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  • The Saturday Cycling Challenge to Begnins

    The Saturday Cycling Challenge to Begnins

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday I went for a ride with Bike Club Switzerland from Geneva. The ride itself was planned on an 80km loop that went from Geneva via Vich up to Begnings and then towards one or two more places before heading back towards la Rippe, across the top, and eventually down to…

  • The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second

    The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesTomorrow there are at least three hikes and three bike rides that I know of. The hikes are via GoSocial and the bike rides are via Meetup. On Sunday I know of at least two to three GoSocial hikes and one Meetup hike. I have plenty of choice for what to do…

  • Tired of Group Activities

    Tired of Group Activities

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI find that GoSocial and Meetup are great social networks. It’s an easy way of finding people to do things with, every single weekend. It means that rather than sitting in bars, listening to people talk, hoping for a fun activity, that is not drinking, to be mentioned, you can find a…

  • A Weekend in Two Hikes

    A Weekend in Two Hikes

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    Reading Time: 5 minutesThis weekend I didn’t blog because I went on two hikes. The first hike was with the History hiking meetup group, and the second was with a GoSocial group. Both hikes were around 10km in different landscapes. The first one went from Bière to Allaman and the second one went from Haut-De-Caux…

  • On AI and Corporate Social Responsibility

    On AI and Corporate Social Responsibility

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I went for a run. During this run I listened to Systems Crash and the discussion about AI, about the US attitude, and the European/International attitude and it convinced me that I much prefer to use EU/International projects rather than American ones for a simple reason. Corporate Social Responsibility. The…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Absurdity of Threads

    The Absurdity of Threads

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThreads, in theory is a social network but in practice it is a popularity contest driven by algorithms. Normal people are competing against influencers to be seen. You are more likely to find a troll than someone interested in what you have to write, or what you think. More often than not…

  • The Mindful Duck of Gosocial – An Alternative to FB, Meetup, Glocals and More

    The Mindful Duck of Gosocial – An Alternative to FB, Meetup, Glocals and More

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI understand Meetup, GoSocial, Facebook Events and other event based social networks. The one that I don’t understand is GoSocial. It’s a social event network that has visibility on Facebook but you can’t comment, and chat rooms for Geneva, Lausanne and other places. Instead of creating an event where everything is visible…

  • Algorithms and Social Media

    Algorithms and Social Media

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I have been thinking more about trolling. I have been thinking about why, I, and others, appear so negative or toxic on social media. I believe that one reason for this is that algorithms drive conversations and popularity, rather than time devoted to social media, and conversationalism. ## Return on Investment…