November showed how social media isn't just about pretty pictures. Sometimes pretty pictures are popular, but for our audience, they need to be backed by science.
Category - Life
Alun Salt
Twitter versus Facebook: October 2016
October was a mixed month. We lost a botanist in terrible circumstances. There was some hope though.
Twitter versus Facebook: September 2016
In September you liked flowers. You liked them fast and you liked them colourful.
Twitter versus Facebook: August 2016
In August you had a daring sense of style, both with images and the moves and rhymes to go with them.
Twitter versus Facebook: July 2016
Our Twitter and Facebook audiences don't always agree on what they find interesting, but they both agreed that there was a problem in July.
Twitter versus Facebook: June 2016
This month we learn plants can give and they can take away, but both Nature Plants and AoB PLANTS are happy to give.
Twitter versus Facebook: May 2016
We started May with a revolution. I'm taking over from @ajcann as new Weblog Editor for AoB Blog. I'm beyond excited about joining the @annbot team! — Anne Osterrieder @AnneOsterrieder@mastodon.social...
Twitter versus Facebook: April 2016
April saw our readers choosing quite different posts on different channels but, as Nigel Chaffey would point out, it's all inter-connected.
Twitter versus Facebook: March 2016
March was almost a Nigel Chaffey grand slam. It took something special to stop him taking the most popular post on all our channels.
Aerobotanists wanted! Apply at the Zooniverse
Some of us like to help save the planet. Others prefer to relax. Now a new site at the Zooniverse means armchair botanists can do both as they explore the Amazon rainforest.
Twitter versus Facebook: February 2016
What did you feel the love for around Valentine's Day? Our look back at Twitter versus Facebook continues...
Twitter versus Facebook: January 2016
This year for our look back at the past twelve months, I’m going to compare what caught the imagination of our Twitter audience with what our Facebook audience were looking at. I’ll also add the most popular...
Plant Records: More Weed Than You Ever Need
Name: Palmer amaranth Scientific name: Amaranthus palmeri Known for: Destroyer of crop yields Record broken: Weed of the Year two years running (2014-2015) Palmer amaranth, also known as Palmer’s pigweed, is a fast...
Alexandra Boliver-Brown
Plant Records: When Land Doesn’t Mean Land…
Name: Common eelgrass Scientific name: Zostera marina * Known for: Stabilizing the seabed, providing food and habitat for other marine organisms, maintaining water quality, supporting local economies… Record broken:...
Nigel Chaffey
