Tag: social media

  • Who Killed Twitter – My Opinion

    Who Killed Twitter – My Opinion

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Two authors wrote books. In these books they speak about whether Jack Dorsey or Elon Musk killed twitter. The answer is neither. If Twitter was alive and healthy it would never have been sold to an individual for four times its value, because its growth potential would have made this absurd.…

  • Dormant Social Media Life While Sorting Through Drives

    Dormant Social Media Life While Sorting Through Drives

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently my Social Media Life has become dormant. I do visit Facebook every so often but I ignore Instagram, barely touch Mastodon or the fediverse, and in general have stopped looking at social media for a social life. It’s not that my life offline has become vibrant. It’s that online is…

  • The Solitude of Social Media

    The Solitude of Social Media

    Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the unique things about Twitter in 2006 and 2007, especially during the first tweetups was that it was a network of strangers who became friends without meeting in person. The people I became friends with in 2006-2007 are still friends now, to some degree. I met them every week…

  • The Dystopia of Child Influencers

    The Dystopia of Child Influencers

    Reading Time: 5 minutes Today I saw the headline “Content creator camps help kids become online influencers” and to me, this represents a nightmare, rather than a dream. It represents a nightmare rather than a dream because the notion of creating content to sell, to influence, and to market, rather than to amuse, inform, educate…

  • On Using Facebook Again

    On Using Facebook Again

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently I reverted to Facebook due to the death of Twitter, but also because of the political bias I see on Mastodon instances. That political bias has encouraged me to take a break from that social network until the conflict is over. Critical Mass Yesterday I saw that two people on…

  • The Absurdity of Social Media and the Fediverse

    The Absurdity of Social Media and the Fediverse

    Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s Ten Fourty Eight on a Monday and i have barely touched social media. I have barely touched social media for two reasons. People don’t see it as socialising anymore. They take a utilitarian approach to social media, which makes it absurd. The second reason is that we see how ignorant…

  • Social Media Glossy Magazines via Facebook and Twitter

    Social Media Glossy Magazines via Facebook and Twitter

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently I spent time on Twitter and Facebook and I was reminded of that horrible feeling you get when you’re looking for posts and tweets by friends, to interact with, and see crappy adverts instead. Imagine if you walked into a pub or conference and instead of having personal conversations you…

  • Asking for Permission on Instagram

    Asking for Permission on Instagram

    Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to see how unhealthy social media is just look at this story about DMs on Instagram. Now if you want to DM someone that you don’t follow they can send just one text message. Imagine, you’re a user of Instagram. You’re following friends, family and colleagues. Now consider…

  • The Post Social Media Age

    The Post Social Media Age

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Someone asked Is decentralization the future of social media? and I’d take an extra leap. I believe that the Fediverse, made possible by ActivityPub, and the other one, made possible by the Authenticated Transfer Protocol both point to a different future Playing With WordPress, ClassicPress and Firefish As we play with…

  • Mainstream Fediverse

    Mainstream Fediverse

    Reading Time: 3 minutes I started writing a post, but felt that it was too negative so I stopped, and now I’m writing this one. I want to explore the way in which Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Reddit are still front and foremost on The Guardian Website, as well as many others. As I…