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Social Media Strategy: Facebook vs Twitter and Comedians Gone Political
from Bully Queen (With Robert Kelly) · #22
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2 minDiscussion of using Facebook ads to promote shows, why Facebook beats Twitter, the decline of Twitter propped up only by Trump, and comedians who've become full-time political commentators instead of joke writers.
- 4:55Tim explains his approach to social media platforms: Twitter, Instagram, and now mostly Facebook and Instagram together.
- 5:10He uses Facebook and Instagram primarily because they're integrated, but admits he's tired of the constant self-branding requirement.
- 5:40Facebook is superior to other platforms because it has fewer trolls and offers more promotional functionality.
- 5:59A whole group of comics now exist only on social media, having found a shortcut to relevance.
- 6:14Comedy has been diluted by people who spend all day on Facebook discussing politics but call themselves comedians with thousands of followers.
- 6:27Back in the day, comedians wrote monologue jokes and faxed them to Leno or Johnny Carson instead of chasing political discourse online.
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