigeninteresse Lösungen brauchen, die diese Räume sicher(er) machen.
Dafür braucht es aber tatsächlich andere Maßnahmen als
#Alterskontrolle, #Vorratsdatenspeicherung, anlasslose, lückenlose Überwachung, Generalverdacht wie #Palantir & Co.

Es bräuchte echte
#Moderation, ohne #Zensur, aber mit #Löschpflicht und #Sanktionierung derer, die diese #Medien für o.g. Zwecke missbrauchen. Mir ist klar, dass das nicht trivial ist, weil auch freie Meinungsäußerung ein wichtiges Gut der #Demokratie ist. Abzuwägen, wo das eine anfängt und das andere aufhört, ist komplex und nie pauschal festlegbar.

Insofern, so lange es dafür keine tragfähige, funktionierende, flächendeckende Lösung gibt, kann zum Schutz von Schutzbefohlenen eine
#Altersgrenze als direkt wirksame Maßnahme durchaus sinnvoll sein.
How Gamification and Betting Mechanics Are Influencing Modern Web Design and User Engagement

In this article, we'll explore how gamification and betting mechanics are influencing modern web design and user engagement

Visualmodo
Hi from New Orleans. We are at a bar and I just took this very original picture the likes of which has never been seen on social media before #Influencing