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A Short Twitter Detox

19 January 2023 richard social media, social networking, twitter

I took a short twitter detox for two days. For two days I didn’t look at tweets, replies and more. For two days if I

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MicroBlogging and I

6 December 2022 richard social media, social networking, twitter

Since 2006 I have thought of Twitter, Jaiku, Mastodon and Plurk as conversation channels, rather than microblogging. I go to these places and use them

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Taking a Break From Twitter

5 December 2022 richard social media, social networking, twitter

I have used Twitter almost every single day since I created my first account in 2006. During this time I have met a lot of

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The Temptation to Give Up On Social Media

19 November 2022 richard social media, twitter

I find myself tempted to give up on social media and focus on blogging instead. I am tired of social media after decades of use.

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To Mastodon, from Jaiku

17 November 2022 richard social networking, twitter

Twitter was bought by an individual that many of us do not trust, and we fear that it may no longer represent the values that

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Taking Yet Another Twitter Break

13 November 2022 richard social media, social networking, twitter

With the current situation at Twitter I have chosen to take a twitter break. Twitter hasn’t been fun during the last three years, which is

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The Decline of Twitter

26 April 2022 richard social media, social networking, twitter

Twitter is alive and healthy, with vibrant communities and an opportunity to converse with people and find information that mainstream media are sometimes slow to

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Twitter is Down

11 February 2022 richard twitter
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The Roman Civilisation On Twitter

21 October 2020 richard archeology, twitter

The Roman Civilisation is being tweeted about on Twitter. There are accounts that tweet about ongoing archeological digs, museum opening times and more. They also

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Twitter Ethics and the Olympics

15 August 2016 richard twitter

Sports and live events are Twitter Cash cows, as a result of which the will of those contributing to twitter financially is given priority. I

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