Social Media Accessibility
The GDS Design principles say accessible design is good design. All information that we share should be inclusive, legible, accurate and…
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In the social media team we’re always looking to reach new audiences with a vested interest in statistics and while…
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Over the weekend (sometime between 15th and 17th January) we reached the milestone 200, 000 followers. We haven’t done any…
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Our social media research showed that people wanted our social media content to be more accessible. We received comments about…
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Statisticians from our UK Manufacturers’ Sales by Product Survey, often referred to as the PRODCOM team, came up with idea…
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In December we hosted a Christmas quiz with content from across the Government Statistical Service (GSS). We used Twitter polls…
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As we start a new year it’s a good opportunity to look back at ONS on Twitter and remind ourselves…
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The Plan and Why We took some time over the past three months to research our users on social media….
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The following blog post is written by Gareth Pryce. World Statistics Day comes around once every 5 years and as…
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We recently hosted our first Reddit AMA in the ‘Data is Beautiful’ community. It’s the first time we’ve held a…
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