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  • The Demise of Shortened Google Links

    The Demise of Shortened Google Links

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesNext year [all goo.gl shortened links will be dead due to the planned obscolence of hyperlinks](https://9to5google.com/2024/07/18/googl-links/). Any website, blog, or social media site that used Goo.gl shortened links will find that their links are worthless from that point on. ## The SMS Era on Twitter URL shorteners thrived for a while because…

  • A Short Twitter Detox

    A Short Twitter Detox

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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 wanted to rant I couldn’t. For two days I couldn’t see replies. For two days I couldn’t read people complain. It is good to take a break…

  • MicroBlogging and I

    MicroBlogging and I

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSince 2006 I have thought of Twitter, Jaiku, Mastodon and Plurk as conversation channels, rather than microblogging. I go to these places and use them as chatroooms rather than microblogs. If I want to blog I have my full scale blog. This website, to keep me entertained. I bring this up because…

  • Taking a Break From Twitter

    Taking a Break From Twitter

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have used Twitter almost every single day since I created my first account in 2006. During this time I have met a lot of people, gone to a lot of events, learned a lot and been part of communities. The decision to take a break is not an easy one to…

  • The Temptation to Give Up On Social Media

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI find myself tempted to give up on social media and focus on blogging instead. I am tired of social media after decades of use. I am tired that users, that provide all of the value are ignored, and that greedy boards of directors can sell users as if they were lumps…

  • To Mastodon, from Jaiku

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter was bought by an individual that many of us do not trust, and we fear that it may no longer represent the values that we cherish. That Twitter is bought is nothing new. Myspace was bought by Murdoch, many years ago. Jaiku was a great competitor to twitter but it was…

  • Taking Yet Another Twitter Break

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWith 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 part of the reason I went anonymous, private, and then public but anonymous again. It used to be about having conversations with people that I would eventually…

  • The Decline of Twitter

    The Decline of Twitter

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesTwitter is alive and healthy, with vibrant communities and an opportunity to converse with people and find information that mainstream media are sometimes slow to report on. Over the last week that balance is swinging towards less positive times. In Europe, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression require people to say…

  • Twitter is Down

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  • The Roman Civilisation On Twitter

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Roman Civilisation is being tweeted about on Twitter. There are accounts that tweet about ongoing archeological digs, museum opening times and more. They also share images and videos, providing people with a visual way of learning about the Romans. One of these twitter accounts is Roman Britain. They tweet original content…