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  • Thoughts on WhatsApp and GoSocial

    Thoughts on WhatsApp and GoSocial

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesBefore Whatsapp was bought by Facebook it was a great platform for people to chat with family and friends. When Facebook bought Whatsapp, many people, including myself, migrated towards Signal to avoid remaining in the Facebook sphere of influence. Social groups, and their luddites remained on Whatsapp, so we had to revert…

  • This Isn’t a Recovery Ride

    This Isn’t a Recovery Ride

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday’s moderate recovery ride was hard. It was hard because we were riding at up to thirty kilometres per hour for sustained periods of time. We were riding fast from Geneva, to Nyon, and then again from Nyon to Geneva. With a small group you can afford to push like this. Witha…

  • Looking for Conversations in the Age of Facebook Dominance

    Looking for Conversations in the Age of Facebook Dominance

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago someone wrote something about chocolate croissants. I then wrote something about Chocolate easter bunnies. A third person then said "please don’t have conversations, there are hundreds of people reading this exchange". This is on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is, or at least was, an IM client. For those of a…

  • A Bluesky Flame and the Case for Anonymity

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the golden age of social media I went from tweeting with a pseudonym to tweeting with my own name. This was as true on Twitter as on Facebook. There was a sense of community that meant that we were safe to use our own names, rather than nicknames. That age ended…

  • Twitter Account Deactivated

    Twitter Account Deactivated

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I finally took the step of deactivating my account, and then reactivating it, and then this morning deactivating it again. Normally when I lose interest in a social network I just forget about it and I’m done. In this situation I didn’t forget about it though. I went a step further.…

  • The Growing Desire to Dump Social Media

    The Growing Desire to Dump Social Media

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI really miss the age of social networks. In the age of social networks our sphere of influence was limited to our friends, and our friends of friends. The result is that social media was a friendly conversation rather than a popularity contest. Over the last two days I have been looking…

  • BlueSky and the Influx of New Users

    BlueSky and the Influx of New Users

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor some people the mass X-odus from Twitter to Bluesky is fantastic because it means that the community is growing and that by growing it means that more likeminded people will arrive. The flipside of this is that with a million new users per week, and growing, that’s a huge influx. That…

  • Threads and Chirping

    Threads and Chirping

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor less than a week I have been using Threads heavily. In that time I have commented on plenty of posts without senseing any hostility or unpleasantness so I thought that Threads may be troll free. I realise that this is not the case after posting that I would not get the…

  • Threads Thoughts

    Threads Thoughts

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor several days I have replaced Facebook with Threads and the experience has been good. I have found that the community, so far, is ordinary, rather than geeky, and friendly rather than trolling or flamey. I have been posting and commenting for a few days now and although four or five comments…

  • The Case for Reverting to Web Forums

    The Case for Reverting to Web Forums

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a case for reverting to web forums. Web forums are small communities of like minded people that form around topics, ideas, or ideals. They want to have conversations where you look at topics and sub topics, rather than following people. By having conversations on a smaller scale there is more…