Category: Social Media 💉
I have a complicated relationship to social media. For a while I thought it was just me and a failure of my own attention. But I takes two to tango.
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It’s Just a Hobby | 2304
Have you ever met someone who’s like really into musical theatre and it’s the most important thing in the world to them? Twitter people are just like that too.
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Geocity and the City | 2302
This episode is about what happens when the metaphors we use change. But mostly it’s about Geocities.
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Rudimentary Knowledge
I can’t imagine the level of scorn I’d be pouring on people if was a teenager right now.
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Panning Process
A while back I wrote a post about how I use my RSS reader. This morning I thought I would document what came out the ‘panning process’.
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In the Other Room
After a few minutes of careful listening I said ‘It sounds like a man peeing into a bucket standing up next to a washing machine’. The ‘correct’ answer was ‘A…
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How to Train Your Algorithm | 2230
We need control over what we see and how we see it. Every app should have a lab rat’s guide to taking over the experiment.
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Elsewhere
How I Use the Web, How and Where You Can Follow Me
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Video Version
I’ve been making a Video version of Permanently Moved for just over a year now. I thought I’d write up some thoughts about where I’m at.
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From Penny Theatre to Social Media | 2213
TikTtok is like an algorithmically weaponised talent show from the 18th century.
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No Channel Changing
Social medias structure is a single vertical – the feed with no organisation that makes sense to the user. There is/are no ways of changing the channel on twitter or…
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New App in the Alms Race | 2210
The Alms Race is the financial expansion of Web2 social platforms. Allowing users to earn directly from other users. Web 2.5 if you will.
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Remember This?
We live in a horrendous locked down hell world of closed silos and vertical computing platforms. Social media is doomed.
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Rock Fandom | 2205
What subject I wondered, could potentially be more entertaining than Twitter? Without thinking, I typed the words Rock Polishing into Youtube.
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Lost in MySpace | 2202
Upon hearing the MySpace sever news, my first thought was ‘I’m glad all posts and DMs are gone forever’. My second thought was ‘Oh No’
