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Tag Archives: Twitter

Twitter is a centralized, proprietary, microblogging platform. It garnered culture influence beyond what its number of dedicated users would suggest. This perhaps inspired the richest man in the world to buy it for a rather hefty price.

July 7, 2023
7
Jul 2023

Mafia Social Media Over-Sharing

When even the family of the Colombo consigliere cannot log off.
May 23, 2023
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May 2023

Substack Notes’ Twitter clone war

Substack’s view that its Notes platform is not a Twitter clone misses the forest through the trees.
March 21, 2023
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Mar 2023

Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading

Making the case for a feed reader + read-it-later solution as an online reading alternative to social media and services like Google and Apple News.
July 12, 2022
12
Jul 2022

Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media

On the strengths and limitations of current Fediverse networks and the future of decentralized social media.
July 11, 2022
11
Jul 2022

Against Twitter as a Content Curator

A satirical article by The Babylon Bee about Elon Musk’s Twitter saga inspires a piece on Twitter, content curation, and (of course) RSS/Atom feeds.
May 10, 2022
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May 2022

Reviewing the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter

I take a look at the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter, a tool for syndicating posts.
February 10, 2022
10
Feb 2022

On Facebook’s Threat (Or Promise?) To Leave Europe

But are you promising to leave Europe?
May 7, 2021
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May 2021

Only President Duterte Can Curse

〜A diplomatic dust-up leads to the disclosure of a hitherto unknown rule〜
March 7, 2021
7
Mar 2021

ATW 〜 Murakami on Bad Social Media Content

〜On the myriad harms of bad social media content〜
February 21, 2021
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Feb 2021

RSS as a Facebook Alternative

〜Recommending RSS as the best alternative to Facebook newsfeeds, Twitter, and Google News〜
November 28, 2020
28
Nov 2020

“Technological Imbecile” Retweeted by President

〜The New Leaf Journal can confirm that it is so〜
September 24, 2020
24
Sep 2020

The Great Suspender and Twitter Stardom

〜A suspensful surprise〜