So who else has had enough of changing algorithms across
social media?
It started with Instagram getting rid of the chronological
feed a while ago. Rumour has it they are all set to bring it back. YouTube
ruffled a lot of feathers, mine included, when they announced their
demonetisation ploy earlier this year. Facebook has left me befuddled on more
than one occasion, and any attempt to decode its mystery has been thwarted by
frequent algorithm changes. Twitter have now followed suit with restrictions on
recurring tweets, links and photos.
I think I speak for a lot of bloggers when I say I have had
enough of living by the vagaries of social networks.
The social networks are
within their rights to implement any changes they deem necessary. But as a
blogger, I find it annoying, irrational and increasingly irreverent. It is one
thing to adapt to changing algorithms, quite another to change your entire
blogging etiquette in the pursuit of social media prowess and expanding
readership.
If this resonates with you, read on.
I am about to reveal a
4 step strategy to successful blogging that circumvents the problem of changing
algorithms and increasing reliance on social channels.
This is even more
imperative, given the recent privacy scandal dogging Facebook.