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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,

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

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

$Frost fractals on a velux$

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

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

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

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