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The Paradox of Instagram’s Twitter

21 May 2023 richard opensocial, social media

Within the last two days I saw a headline that is either amusing or tragic. The headline is that Instagram is creating a twitter clone,

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Early colza in the Canton of Vaud

Happiness and Social Media

12 April 2023 richard social conscience, Social Media Deontology, social media living room

It is the turn of the Washington Post to discuss whether people are happier after leaving social media. As with every other article I have

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Easter Friday traffic heading past Nyon on the A1 motorway

The Futility of Blogging

9 April 2023 richard Swiss walks

I have been writing blog posts every single day for one hundred and fourty five days and rather than feel more inspired, and get a

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Frost fractals on a velux

Twitter, As a Joke

7 March 2023 richard social conscience, Social Media Deontology, social networking

Twitter went down and I didn’t notice, yet again. According to The Verge it has been down five times in five weeks. It goes down

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Twitter and SMS

10 February 2023 richard social media

Back in the good old days of Twitter the length of a tweet was limited to the length of an SMS. The aim was to

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The Free Twitter API Ends and The Twitter Silo Begins

3 February 2023 richard Social Media Deontology

Social networks and social networks are based on people connecting with other people. Twitter is a glorified chatroom masquerading as a microblogging platform. As twitter

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Frost fractals on a velux

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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A window with bars in a Swiss village

Taking a Twitter Break

17 January 2023 richard social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking

For the first time since I took a Twitter break in 2007 I am taking another in 2023. The first time I took a twitter

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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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Frozen Fountain Water

The Day of Snow Poles and Mastodon

1 December 2022 richard social media, Social Media Deontology

Today during the walk I saw an orange van moving by the side of the road slowly. It was stopping regularly. I crossed the road

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